Profiles In Sports Courage

Author : Ken Rappoport
Publisher : Peachtree
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1561453684

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Profiles in Sports Courage by Ken Rappoport Pdf

A dozen of the twentieth-century's greatest and most courageous athletes show how they overcame difficult obstacles to make a lasting impact not only in their sport but also on society. Veteran author and journalist Ken Rappoport showcases some lesser-known athletes such as Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Everest, as well as famous athletes like Jackie Robinson, the first Black American to play in Major League Baseball, and race car pioneer Janet Guthrie, the first woman to qualify for the Indy 500. Each dramatic, action-packed profile shows how these talented athletes overcame such serious challenges as racism, sexism, and severe illness. Young readers will find in each of these inspiring men and women the bravery, perseverance, and dedication that made them outstanding athletes during their own times and strong role models for today.

Author : Patrick Gallivan
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476678313

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Pro Football in the 1960s by Patrick Gallivan Pdf

The 1960s were a tumultuous period in U.S. history and the sporting world was not immune to the decade's upturn of tradition. As war in Southeast Asia, civil unrest at home and political assassinations rocked the nation, professional football struggled to attract fans. While some players fought for civil rights and others fought overseas, the ideological divides behind the protests and riots in the streets spilled into the locker rooms, and athletes increasingly brought their political beliefs into the sports world. This history describes how a decade of social upheaval affected life on the gridiron, and the personalities and events that shaped the game. The debut of the Super Bowl, soon to become a fixture of American culture, marked a professional sport on the rise. Increasingly lucrative television contracts and innovations in the filming and broadcasting of games expanded pro football's audiences. An authoritarian old guard, best represented by the revered Vince Lombardi, began to give way as star players like Joe Namath commanded new levels of pay and power. And at last, all teams fielded African American players, belatedly beginning the correction of the sport's greatest wrong.

Author : Barry Jacobs
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493071296

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Across the Line by Barry Jacobs Pdf

In the 1960s, college sports required more than athletic prowess from its African American players. For many pioneering basketball players on 18 teams in the Atlantic and Southeastern conference, playing ball meant braving sometimes menacing crowds during the tumultuous era of civil rights. Perry Wallace feared he would be shot when he first stepped onto a court in his Vanderbilt uniform. During one road game, Georgia's Ronnie Hogue fended off a hostile crowd with a chair. Craig Mobley had to flee the Clemson campus, along with other black students. C.B. Claiborne couldn't attend the Duke team banquet when it was held at an all-white country club. Wendell Hudson's mother cried with heartache when her son decided to play at the University of Alabama, and Al Heartley locked himself in a campus dorm at North Carolina State for safety the night Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. Grounded in the civil rights struggles on campuses throughout the south, the voices of players, coaches, opponents and fans reveal the long-neglected story of race, sports and social history. Barry Jacobs has covered college basketball as well as news and other sports since 1976 for numerous publications, among them the New York Times, Washington Post, GQ, People, Oceans, the Saturday Evening Post and the Sporting News. He is the author of four books, including Coach K's Little Blue Book, The World According to Dean, and Three Paths to Glory. For 14 years he wrote the Fan’s Guide to ACC Basketball. He also served as an elected county commissioner for 20 years and supervises Moorefields, an historic site near Hillsborough, NC.

Author : Brad Herzog
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1459694821

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Incredible Stories of Courage in Sports by Brad Herzog Pdf

These true stories of courage in sports will inspire and amaze young readers. Jackie Robinson showed great courage in the face of racism when he broke professional baseball's color barrier in 1946. Other courageous athletes highlighted in this book include surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her left arm in a 2003 shark attack. But just a few weeks later, she was back in the waves.

Author : Ruth Foster
Publisher : Teacher Created Resources
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781420680386

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Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Social Studies, Grd 6 by Ruth Foster Pdf

High-interest, nonfiction articles help students learn about science and social studies topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Each story is followed by questions that cover main idea, details, vocabulary, and critical reasoning. The format is similar to that of standardized tests, so as students progress through the book s units, they are preparing for success in testing.

Author : Caroline Kennedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0786245638

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Profiles in Courage for Our Time by Caroline Kennedy Pdf

Profiles the recipients of the Profiles in Courage Award, established by the Kennedys in 1989 to honor courageous public service.

Author : Pat LaFontaine,Ernie Valutis,Chas Griffin,Larry Weisman
Publisher : Grand Central Pub
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 044652705X

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Companions in Courage by Pat LaFontaine,Ernie Valutis,Chas Griffin,Larry Weisman Pdf

Profiles soccer players, runners, hockey players, and golfers who excelled at their sports and overcame physical and emotionally setbacks to continue in their sports and help others realize their dreams.

Author : Pat LaFontaine,Dr. Ernie Valutis,Chas Griffin,Larry Weisman
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780759520516

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Companions in Courage by Pat LaFontaine,Dr. Ernie Valutis,Chas Griffin,Larry Weisman Pdf

Pat LaFontaine shares the personal details of his own struggle with depression and physical rehabilitation, as well as those other amazing athletes who were challenged by adversity and won. These are stories that will inspire others with the determination, courage, and winning spirit necessary to break through life's roadblocks and succeed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Kendall Hunt
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Medicine
ISBN : 0787295906

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Practice Profiles in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pedro Forte,Daniel Leite Portella,Diogo Monteiro,José Eduardo Teixeira
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832524008

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Towards a Psychophysiological Approach in Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sports by Pedro Forte,Daniel Leite Portella,Diogo Monteiro,José Eduardo Teixeira Pdf

In recent years, there has been an increase in interest in mental health disorders as a result of mediatic coverage of Olympic athletes’ mental health struggles, and also due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. These phenomena helped to further exacerbate a problem already extensively present in sport and society. Therefore, applying a psychophysiological approach to physical activity, exercise, and sports research has become very popular. Indeed, mental fatigue and mental disorders are not only psychological in origin, but also require an explanation from a psychophysiological perspective due to the effective interconnection between the psychological and physiological dimensions. Psychological variables can also influence performance and the psychophysiological system has a strong effect on the control of physical capacities. Moreover, pacing behaviour, decision-making, self-regulation, and effort perception can also explain the role of the brain in physical activity and exercise management. Thus, the aim of this Research Topic is to share the impact of a psychophysiological approach in physical activity, exercise and sports.

Author : Joshua Wolf Shenk
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547526898

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Lincoln's Melancholy by Joshua Wolf Shenk Pdf

A nuanced psychological portrait of Abraham Lincoln that finds his legendary political strengths rooted in his most personal struggles. Giving shape to the deep depression that pervaded Lincoln's adult life, Joshua Wolf Shenk’s Lincoln’s Melancholy reveals how this illness influenced both the President’s character and his leadership. Mired in personal suffering as a young man, Lincoln forged a hard path toward mental health. Shenk draws on seven years of research from historical record, interviews with Lincoln scholars, and contemporary research on depression to understand the nature of Lincoln’s unhappiness. In the process, Shenk discovers that the President’s coping strategies—among them, a rich sense of humor and a tendency toward quiet reflection—ultimately helped him to lead the nation through its greatest turmoil. A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post Book World, Atlanta Journal-Constituion, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette As Featured on the History Channel documentary Lincoln “Fresh, fascinating, provocative.”—Sanford D. Horwitt, San Francisco Chronicle “Some extremely beautiful prose and fine political rhetoric and leaves one feeling close to Lincoln, a considerable accomplishment.”—Andrew Solomon, New York Magazine “A profoundly human and psychologically important examination of the melancholy that so pervaded Lincoln's life.”—Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., author of An Unquiet Mind

Author : Todd Kortemeier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Courage
ISBN : 1549011898

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Courage in Sports by Todd Kortemeier Pdf

Presents the game-changing power of courage in sports, including what it is and how it can affect individuals.

Author : Jessie Diggins,Todd Smith
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781452962009

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Brave Enough by Jessie Diggins,Todd Smith Pdf

Travel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling journey from America’s heartland to international sports history, navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of glitter Pyeongchang, February 21, 2018. In the nerve-racking final seconds of the women’s team sprint freestyle race, Jessie Diggins dug deep. Blowing past two of the best sprinters in the world, she stretched her ski boot across the finish line and lunged straight into Olympic immortality: the first ever cross-country skiing gold medal for the United States at the Winter Games. The 26-year-old Diggins, a four-time World Championship medalist, was literally a world away from the small town of Afton, Minnesota, where she first strapped on skis. Yet, for all her history-making achievements, she had never strayed far from the scrappy 12-year-old who had insisted on portaging her own canoe through the wilderness, yelling happily under the unwieldy weight on her shoulders: “Look! I’m doing it!” In Brave Enough, Jessie Diggins reveals the true story of her journey from the American Midwest into sports history. With candid charm and characteristic grit, she connects the dots from her free-spirited upbringing in the woods of Minnesota to racing in the bright spotlights of the Olympics. Going far beyond stories of races and ribbons, she describes the challenges and frustrations of becoming a serious athlete; learning how to push through and beyond physical and psychological limits; and the intense pressure of competing at the highest levels. She openly shares her harrowing struggle with bulimia, recounting both the adversity and how she healed from it in order to bring hope and understanding to others experiencing eating disorders. Between thrilling accounts of moments of triumph, Diggins shows the determination it takes to get there—the struggles and disappointments, the fun and the hard work, and the importance of listening to that small, fierce voice: I can do it. I am brave enough.

Author : Joanne Mattern,James Mattern
Publisher : Great Moments in Sports
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0756902428

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Courageous Comebacks by Joanne Mattern,James Mattern Pdf

This book profiles nine famous athletes whose courage enabled them to overcome injuries, disease, and psychological fears to return and participate in their respective sports with overwhelming success.

Author : Erkut Konter,Jürgen Beckmann,Todd M. Loughead
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351975490

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Football Psychology by Erkut Konter,Jürgen Beckmann,Todd M. Loughead Pdf

Presenting an empirically underpinned synthesis of research and theory, while offering guidance for applied practitioners, this is the first book to comprehensively map the psychology of learning, playing, and coaching the world’s favourite sport. The book provides a complete analysis of key topics that capture the broad range of football psychology such as personality, motivation, cognition, and emotion; coaching and team essentials; psychological skills for performance enhancement; and developing players in youth football. Including contributions from a range of international researchers, each chapter provides a review of the relevant literature, key theories, real-world examples, and reflections on how knowledge can be applied in practice. Split into four sections, the book covers a diverse range of topics relevant not only to coaching and performance but also to personality development and health promotion. Essential reading for any student, researcher, or professional in the area, the book is the most cutting-edge overview of how psychology can explain and improve the way football is both played and understood.