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Running Sideways

Author : Pauline Davis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538155508
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Running Sideways written by Pauline Davis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-02-09 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Autobiography/Memoir, International Book Awards, 2023 Winner, Biography/Autobiography, Track and Field Writers of America (TAFWA) Book Award, 2022 A raw, uplifting story from one of the most important hidden figures in track and field history. When Pauline Davis first began to run, it wasn’t with any thought of future Olympic glory. A product of the poor neighborhood of Bain Town in The Bahamas, she carried the family’s buckets every day to fetch fresh water—running sideways, sprinting barefoot from bullies, to get the buckets of water home without spilling. But when a seasoned track coach saw Pauline sprinting, he saw the heart of a champion. In Running Sideways, Pauline Davis shares her inspiring story. Born and raised in the ghetto, Pauline fought through poverty, inequality, racism, and political machinations from her own country to beat the odds and become a two-time Olympic gold medalist, the first individual gold medalist in sprinting from the Caribbean, the first Black woman on the World Athletics council, and a central figure in the Russian anti-doping campaign. A casualty herself of the doping plague that hit track and field—she wouldn’t be awarded her individual gold medal until Marion Jones was infamously stripped of her medals for doping—Pauline dedicated her years on the World Athletics council to clean sport and fair play. Running Sideways is a book about determination, faith, focus, and an incredible will to succeed. It’s about a trailblazer in women’s sports, not just in The Bahamas, not just in track and field, but on the global stage.

Black American Women in Olympic Track and Field

Author : Michael D. Davis
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Black American Women in Olympic Track and Field written by Michael D. Davis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1992 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on African-American women who have participated in Olympic track and field events from 1932 to 1988.

Track: The Field Events

Author : Jim Santos
Publisher : Sports Illustrated
ISBN 13 : 1461712505
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Track: The Field Events written by Jim Santos and published by Sports Illustrated. This book was released on 1989-08-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this book you can harness your abilities to acheive jumping and throwing success! Let two ationally acclaimed coaches show you: Proper techniques Special drills to help you readch your full potential How to incorporate weightlifting into your ear-round program Plymetrics Plus tips on nutrition, coaching, workouts and more!

World Record Breakers in Track & Field Athletics

Author : Gerald Lawson
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780880116794
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book World Record Breakers in Track & Field Athletics written by Gerald Lawson and published by Human Kinetics Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete account of the sport's all-time fastest, highest, and strongest performances

Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: O-T

Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0195167791
Total Pages : 2637 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: O-T by : Paul Finkelman

Download or read book Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: O-T written by Paul Finkelman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 2637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alphabetically-arranged entries from O to T that explores significant events, major persons, organizations, and political and social movements in African-American history from 1896 to the twenty-first-century.

American Women's Track and Field, 1895-1980

Author : Louise Mead Tricard
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786438938
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (389 download)

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Book Synopsis American Women's Track and Field, 1895-1980 by : Louise Mead Tricard

Download or read book American Women's Track and Field, 1895-1980 written by Louise Mead Tricard and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-05-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1895 the Vassar College Athletic Association ignored the constraints placed on women athletes of that era and held its first-ever women's field day, featuring competition in five track and field events. Soon colleges across the country were offering women the opportunity to compete, and in 1922 the United States selected 22 women to compete in the Women's World Games in Paris. Upon their return, female physical educators severely criticized their efforts, decrying "the evils of competition." Wilma Rudolph's triumphant Olympics in 1960 sparked renewed support for women's track and field in the United States. From 1922 to 1960, thousands of women competed, and won many gold medals, with little encouragement or recognition. This work is a history, based on many interviews and meticulous research in primary source documents, of women's track and field, from its beginnings on the lawns of Vassar College in 1895, through 1980, when Title IX began to create a truly level playing field for men and women. The results of Amateur Athletic Union Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Championships since 1923 are given, as well as full coverage of female Olympians.

USA Track & Field Coaching Manual

Author : Joseph L. Rogers
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 9780880116046
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book USA Track & Field Coaching Manual written by Joseph L. Rogers and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2000 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Variant title : USA Track and Field. From USA Track & Field, Inc.

Fire on the Track

Author : Roseanne Montillo
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1101906170
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Fire on the Track written by Roseanne Montillo and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring and irresistible true story of the women who broke barriers and finish-line ribbons in pursuit of Olympic Gold When Betty Robinson assumed the starting position at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, she was participating in what was only her fourth-ever organized track meet. She crossed the finish line as a gold medalist and the fastest woman in the world. This improbable athletic phenom was an ordinary high school student, discovered running for a train in rural Illinois mere months before her Olympic debut. Amsterdam made her a star. But at the top of her game, her career (and life) almost came to a tragic end when a plane she and her cousin were piloting crashed. So dire was Betty's condition that she was taken to the local morgue; only upon the undertaker's inspection was it determined she was still breathing. Betty, once a natural runner who always coasted to victory, soon found herself fighting to walk. While Betty was recovering, the other women of Track and Field were given the chance to shine in the Los Angeles Games, building on Betty's pioneering role as the first female Olympic champion in the sport. These athletes became more visible and more accepted, as stars like Babe Didrikson and Stella Walsh showed the world what women could do. And—miraculously—through grit and countless hours of training, Betty earned her way onto the 1936 Olympic team, again locking her sights on gold as she and her American teammates went up against the German favorites in Hitler's Berlin. Told in vivid detail with novelistic flair, Fire on the Track is an unforgettable portrait of these trailblazers in action.

Coaching Youth Track and Field

Author : American Sport Education Program
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 9780736069144
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book Coaching Youth Track and Field written by American Sport Education Program and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the American Sport Education Program in conjunction with Matt Lydum and other experts from Hersheys Track & Field Games and USA Track & Field, Coaching Youth Track & Field is the only resource available today aimed at coaches of athletes ages 14 and under. Coaching Youth Track & Field includes activities specifically designed for young track and field athletes and fundamentals of all of the events in track and field (USATF and Hersheys Track and Field Games). Coaching Youth Track & Fields 73 activities and 32 age-specific coaching tips are sure to jump-start your planning and practices and help you overcome any hurdle encountered during the season. Plus, sequenced and specific chapters help you learn, retain, and reference in a flash. Endorsed by USATF and named the official handbook of Hersheys Track & Field Games, this book a must-read as you prepare to meet the challenges and enjoy the rewards of coaching young athletes.

The Track in the Forest

Author : Bob Burns
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780897339377
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book The Track in the Forest written by Bob Burns and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1968 US men's Olympic track and field team won 12 gold medals and set six world records at the Mexico City Games, one of the most dominant performances in Olympic history. The Black Power protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the victory stand in Mexico City remains one of the most enduring images of the 1960s. Less known is the role that a 400-meter track carved out of the Eldorado National Forest above Lake Tahoe played in molding that juggernaut. The road to Echo Summit was tortuous-- the Vietnam War was raging, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated, and a group of athletes based out of San Jose State had been threatening to boycott the Mexico City Games to protest racial injustice. Informed by dozens of interviews by longtime sports journalist and track enthusiast Bob Burns, this is the story of how in one of the most divisive years in American history, a California mountaintop provided an incomparable group of Americans shelter from the storm.

The Final Report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports

Author : United States. President's Commission on Olympic Sports
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Final Report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports written by United States. President's Commission on Olympic Sports and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Final Report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports, January 1977, Washington, D.C.

Author : United States. President's Commission on Olympic Sports
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The Final Report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports, January 1977, Washington, D.C. written by United States. President's Commission on Olympic Sports and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great Athletes

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Athletes written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American History through American Sports

Author : Bob Batchelor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313379890
Total Pages : 1037 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book American History through American Sports written by Bob Batchelor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 1037 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with insightful analysis and compelling arguments, this book considers the influence of sports on popular culture and spotlights the fascinating ways in which sports culture and American culture intersect. This collection blends historical and popular culture perspectives in its analysis of the development of sports and sports figures throughout American history. American History through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports is unique in that it focuses on how each sport has transformed and influenced society at large, demonstrating how sports and popular culture are intrinsically entwined and the ways they both reflect larger societal transformations. The essays in the book are wide-ranging, covering topics of interest for sports fans who enjoy the NFL and NASCAR as well as those who like tennis and watching the Olympics. Many topics feature information about specific sports icons and favorite heroes. Additionally, many of the topics' treatments prompt engagement by purposely challenging the reader to either agree or disagree with the author's analysis.

Encyclopedia of International Games

Author : Daniel Bell
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476615276
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of International Games written by Daniel Bell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Olympic Games, revived in 1896, are the most well known international multisport gathering--but since 1896, hundreds of other competitions based on the Olympic Games model have been established whose histories have not been well documented. The Encyclopedia of International Games captures (in one alphabetical sequence) the histories of these games, many of them for the first time. The work includes major regional events such as the African, Asian, Arab, South Pacific, and Pan American Games; competitions such as the Indian Ocean Island Games, Arctic Winter Games, Island Games, and Games of the Small Countries of Europe; specific populations or professions such as the North American Indigenous Games, Maccabiah Games, World Military Games, World Police and Fire Games, and World Medical and Health Games; and Special Olympics, the Paralympics, games for the blind, and other regional games. Eight appendices, notes, bibliography, index.

Congressional Record

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1380 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ethics of Sport

Author : Arthur L. Caplan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190210990
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Ethics of Sport written by Arthur L. Caplan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports are more than just "games." They can unite countries, start wars, and revolutionize views on race, class, and gender. Through works from philosophy, sociology, medicine, and law, this collection explores intersections of sports and ethics, and identifies the immense role of sports in shaping and reflecting social values.