AAU News

AAU News
Author: Amateur Athletic Union of the United States
Publisher:
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1979
Genre: Athletics
ISBN:

The End of Amateurism in American Track and Field

The End of Amateurism in American Track and Field
Author: Joseph M. Turrini
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0252077075

Combining social and institutional history and incorporating the recollections of the athletes and meet directors on the front lines, The End of Amateurism in Track and Field shows how the athletes thoroughly transformed their sport to end the amateur system in the early 1990s---changes that allowed the athletes to market their potential, drastically increase their earning possibilities, and improve their quality of life. --

Synchronized Swimming

Synchronized Swimming
Author: Dawn Pawson Bean
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2005-03-18
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786419482

From novelty tricks in swim classes, through the Aquacades and movies, to the highly complex Olympic competitions--this history of synchronized swimming tells how the sport grew, examines the role the United States has played in its worldwide development, and describes the status of synchronized swimming in world sporting events today. Among the topics covered are competition development, development around the United States, rules and technical changes, and leadership (from volunteers to a National Office). Four appendices list major award winners, U.S. National Champions, the results of major international competitions, and U.S. participation in international events. The work boasts photographs from the first trial national competition in 1942 to the World Championships of 2003, as well as a full bibliography.

Hey, Tiger—You Need to Move Your Mark Back

Hey, Tiger—You Need to Move Your Mark Back
Author: Steve Scott
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1510765301

Experience the thrill, twenty-five years later, of Steve Scott's epic finals match against Tiger Woods in the 1996 United States Amateur Championship! In August of ‘96, Steve Scott went head to head against Tiger Woods at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in the finals of the US Amateur Championship. Five thousand three hundred forty-five players whittled down to two. Scott found himself a surprising 5-up after the first 18, but at hole 35 Tiger squared the grueling match with an improbable 40-foot birdie putt. With the result coming down to the last hole, the difference in the outcome actually came earlier, when Scott reminded Woods to move his mark back to its rightful place on hole 34. Had Scott not done the morally correct thing, Tiger would have been penalized and, in turn, not have won three straight U.S. Amateur Championships (something not even the great Jack Nicklaus or legendary Bobby Jones had done), forever changing the course of Tiger’s career and golf history. In Hey, Tiger—You Need to Move Your Mark Back, Scott teams up with esteemed storyteller Tripp Bowden to explain, twenty-five years later, what led to that life-changing moment and to describe, in his own words, the exhilaration of that ‘96 U. S. Amateur Championship and how it ultimately changed golf history and the two competitors' lives. Forever. Hey Tiger—You Need to Move Your Mark Back is a story for the ages for golf fans looking for an unlikely new perspective on the greatest game in the world.

Centered

Centered
Author: Anthony Ianni
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1684351529

-underdog story -gives unique, first-hand perspective of experiencing autism -interest to both sports fans and those with an interest in neurodiversity -well-connected author

Dead Coach Walking

Dead Coach Walking
Author: Tom Penders
Publisher: Reedy Press LLC
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2011-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1935806025

Renowned college basketball coach Tom Penders revisits his successful, if tumultuous, career in a new autobiography Dead Coach Walking: Tom Penders Surviving and Thriving in College Hoops. One of the winningest head coaches in NCAA Division I basketball history, Penders reflects on four decades steering programs at 7 universities-Tufts, Columbia, Fordham, Rhode Island, Texas, George Washington and Houston. As he lifted them from depths of "death row" to winning glory, he enhanced his reputation as "Turnaround Tom." Penders achieved success with distinction: he has coached more NCAA Division I basketball programs than any coach in history and has taken four different schools to the Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. He also retired in 2010 ranked 4th total among active coaches in games-coached, trailing only Connecticut's Jim Calhoun, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim. In Dead Coach Walking, Penders talks about the teams he led and how he dealt with athletic directors, conference commissioners, assistants, AAU coaches, the NABC and the NCAA. The book also goes behind the scenes, revealing game strategies, coaching personalities, locker room stories, and experiences on the recruiting trail. Penders' perspective, while sometimes controversial, is riveting not to mention entertaining. Dead Coach Walking is truly as unique, quirky, and remarkable as its subject.

The Working Press of the Nation

The Working Press of the Nation
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 716
Release: 1983
Genre: American newspapers
ISBN:

V.1 Newspaper directory.--v.2 Magazine directory.--v.3 TV and radio directory.--v.4 Feature writer and photographer directory.--v.5 Internal publications directory.

Parent's Guide to Youth Basketball and Beyond

Parent's Guide to Youth Basketball and Beyond
Author: Kevin Cantwell
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2017-06-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781536874679

If you want your child to succeed in youth basketball, you can't be just a spectator. Get involved-the right way-and help him or her prepare for games at the high school and college levels. In the Parent's Guide to Youth Basketball and Beyond, authors Kevin Cantwell and Pat Alacqua offer their coaching and parenting expertise, outlining the role parents need to take, providing information and history on youth basketball in the United States, highlighting the pitfalls of the US system, and showing you how to gain access to the resources needed to most effectively help your child. Cantwell, who spent his career coaching at the college level, pulls back the veil and shows curious readers exactly how the recruitment process for college basketball works, how to recognize and develop their children's most important skills, and how to best showcase their children's talent. The current youth basketball system in the United States is not tailored to help individual children reach their full potential. The responsibility to research and plan for success, therefore, rests on parents and family members. Cantwell and Alacqua's step-by-step instructions will help you effectually shape and support your child's journey.

Wonder Girl

Wonder Girl
Author: Don Van Natta Jr.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2011-06-02
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0316175919

Experience the extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten American superstar athlete. Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and never met a hurdle too high. Despite attempts to keep women from competing, Babe achieved All-American status in basketball and won gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics. Then Babe attempted to conquer golf. One of the founders of the LPGA, Babe won more consecutive tournaments than any golfer in history. At the height of her fame, she was diagnosed with cancer. Babe would then take her most daring step of all: go public and try to win again with the hope of inspiring the world. A rollicking saga, stretching across the first half of the 20th century, Wonder Girl is as fresh, heartfelt, and graceful as Babe herself.