Download or read book Swimmers Take Your Marks written by Janet E. Gill and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tammy is living in a new town with her mother and new stepfather, and she doesn't know anyone. When another new girl named Lora asks her to join the summer swim team, Tammy jumps at the chance. But when Tammy realizes that Lora is a much better swimmer than she is, Tammy's hopes for a new best friend begin to sink.
Download or read book Swimmers Take Your Marks written by Nancy Veglahn and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To assure themselves free swimming time at the local pool, a group of children form a swimming team but find that the pool officials expect them to perform in competitions.
Download or read book Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes written by Chris Crutcher and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called a “masterpiece” in a starred review from School Library Journal, award-winning author Chris Crutcher’s acclaimed Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes is an enduring classic. This bestselling novel is about love, loyalty, and friendship in the face of adversity. “Superb plotting, extraordinary characters, and cracking narrative make this novel unforgettable.”—Publishers Weekly Sarah Byrnes and Eric Calhoune have been friends for years. When they were children, his weight and her scars made them both outcasts. Now Sarah Byrnes—the smartest, toughest person Eric has ever known—sits silent in a hospital. Eric must uncover the terrible secret she’s hiding before its dark current pulls them both under. Will appeal to fans of Marieke Nijkamp, Andrew Smith, and John Corey Whaley. “Once again, Chris Crutcher plunges his readers into life's tough issues within a compelling story filled with human compassion . . . with his characteristic intelligence, humor, and empathy."—ALAN Review An American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults
Download or read book Waterlog written by Roger Deakin and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by John Cheever's classic short story, 'The Swimmer', Roger Deakin set out from his home in Suffolk to swim through the British Isles. The result of his journey is this personal view of an island race.
Download or read book Developing Swimmers written by Michael Brooks and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talent, skill, and a passion to compete: These are the characteristics that define elite-level swimmers. But as the sport’s best coaches know, even the most gifted of athletes won’t develop these traits without a plan—one that recognizes talent, develops skills, and nurtures success. Developing Swimmers is the only book to offer a comprehensive, long-term plan beginning at an age-group level. Renowned coach Michael Brooks shares the insights, secrets, and strategies that have transformed his athletes and swim teams from novice competitors to distinguished champions. Developing Swimmers will show you how to -evaluate and identify talent in even the youngest swimmers; -establish realistic yet challenging short- and long-term goals for your athletes; -assess and refine strokes for greater power and efficiency; -improve starts, turns, and finishes for faster times; -structure positive and productive practices for swimmers and swim teams; and -foster your swimmers’ passion, bolster commitment, and instill winning attitudes. From motivation to meet management to race-day tactics, Developing Swimmers covers it all. It is the guide every coach should have on the shelf. With Developing Swimmers, you will improve the performance of your swimmers—and your entire team.
Download or read book Swim to Win written by Vallery Hyduk and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birch Hill Swim Club has a new coach and the team's star swimmer, eighth-grader Lasha Boyko, couldn't be more excited. Even though the lanky swimmer comes from an immigrant Ukrainian family of modest means, she dreams big. The coach has a track record of producing Olympians and Lasha wants to be her next star. The hitch is that she's one of the fiercest trainers in world. To achieve her lofty goals, Lasha must look within herself to find the strength. Can she be a champion?
Download or read book Between the Lines written by Jodi Picoult and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New York Times"-bestselling author Picoult and her teenage daughter present their first-ever novel for teens, filled with romance, adventure, and humor. What happens when happily ever after . . . isn't?
Download or read book Swimming Fastest written by Ernest W. Maglischo and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2003 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to competitive swimming containing detailed overviews of the four primary strokes; racing strategies; and the most effective training methods and the science behind why they work.
Download or read book Heidi Heckelbeck Tries Out for the Team written by Wanda Coven and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth Heidi Heckelbeck adventure, Heidi looks for the perfect sport to play. It’s time to sign up for sports at school and Heidi is excited (and a little nervous) to find the perfect fit. Lucy is great at soccer. Bruce is great at baseball. Heidi, well, the only thing she’s great at is being awful at every sport she plays! Can Heidi shake off her slump with a little magic or will Melanie’s teasing make her throw in the towel for good? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Heidi Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
Download or read book Go Small or Go Home written by Heather Wardell and published by Heather Wardell. This book was released on 2010-03-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Massage therapist Tess Grayson has long dreamed of turning her hobby of building intricate miniature dioramas into an art career. She’s finally ready to grab for that tiny brass ring, but her potential new massage client shakes her resolve. Forrest Williams had finally healed from the car accident that killed his fiancée, but a new injury now threatens his professional hockey career. Even allowing for everything he’s suffered, the depth of the emotional and physical pain Tess senses in Forrest at their first meeting shocks her, and she puts aside her artistic aspirations for two months to help him recover. When Forrest shows Tess’s dioramas to his mother, who owns a top Toronto art gallery, she agrees to sell Tess’s work but her rules and restrictions stifle Tess’s creativity. Giving up the career of her dreams is unthinkable, but losing the freedom and joy she’d always found in her art is unbearable, and Tess can’t seem to find a way to have both at once.
Download or read book Olympica written by Cyreen Audel and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven unusual, distinctive, sometimes passionate stories appearing unrelated will give you a new perspective of the modern Olympics. From the views of the athletes, the spectators, the reporters, the coaches, or the administratorsdiscover what the Olympics could be in the future. Dare to jump into a new life with novel perspectives and hopes, or lack thereof. Will our lives be so different? Will our goals and ambitions be altered? What will we live for? What will be driving us? Is the Olympics then of any value, protecting us from complacency, boredom? Or does it prevent us from moving to a higher consciousness level and to progress further? These are all questions that we dare not ask ourselves today. But the time might come. Through these short fictional stories, you will be challenging your mind for an answer. Is there a purpose for the Olympics today and in the future? Maybe! But is there also an answer to the purpose of life in the near future when (we hope) current conflicts, social differences will somewhat disappear, and when new technologies will truly help us live better lives.
Download or read book Artificial Turf written by C. Douglas Taylor and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artificial Turf is a comedy of the good old days of football heroes, beauty queens, pompous professors, and the first signs of womens lib. Brilliant halfback Dane McLane longs to be All-American. His coach, the Big Bad Wolf, longs to coach in the NFL and is married to a psychic/astrologer who can predict his wins and lossesbut wont tell. He turns to the speech-writing professor William the Punctuator to help him upgrade his image and totally forgets to give McLane the ball. The reluctant beauty queen, Dwight D. Mankiewtiz, renamed Dede Brown by her overly sexual campaign manager, meets Dane and helps him plot to attract the attention of the press (plan A), change the coachs game plan (plan B), and change the game of football (plan C) forever. In the end, everyones dreams come true with a little manipulation here and there.
Download or read book False Start written by Sandra Diersch and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2005-05-04 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caitlynn makes a deal with her grandfather to join a swim team if he'll stay and watch all of her practices. But after Grandpa has a stroke, Caitlynn doesn't want to keep up her end of the deal.
Download or read book Fast Lane to Victory written by Doreen L. Greenberg and published by Wish Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life of Olympic swimmer Jenny Thompson, discussing how she overcame peer pressure to follow her dreams.
Download or read book Underwater written by Debbie Hoffman Levy and published by Darby Creek. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Gabe has ambitions to be the next Jacques Cousteau...or Bill Gates...or who? Gabe's anxiety about growing up is matched by his fear that he'll be crazy (like his brother). But he finds some relief in his underwater computer game, setting up his own aquarium, and swimming on the local team. Could it be that some things will just take care of themselves?
Download or read book Truth Pride Victory Love written by David Connor and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-26 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chosen by a former Olympic swimmer to train for the 2016 Games as a pre-teen, Reed’s journey begins. Along the way, he develops feelings for two childhood friends: neighbor Cal and lifelong rival Mathias. Cal’s struggle with his sexuality brings tragedy. Mathias’s wealth makes Reed feel as if they’re from different worlds. As Rio approaches, Mathias becomes a gay sports icon, while Reed must hide his sexuality for a lucrative endorsement deal important to his family’s future. Reed’s unresolved desires for both men remain, and so do the things that have kept them apart. Has Reed grown enough to navigate rougher waters, to find truth, pride, victory, and love?
Download or read book Swimming Diving and Other Water Sports written by Jason Page and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores several swimming events, diving, synchronized swimming, and water polo, presenting illustrated facts on Olympic athletes, world records, and other related topics.
