The Football Code

Author : James Tippett
Publisher : Self-Publisher
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1527211940

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The Football Code by James Tippett Pdf

The Football Code outlines an innovative, ground-breaking philosophy that will change the way you watch the beautiful game. In a sport which is so largely dictated by randomness, how can we accurately assess the performance of teams, players and managers? How can we tell who is good and who is simply lucky? The Football Code teaches how a more scientific approach can eradicate the damaging effects of chance, leaving a clearer image of what is actually happening on the field of play. Only then can managers sign better players. Only then can pundits offer better judgements. Only then can fans compile better fantasy football teams. This book addresses the intrinsic errors and inefficiencies which plague the sport, whilst at the same time revealing the top secret methods that professional gambling syndicates use to predict future outcomes. Above all, it discloses the top secret, data-driven system that one football mastermind has used to make millions in the betting markets, and that has allowed the Championship team he owns to punch spectacularly above its financial weight. Football has finally found it's answer to baseball's 'Moneyball'. "Any fan who doesn't read this book will be left behind." - William Lund. "Unveils a revolutionary approach to the transfer market. Truly exceptional." - FootballNow. "A masterclass. The sport of football will never be the same again" - Levi Janssen.

Author : Tony Collins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781351709675

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How Football Began by Tony Collins Pdf

This ambitious and fascinating history considers why, in the space of sixty years between 1850 and 1910, football grew from a marginal and unorganised activity to become the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people around the world. The book explores how the world’s football codes - soccer, rugby league, rugby union, American, Australian, Canadian and Gaelic - developed as part of the commercialised leisure industry in the nineteenth century. Football, however and wherever it was played, was a product of the second industrial revolution, the rise of the mass media, and the spirit of the age of the masses. Important reading for students of sports studies, history, sociology, development and management, this book is also a valuable resource for scholars and academics involved in the study of football in all its forms, as well as an engrossing read for anyone interested in the early history of football.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1875268391

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The football codes by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alan Gratz
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780545695206

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Code of Honor by Alan Gratz Pdf

A timely, nonstop action-adventure about the War on Terror -- and a family torn apart. Kamran Smith has it all. He's the star of the football team, dates the most popular girl in school, and can't wait to join the Army like his big brother, Darius. Although Kamran's family hails from Iran, Kamran has always felt 100% American. Accepted. And then everything implodes.Darius is accused of being a terrorist. Kamran refuses to believe it, but the evidence is there -- Darius has been filmed making threats against his country, hinting at an upcoming deadly attack. Kamran's friends turn on him -- suddenly, in their eyes, he's a terrorist, too.Kamran knows it's up to him to clear his brother's name. In a race against time, Kamran must piece together a series of clues and codes that will lead him to Darius -- and the truth.But is it a truth Kamran is ready to face? And is he putting his own life at risk?

Author : Hunter Fujak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1925914151

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Code Wars - The Battle for Fans, Dollars and Survival by Hunter Fujak Pdf

Using data and knowledge developed over the past decade, along with interviews of stakeholders, a consumer-friendly version around the issues associated with the 'code wars' in Australian sport. This includes a review of the past around how football preferences have been shaped, the current landscape (with some critical analysis of the governance of the organisations), and prognosticating about the future Australian sport landscape.

Author : Christoph Biermann
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781788702355

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Football Hackers by Christoph Biermann Pdf

Well written and thoughtful. Takes us on a tour of some of Europe's most innovative football thinkers - Financial Times The future of football is now. Football's data revolution has only just begun. The arrival of advanced metrics and detailed analysis is already reshaping the modern game. We can now fully assess player performance, analyse the role of luck and measure what really leads to victory. There is no turning back. Now the race is on between football's wealthiest clubs and a group of outsiders, nerds and rule-breakers, who are turning the game on its head with their staggering innovations. Winning is no longer just about what happens out on the pitch, it's now a battle taking place in boardrooms and on screens across international borders with the world's brightest minds driving for an edge over their fiercest rivals. Christoph Biermann has moved in the midst of these disruptive upheavals, talking to scientists, coaches, managers, scouts and psychologists in the world's major clubs, traveling across Europe and the US and revealing the hidden - and often jaw-dropping - truths behind the beautiful game. 'A book full of exciting ideas and inside views on modern football. The most exciting book in an exciting time for football.' Thomas Hitzlsperger

Author : David M. Nelson
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0874134552

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The Anatomy of a Game by David M. Nelson Pdf

"This is the first football history to chronicle year by year how playing rules developed the game. Football - a four-dimensional game of rushing, kicking, forward passing, and backward passing - has had more playing rule changes since its inception than any other sport. The Anatomy of a Game follows football rules from the game's European roots through its beginning in the United States to its position as the number-one spectator sport in the 1990s. Highlighted are details of the crisis years that changed the character of the game, with coaches and rules committee members the featured players. David M. Nelson, who served on the NCAA Rules Committee longer than Walter Camp, provides personal insight into all Rules Committee meetings since 1958, as well as an appendix - chronological and by rule - listing every change since 1876." "Ever since the first two human beings kicked, threw, or batted an object competitively, there have been playing rules. Games are mentioned in the Bible, and the Romans brought football's forerunner to Britain, from where it was exported to the United States. It was in the United States that college students decided to make their game rugby rather than soccer. Although the students invented United States football and made the first rules, their ruling power was eventually lost to the faculty, administrators, coaches, rules committees, and the NCAA." "Beginning as a brutal sport, football survived several crises before and after the turn of the century, eventually becoming respectable. The 1931 injury crisis split the high school and college rules and the same year the professionals went their own way, with rules largely based on spectator appeal." "Today the sport is a national treasure primarily because of its playing rules, over seven hundred in total, which make college football unique among the world's team sports. Moreover, football remains an American game, never having the same impact in other countries as do baseball and basketball." "Rules make the game, but people make the rules. Football survived the major crises that threatened the game because committee members adhered to the precepts that had governed football since its inception. The game began with an attempt to have a consistent code of justice, personal accountability, and equality. In some sense the playing rules are a type of moral precept that explains in the simplest terms what can and cannot be done. The Football Code, which first prefaced the rules in 1916, makes the game - more than any other sport - a moral one because it sets standards for coaching, playing, sportsmanship, and officiating."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : George Megalogenis
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781760144319

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The Football Solution by George Megalogenis Pdf

A sport unlike any other in the world, football has always been Australia's bellwether. But at a time when politics is increasingly conducted like sports - full of one-eyed tribalism, captain's calls and policy dictated by the Newspoll scoreboard - football is the one institution that's more relevant than ever. And it's Richmond that's out in front of the pack. Before it could win the 2017 premiership, the club had to change how it thought about good leadership. By weaving together the game's conflicted history, a sharp-eyed analysis of Richmond's off-field turbulence and his own love of the Tigers, Megalogenis reveals just how Richmond found a new way to win - and how Australia might do the same. 'Megalogenis has done it again, but with an unexpected twist.' HUGH MACKAY 'A public intellectual who barracks for Richmond argues that the Tigers' 2017 flag contains the seeds of our national resurgence. That's some footy argument . . .' MARTIN FLANAGAN 'Richmond are not yet ahead in the premiership wars, but through inspired leadership, they're streets ahead in the culture wars.' BARRIE CASSIDY 'Manages the incredible feat of igniting hope again for something called Australia. Whatever football code you follow, or even if you don't follow sport at all, I urge you to read this book. It's bracingly sane and beautifully told.' CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS

Author : Jens Bangsbo,Peter Krustrup,Peter Riis Hansen,Laila Ottesen,Gertrud Pfister,Anne-Marie Elbe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317366713

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Science and Football VIII by Jens Bangsbo,Peter Krustrup,Peter Riis Hansen,Laila Ottesen,Gertrud Pfister,Anne-Marie Elbe Pdf

Science and Football VIII showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as ‘football’. These include soccer, the national codes (American football, Australian rules football and Gaelic football), and the rugby codes (union and league). Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this book is by far the most comprehensive collection of current research into football, presenting important new work in key areas such as: physiology of training performance analysis fitness assessment nutrition biomechanics injury and rehabilitation youth football environmental physiology psychology in football sociological perspectives in football Science and Football VIII is an essential resource for all sport scientists, trainers, coaches, physical therapists, physicians, psychologists, educational officers and professionals working across the football codes.

Author : John Cordner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Football
ISBN : 0958046409

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The World of Football by John Cordner Pdf

The 10 codes covered in this book are: Association Football (Soccer), Rugby League, Rugby Union, American Football, Canadian Football, Rugby Sevens, Gaelic Football, Australian Football, Sepaktakraw, Il Calcio.

Author : Zack Bowersox
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498562195

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International Sporting Events and Human Rights by Zack Bowersox Pdf

This work tests the relationship between international sporting events and human rights. It finds that hosts are sensitive to the increased attention their position brings and are more likely to then behave themselves.

Author : S. Wagg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230320819

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Myths and Milestones in the History of Sport by S. Wagg Pdf

The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about.

Author : Brendan Flynn
Publisher : Lerner Digital ™
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512462227

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Football Time! by Brendan Flynn Pdf

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about the basics of the sport of football. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills.

Author : Richard Elliott,John Harris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317810476

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Football and Migration by Richard Elliott,John Harris Pdf

Football is an incredibly powerful case study of globalization and an extremely useful lens through which to study and understand contemporary processes of international migration. This is the first book to focus on the increasingly complex series of migratory processes that contour the contemporary game, drawing on multi-disciplinary approaches from sociology, history, geography and anthropology to explore migration in football in established, emerging and transitional contexts. The book examines shifting migration patterns over time and across space, and analyses the sociological dynamics that drive and influence those patterns. It presents in-depth case studies of migration in elite men’s football, exploring the role of established leagues in Europe and South America as well as important emerging leagues on football's frontier in North America and Asia. The final section of the book analyses the movement of groups who have rarely been the focus of migration research before, including female professional players, elite youth players, amateur players and players’ families, drawing on important new research in Ghana, England, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Few other sports have such a global reach and therefore few other sports are such an important location for cross-cultural research and insight across the social sciences. This book is engaging reading for any student or scholar with an interest in sport, sociology, human geography, migration, international labour flows, globalization, development or post-colonial studies.

Author : Brad Herzog
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781410308184

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Little Football by Brad Herzog Pdf

Now even the smallest of fans can enjoy a book about their favorite sport. Rhyming riddles accompanied by colorful artwork help introduce the game's simplest, most basic elements.