Reference - Dictionaries/Atlases - Education - Phys Ed, Health, Life Skills
Strap on your protective gear and tackle 32 pages of extreme sports, including kneeboarding, kayaking, rock climbing and kite surfing.
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The Sandhurst Legend of Sport is on again and the competition is hot. Surfing, cricket, tennis, football, soccer, basketball, athletics and swimming. Read the series and see who can take the heat. Tennis. The third round of the Legends Series is under way. Can Mitchell Grady keep pace with Travis Fisk? And what about Jack and Bryce? It's one thing to play your enemies and win, but how does it feel to beat your friends? It's not all fair play when the stakes are high. Who will be this year's Legend of Tennis?
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Providing updated and revised chapters on safety, equipment, and basic skills, this instructional guide discusses the fundamentals of skateboarding. Presented in a helpful question and answer format, beginners will find information on buying a first board, where to plant one's feet, how to stay safe while learning new stunts, and the history of this exciting sport. From ollies to kickturns, detailed techniques are presented on the 15 tricks every skater should know. Honest and humorous interviews with skating professionals are incl... read more
Compiling more legendary skateboarding figures and their pioneering tricks, this comprehensive resource details dozens of spectacular stunts - combining invaluable technical information with insightful historical perspectives. Each feat is captured in action sequence and captioned allowing aspiring riders to learn how to perform them. A history of the tricks, featuring their legendary inventors, is also included. Blending background and how-to, this copiously illustrated reference explains amazing manoeuvres that changed the sport ... read more
Ramp tricks - skate moves made on, over, or around wood ramps, cement bowls, and half-pipes - are a key, albeit challenging, component of skateboarding. Hundreds of captioned, sequential photographs demonstrate precisely how these exacting moves are safely made in this indispensable guide to 40 ramp tricks. Beginning with basic moves, including stalls, grinds, and slides, skaters gradually learn the particular positioning and balance needed to perform more advanced tricks such as flips and airs. A brief history of ramp skateboardin... read more
A comprehensive guidebook that details dozens of spectacular skateboarding stunts, this resource combines invaluable technical information with insightful historical perspectives. Each trick is captured in action sequence and captioned so that aspiring riders can learn how each trick is performed. A history of the tricks, featuring their legendary inventors, is also included. This blend of how-to and background ensures that riders not only learn the tricks but also gain respect for the legends that made skateboarding the world-wide... read more
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Warrior Kids is a pioneering programme that over the past 17 years has empowered thousands of children across New Zealand, many of them from challenged backgrounds. Focusing on bringing out the warrior within, the programme draws upon Maori concepts of the warrior and Eastern martial arts in a non-aggressive way designed to instil confidence, respect and self-control, leading children to become masters of their lives. Warrior Kids: Warrior Training for Children features the complete ten sessions of the in-school programme in a form... read more
A book for sports lovers. Everything from the origin of the Olympics and the history of rugby, football and tennis, to the health benefits of sport; from politics and doping to sports around the world; to playing for fun or as a professional; and more
Taniwha and Hakari shows us that our own strength, coupled with the support of others, can help us to tame the dragon within us. It shows us how to channel destructive emotions into positive and nonviolent forces for good. The last part of the book explains that the hero returns with a gift for the people in the community. This gift is embodied in the hero, whose success then empowers us to become teachers and helpers for others.
Content covers the following achievement standards: 2.1 Examine the relationship between physical activity and health, and implications for self and society -- 2.2 Describe how functional anatomy and biomechanical principles relate to performing physical activity -- 2.3 Examine the principles and methods of training in relation to participation in physical activity -- 2.4 Examine skill-learning principles and psychological skills in relation to physical activity. Complementing these are notes that support the following Level 2 Unit... read more
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Coaching Leadership is about building leadership capacity in individuals, and in institutions, through enhancing professional relationships. It is based on the importance of maximising potential, and harnessing the ongoing commitment and energy needed to meet personal and professional goals. Based on over a decade of research and development, nationally and internationally, Coaching Leadership brings you the empirical evidence, the principles, and the skills, to be able to develop your own leadership and that of others you work wit... read more
