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Espn films 30 for 30 2Contents: disc 1. Broke (79:00) / director, Billy Corben ; 9.79 (79:00) / director, Daniel Gordon -- disc 2. There's no place like home (59:00) / directors, Maura Mandt and Josh Swade ; Benji (77:00) / directors, Coodie and Chike ; Ghosts of Ole Miss (51:00) / director, Fritz Mitchell -- disc 3. You don't know Bo (76:00) / director, Michael Bonfiglio ; Survive and advance (101:00) / director, Jonathan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: "Sportswriter and columnist Sally Jenkins spent her whole life literally stamping great coaches and athletes down in letters. But somewhere along the line, she realized, they had begun to write her. Their example could shape her into something better if she paid attention. What she learned from great athletes and coaches is that champions are the product of their own work. This book is an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.01 JENMonte, Maureen Electa
Summary: Win Like a Girl is more than an inspirational, how-to book about leadership and coaching confidence in female athletes; it’s a movement. And you’re invited! Do you know a female athlete struggling with confidence? This fast, fun story solves the self-belief crisis once and for all. Win Like a Girl provides a crucial framework for feeding confidence through strong connections, controlling the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 0000
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 796.082 MONKotler, Steven
Summary: Cutting-edge discoveries in embodied cognition, flow science, and network neuroscience have revolutionized how we think about peak performance aging. On paper, these discoveries should allow older athletes to progress in supposedly "impossible" activities. To see if theory worked in practice, Kotler conducted his own ass-on-the-line experiment in applied neuroscience and later-in-life skill...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 KOTBenedict, Jeff.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northeastern University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.153 BENMumford, George
Summary: "Michael Jordan and countless other NBA stars credit George Mumford with transforming their game. A widely respected public speaker and coach, Mumford shares his story and strategies in The Mindful Athlete. His proven techniques transform the performance of anyone with a goal, be they an Olympian, weekend warrior, executive, hacker, or artist. A basketball player at the University of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Team MumfordSteidinger, Joan
Summary: "Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete tells the stories of all kinds of female athletes in a variety of sports. Their natural tendency to use talking as a primary form of communication is essential to their experiences and successes in sports. Women and girls tend to have BFFs, collaborate during periods of stress, express empathy for one another, worry about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796 STEEtnier, Jennifer L.
Summary: "Bring Your "A" Game introduces key strategies for mental training, such as goal setting, pre-performance routines, confidence building, and imagery. Each of the seventeen chapters focuses on a single mental skill and offers key points and exercises designed to reinforce the concepts, The book encourages athletes to Incorporate these mental skills into their dally lives and practice sessions so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.001 ETNFitzgerald, Matt
Summary: "Sports journalist Matt Fitzgerald shares the stories of top athletic comebacks, to give you inspiration and tools for your own comeback in sport or life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: VeloPress 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.01 FITSummary: An obsessive college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an extreme physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NOVToomey-Orr, Tia-Clair
Summary: Tia Toomey, the world's fittest woman, has won the CrossFit Games an incredible six years in a row and is undeniably a true warrior. She has also trained for the Winter Olympics in bobsledding, competed in the Summer Olympics in weightlifting, and was a Commonwealth Games gold medalist. She is, in short, one of the most accomplished and dominant athletes in human history. But for Tia physical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 TOOParry, John
Summary: "In The Burden of Sports, John Weston Parry examines the mental health and emotional well-being of elite American athletes generally, as well as in relation to spectator sports propaganda, the legal system, politics, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This book covers mental health conditions that any elite athlete may encounter, from depression and anxiety to substance abuse and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "A richly reported and provocative look at the history of women's sports and the controversy surrounding trans athletes by a leading LGBTQ+ sports journalist. For decades women have been playing competitive sports thanks in large part to the protective cover of Title IX. Since passage of that law, the number of women participating in sports and the level of competition in high school, college,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023