Author: Chuck Hines
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438920903
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Chuck Hines enjoyed a 40-year career with the YMCA, during which he was a strong advocate of the Olympic sport of water polo. He was a three-time All-America player, and he coached teams at three YMCAs that won national championships. His teams all started out at the beginning level, in small pools and with insufficient equipment, and fought their way to the top. This book is the story of those teams and their rags to riches achievements.
Water Polo the Y's Way
Author: Chuck Hines
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438920903
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Chuck Hines enjoyed a 40-year career with the YMCA, during which he was a strong advocate of the Olympic sport of water polo. He was a three-time All-America player, and he coached teams at three YMCAs that won national championships. His teams all started out at the beginning level, in small pools and with insufficient equipment, and fought their way to the top. This book is the story of those teams and their rags to riches achievements.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438920903
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Chuck Hines enjoyed a 40-year career with the YMCA, during which he was a strong advocate of the Olympic sport of water polo. He was a three-time All-America player, and he coached teams at three YMCAs that won national championships. His teams all started out at the beginning level, in small pools and with insufficient equipment, and fought their way to the top. This book is the story of those teams and their rags to riches achievements.
Water Polo Whiz
Author: Chuck Hines
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496943309
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
The leading character, Sandy Scott, a strong swimmer, leaves his home in the mountains of Western North Carolina and enters college in California to learn the sport of water polo. Six years later, he returns home and revives a defunct water polo program at his local YMCA, working with young eleven- and twelve-year-olds. The book follows his trials and tribulations as he takes his team of boys and girls to tournaments in Pennsylvania and Colorado. There is a family element in the story as well as a secondary love interest. Although fictional, the novel is based on some of the author's actual experiences.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496943309
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
The leading character, Sandy Scott, a strong swimmer, leaves his home in the mountains of Western North Carolina and enters college in California to learn the sport of water polo. Six years later, he returns home and revives a defunct water polo program at his local YMCA, working with young eleven- and twelve-year-olds. The book follows his trials and tribulations as he takes his team of boys and girls to tournaments in Pennsylvania and Colorado. There is a family element in the story as well as a secondary love interest. Although fictional, the novel is based on some of the author's actual experiences.
An Insider's Guide to Water Polo
Author: Tracie Egan
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1477780866
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Water polo was the first team sport to be added to the program of the Olympic Games, in 1900. This accessible volume chronicles the history of the fast-paced aquatic sport, its rules and regulations, playing techniques, and required skills, such as catching, wet and dry passing, and shooting. Both offensive and defensive plays are examined, as well as how points are scored. This handy narrative also explains player positions, the coach's responsibilities, and officials' tasks, and includes informative sidebars such as a comparison of American and English water polo and types of fouls.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1477780866
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Water polo was the first team sport to be added to the program of the Olympic Games, in 1900. This accessible volume chronicles the history of the fast-paced aquatic sport, its rules and regulations, playing techniques, and required skills, such as catching, wet and dry passing, and shooting. Both offensive and defensive plays are examined, as well as how points are scored. This handy narrative also explains player positions, the coach's responsibilities, and officials' tasks, and includes informative sidebars such as a comparison of American and English water polo and types of fouls.
Modern Sports around the World
Author: David Asa Schwartz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440868808
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Modern Sports around the World focuses on the history, geography, sociology, economics, and technological advancements of 50 sports played from India to Ireland. Sports have become an international spectacle that influences nations' foreign policy, world economies, and regional morale. Hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake as governments and multinational corporations rush to make sure they have a place at the table. And yet, sports come from humble beginnings. We are fascinated by who can run the fastest, lift the most weight, jump the highest, swim the farthest, and act with the most precision. The history of sports is the history of the world. Modern Sports around the World examines 50 of the world's most popular sports. Each chapter features one sport and details that sport's origins, global migration, economic forces, media influences, political environment, pop-culture inspirations, scandalous moments, and key individuals. Sports history is a tapestry of sociological variables; Modern Sports around the World weaves them together to create a unique history book that explains not only where humanity has been, but where it might be going.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440868808
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Modern Sports around the World focuses on the history, geography, sociology, economics, and technological advancements of 50 sports played from India to Ireland. Sports have become an international spectacle that influences nations' foreign policy, world economies, and regional morale. Hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake as governments and multinational corporations rush to make sure they have a place at the table. And yet, sports come from humble beginnings. We are fascinated by who can run the fastest, lift the most weight, jump the highest, swim the farthest, and act with the most precision. The history of sports is the history of the world. Modern Sports around the World examines 50 of the world's most popular sports. Each chapter features one sport and details that sport's origins, global migration, economic forces, media influences, political environment, pop-culture inspirations, scandalous moments, and key individuals. Sports history is a tapestry of sociological variables; Modern Sports around the World weaves them together to create a unique history book that explains not only where humanity has been, but where it might be going.
The Journal of Physical Education
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Category : Physical education and training
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Category : Physical education and training
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Swimming World and Junior Swimmer
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Category : Swimming
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Category : Swimming
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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TV Guide
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Category : Television programs
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Category : Television programs
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
The Realm of Sport
Author: Herbert Warren Wind
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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Physical Training; Supplement to Association Men
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Category : Physical education and training
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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Category : Physical education and training
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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The Columbian
Author: Columbia University. Junior Class
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Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Languages : en
Pages : 360
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