Download or read book Play On written by Brunette Lenkic and published by . This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to trace the history, development and popularity of women's football. Explores how the game spread from west to east and reveals little-known facts about women in sport and women in society.

Download or read book Why I Love Footy written by Michael Wagner and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a bazillion reasons to love footy! These are just my biggest ones. There's the big tackles and amazing marks. There's wearing the scarf and singing the song. But whether your team wins or loses, from the opening bounce to the final siren, the very best thing about footy is that we do it together.

Download or read book How to Play Australian Football written by Dwayne Russell and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Aussie Rules For Dummies written by Jim Maine and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created especially for the Australian customer! Facts, tips and stats for players, spectators and coaches! Fully updated with all the latest rule changes and including expanded skills, coaching and training chapters, Aussie Rules For Dummies, 2nd Edition takes you from getting a grip on the basics to more advanced aspects of playing, watching and coaching Australia's national game. Packed with practical information and fascinating anecdotes, this is the simplest, clearest and most detailed guide to AFL available. Discover how to: Understand positions, umpires and scoring Gear up correctly, and avoid and treat injuries Improve your playing skills and coach effectively Appreciate the clubs, competitions and awards

Download or read book Aussie Rules written by Jill Shalvis and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Perfect, feel-good fiction' Sarah Morgan on The Lemon Sisters If you love Holly Martin, Jill Mansell and Debbie Macomber, you'll LOVE Jill Shalvis and her irresistible trademark gift for humour, warmth and romance! Jill's books are guaranteed to make you smile: 'You can't go wrong with a Jill Shalvis book' 5* reader review 'A heartwarming read with all the feels' 5* reader review 'Another winner... I cannot wait for more' 5* reader review 'A riveting and comforting romance' 5* reader review This Just In: Hell's Officially Breaking Loose It's bad enough that gutsy pilot Mel Anderson has to clean up after her lovable but completely disorganized best friend and business partner, Dimi, while her certifiable employees make more work than they do. Now, the one man she hoped she'd never see again is back and looking for trouble. Scratch that, he is trouble. Amazing, more please trouble... Bo Black wants his family's airport back, and he's determined to get it. This laid-back Aussie is nobody's fool. Thing is, neither is Mel. She's intense. Uptight. Sexy. And very, very tempting. Suddenly, Bo's thinking less about revenge and more about kissing and touching and falling into a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of forever love... Want more warm, funny romance? Check out the Heartbreaker Bay novels starting with Sweet Little Lies, visit stunning Wildstone, gorgeous Cedar Ridge, spellbinding Lucky Harbor or experience some Animal Magnetism in Sunshine, Idaho in Jill's other unforgettable series.

Download or read book Heartfelt Moments in Australian Rules Football written by Ross Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These thirty seven contributions of original essays about the most heartfelt moments in VFL/AFL cut across all divides. Essays include contributions by and about football players, supporters and administrators who are vastly different in religion, class, income, ethnicity, gender, race and sexual preference. The contributors range from Christians such as Cardinal George Pell, Geraldine Doogue, and John Birt to atheists like Ross Fitzgerald, Dick Whitaker and Barry Dickins. Even in politics AFL/VFL unites with contributions from Labor's shadow treasurer Chris Bowen; Liberal Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia, Josh Frydenberg; Liberal Foreign Minister Julie Bishop; ex Liberal federal minister Amanda Vanstone and ex Victorian premier, Jeff Kennett. Also a number of contributors uncover how, over the decades, our great game has developed, often for the good, but sometimes not, in terms of its treatment of indigenous players and its dealings with women. Being a lifelong supporter of a club, any club involves a lot of downs and ups. At the very least, to be a true supporter means never giving up or relinquishing one's team. Indeed it means even more than that. Ultimately it is the downs that enable supporters to show their true colours and the depth of their personal attachment and commitment to each club. Thus, as Roger Kahn wrote, in his case about the Brooklyn Dodgers: "You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. With Contributions from ROSS FITZGERALD PHILLIPA POWER, barrister who once was Sydney Swans number 1 ticket holder BRIAN DIXON, former Melbourne footballer 1954-1968 KEN SPILLMAN, WA ambassador for The Footpath Library DICK WHITAKER, meteorologist, author, television and radio presenter BARRY DICKINS, award wining writer PETER LYONS, former sports Editor for the Canberra Times JAMES GILCHRIST, author of Tortured Tales of a Collingwood Tragic FRANK DIMATTINA, former Richmond Champion PHIL TAGELL, author of the book Footy Tragic MATT ZURBO, writer on Australian Rules JEFF KENNETT, former Victorian Premier and former Hawthorn President BILL HAY, artist and former under 19s Sandringham player SUSAN ALBERTI, Vice-President Footscray Football Club CHRIS BOWEN, Shadow Treasurer of Australia CARDINAL GEORGE PELL, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church LES EVERETT, Author of Fremantle Dockers: An Illustrated History PAUL SANTAMARIA, Melbourne barrister and son of BA Santamaria JOHN BIRT, played for Essendon 1957 to 1967 PEGGY O'NEAL, president of the Richmond Football Club. ROBERT PASCOE, Professor of History at Victoria University, Melbourne RICHARD ALLSOP, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs AMANDA VANSTONE, Former Senator for South Australia 1984-2007 CHRIS KENNY, Associate Editor of The Australian GABRIELLE TRAINOR, inaugural director of the GWS Giants. SALLY MURPHY, children's book author MICHAEL GORDON, political editor of The Age JULIE BISHOP, Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs CHRIS GRIFFITH, is The Australian newspaper's Senior Technology Journalist. GERALDINE DOOGUE, ABC TV Presenter GERARD HENDERSON, Writer and Author JOHN ELLIOTT, former Carlton President JOSH FRYDENBERG, Member for Kooyong ANTHONY CAPPELLO, Founder of Connor Court Publishing ANDREW IRELAND, CEO/Managing Director of the Sydney Swans MICHAEL O'LOUGHLIN, played 303 matches with the Sydney Swans WEATHERMAN DICK, nom de plume of a well-known Australian meteorologist

Download or read book The Danihers written by Terry Daniher and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing account of how four unassuming blokes from the bush endeared themselves to Australian Rules fans and became part of football folklore. On 1 September 1990, four brothers made Australian Rules history by playing together for the one team, the Essendon Football Club, something that is unlikely to ever happen again. Terry, Neale, Anthony and Chris Daniher grew up in a tiny Riverina town where they played footy on Saturdays and Rugby League after mass on Sundays. They reached the elite level in an era when tobacco sponsorship and a few beers with the opposition after a game were the norm. It was a time when Jim Daniher could throw a teenage son into a trade deal and Kevin Sheedy and Edna Daniher could conspire to make a dream come true. But it wasn't all plain sailing: injuries cut short a promising career, trading between clubs was largely unregulated, the Swans were shunted off to Sydney and coaching changed dramatically. This is an action-packed story of the period when the national Aussie Rules competition emerged and football became big business, and an unassuming bunch of blokes from the bush endeared themselves to footy fans and became part of football folklore.

Download or read book Kouta written by Anthony Koutoufides and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Carlton fans adored him for his ability to win games off his own boot; opponents admired him for his seemingly superhuman feats. And today, AFL coaches still scour the fields for rookies of his ilk. But there's only one Anthony Koutoufides. For sixteen years, Kouta's name echoed throughout the stands. His one-handed pick-up brought him to the attention of his coach, but his strong mark, beautiful kick and sheer athleticism won over all the fans. A premiership player and twice All-Australian, Kouta certainly found success but his career wasn't always a fairytale. Chronic injuries restricted his game, personal tragedy left him reeling and when he was made captain, he had to lead the club through some of its darkest days. To farewell the game, Kouta tells all the pressures of mounting expectation, club politics, drug allegations and the changing face of football. He recounts his journey from the early days in Lalor to the big lights and pay packets of a national league, where controversy pops up at the slightest provocation. Insightful and entertaining, Kouta is a candid look at our beloved game from perhaps the greatest player of his era."--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Grace on the Court written by Maddy Proud and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Parker needs to figure out how to handle the 3Bs: boys, boy bands and ball sports. Things were simple for netball nerd Grace Parker at primary school. She was captain of her school team – and with best friends Stella and Mia won the grand final. Back then, her biggest problem was persuading her parents to buy her tickets to see Friday at Five, the world’s hottest boy band. But high school’s a whole new story. Grace’s greatest rival on the court, Amber Burns, just made the same netball team as her. Her twin brother, Gus, is devastated he didn’t make the A-grade AFL side. Her older brother, Tyler, is ignoring her. And as if that wasn’t enough for a 13-year-old girl to handle, dreamy aspiring rockstar Sebastian King is suddenly paying her a lot of attention ... Maddy Proud is a professional netballer currently playing for the NSW Swifts. Previously she played for the Adelaide Thunderbirds, who signed her at 16, making her the youngest player ever contracted in the Trans-Tasman ANZ Championships.

Download or read book Not All Black and White written by David Penberthy and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On paper Scotty Hodges had it all. In a football career almost without peer, Scott was drafted as a teenager to represent the team he loved, Port Adelaide, and would go on to win a staggering eight premierships. He would break the State’s all-time goal-kicking record, win its highest honour, the Magarey Medal, and be headhunted as the star forward in the inaugural Adelaide Crows AFL team. He had a beautiful wife, herself the daughter of football royalty, and two gorgeous young kids. Behind all this his life was falling apart. For years, Scott grappled with undiagnosed mental illness, sending him into a spiral of confusion and isolation, drug and alcohol abuse, anger and violence. He kept this secret from the world, and even began planning his own demise. This is the gritty and raw account of how an ordinary man overcame extraordinary demons, and emerged the other side with a message of hope and survival.

Download or read book Little Nic s Big Day written by Nic Naitanui and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wake up, little Nic. It's your very first day! Your school clothes are ready. Let's get on our way. Mum, I'm not sure. I'm a little bit wary. Will I make friends? Will it be scary? Nic is nervous about his first day ... but with the help of his mum and a whole class of new friends, it might just be the best day ever. 'I wrote this for tots, teens and all human beings. Let's embrace our differences and celebrate our diversity!' - Nic Naitanui

Download or read book Cracking the Footy Codes written by Tony Squires and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You hold in your hand a passport to relationship success. You hold in your hand a ticket to the next two rungs on the corporate ladder. In your hand rests slavish attention from interesting strangers at the next weekend barbecue. You are now clinging tightly to the key to letting sunshine into your often bleak winters. How so? Australians are obsessed with sport. We live in a country where space, climate and the elements have conspired over the years to have us, well some of us, run about outside chasing and kicking things and each other. By and large, we are a physical people. And, brilliantly, with the current wall-to-wall television coverage of sport, we can also get our exercise by pushing the button of a remote control from the safety of the lounge. And it is the four major football codes that have us most obsessed; that personify our Australian-ness, yet also challenge the unity of our sports church. In summer, from Darwin to the Derwent, from Sydney to Subiaco, we all smear green-and-gold zinc on our dials and bellow for another pounding of English cricketers. We are as one. Yet in winter, our tribal nature emerges, like so much sun-deprived pale skin. Not only do we clan up to support our own team, we embrace a single code of footy and build a wall to keep out the invading enemy hordes. In recent years, though, blinkers have begun to drop from our eyes and exposure to all codes has resulted, as they continue to build national footprints. And so it is that even passionate fans can find themselves watching games featuring Lions, Dragons, Storms, Forces, Hurricanes, Jets, Mariners, Crusaders, Bulldogs, Swans, Magpies, Highlanders, Broncos and Glory, and struggle to work out who is running stupidly fast into whom. It can be confusing. Imagine, then, the despair of the partner to the rabid sports fan. Imagine the nervous rash emerging on the aspiring business partner invited to the corporate box to watch a game she's never understood. We have moved on from a mono-codal culture. Many people in this country are now unashamedly bi-codal. This book will help you to become so much more poly-codal.

Download or read book Drills Skills in Australian Football written by David Wheadon and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The End of the Game written by Michael Fiddian and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel about the racism and racist attitudes experienced by young Aboriginal Australians who are revered for their footy skills, but only so long as they keep to the footy field.

Download or read book South Australian Country Football Digest written by Peter Lines and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fits under the banner of South Australian country football history but it focused on the specific topic of 'leading goalkickers'. This is the author's fifth book on South Australian country football history. Previous books have focused on the records of goalkickers but this book is dedicated to them. The author has included profiles for every leading goalkicker. -- from Introduction.

Download or read book Yulunga written by Ken Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sports games from all over Australia; aimed at school children from Kindergarten to Year 12; includes diagrams, background to each game, game rules, variations of the games, and teaching points.

Download or read book Taking Nothing for Granted written by Alastair Lynch and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2008 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kicking goals, winning premierships - Alastair Lynch did it all. But his greatest victory was beating chronic fatigue syndrome. This is the story of his fight, not just to play football, but to be able to get out of bed every day. And to remember never, ever, to take his health for granted again.