Preparing for game day

The world's most popular sport is known around the globe as the beautiful game. More than 250 million people around the world play soccer. At the very top of the sport, soccer's top stars earn tens of millions of dollars each year playing with the top club teams in Europe. Find out how stars like David Beckham, Thierry Henry, and Alex Morgan prepare for matches and get tips on training, nutrition and game tactics. Learn how to think about the game and to take an approach to preparation that can help you avoid injury and stay on the soccer field.

Provides tips from the sports top players and coaches on how to physically and mentally prepare for your favorite sport, and also provides a rundown of the steps you should take to be at your optimal level when it is time to compete.

Text and photographs look at football focusing on how to prepare for competition and tips for training and nutrition.

Running, jumping and throwing faster, higher and farther than your opponents. These are the measures of track and field, the worlds oldest sport. Since the beginning of recorded time, humans have been running footraces against each other. In todays modern sport, athletes need to prepare well to compete at their best. Different track and field events require different types of preparation. Sprinters like Usain Bolt want to build fast twitch muscle. Distance runners like Genzebe Dibaba build endurance, and hammer throwers like Anita Wlodarczyk work on upper body strength. Read tips from pros like these and many others to help you prepare to compete at your best. Every book in the Preparing for Game Day series takes you through how to physically and mentally prepare for your favorite sport and provides a rundown of the steps you should take when it is time to compete. Each title in this series includes color photos throughout, and back matter including: an index and further reading lists for books and internet resources. Key Icons appear throughout the books in this series in an effort to encourage library readers to build knowledge, gain awareness, explore possibilities and expand their viewpoints through our content rich non-fiction books. Key Icons in this series are as follows: Words to Understand are shown at the front of each chapter with definitions. These words are set in boldfaced type in that chapter, so that readers are able to reference back to the definitions--building their vocabulary and enhancing their reading comprehension. Sidebars are highlighted graphics with content rich material within that allows readers to build knowledge and broaden their perspectives by weaving together additional information to provide realistic and holistic perspectives.

Wrestling is the ultimate one-on-one competition. Strength is a huge component of the sport, but so are technique and anticipation. These are just some of the skills wrestlers work on to prepare for combat on the mat. Physical conditioning is also essential to a wrestlers preparation. Of particular importance in wrestling is nutrition. Wrestlers must monitor their eating carefully as they need to make weight before each meet. This is true in both the mens and womens weight classes. In this book read tips from top male and female wrestlers on how to best prepare the body for competition.

The sport of volleyball is an American invention, created and designed by William Morgan in Massachusetts in 1895 as an indoor game. Volleyball thrived in the first half of the 20th century, spreading to gyms across the country, and eventually, across the world. By the end of the century, however, volleyball needed some new energy, and the sport reinvented itself on the sand. Beach volleyball has become the higher profile version of the sport, with stars like American Kerry Walsh Jennings and Alison Cerutti of Brazil leading the way. Find out how the stars prepare their bodies through nutrition, sleep and exercise to play both indoors and out. Every book in the Preparing for Game Day series provides tips from the sports top players and coaches on how to physically and mentally prepare for your favorite sport. Each title also provides a rundown of the steps you should take to be at your optimal level when it is time to compete. Each title in this series includes color photos throughout, and back matter including: an index and further reading lists for books and internet resources. Key Icons appear throughout the books in this series in an effort to encourage library readers to build knowledge, gain awareness, explore possibilities and expand their viewpoints through our content rich non-fiction books. Key Icons in this series are as follows: Words to Understand are shown at the front of each chapter with definitions. These words are set in boldfaced type in that chapter, so that readers are able to reference back to the definitions--building their vocabulary and enhancing their reading comprehension. Sidebars are highlighted graphics with content rich material within that allows readers to build knowledge and broaden their perspectives by weaving together additional information to provide realist.

Running, jumping and throwing faster, higher and farther than your opponents. These are the measures of track and field, the worlds oldest sport. Since the beginning of recorded time, humans have been running footraces against each other. In todays modern sport, athletes need to prepare well to compete at their best. Different track and field events require different types of preparation. Sprinters like Usain Bolt want to build fast twitch muscle. Distance runners like Genzebe Dibaba build endurance, and hammer throwers like Anita Wlodarczyk work on upper body strength. Read tips from pros like these and many others to help you prepare to compete at your best. Every book in the Preparing for Game Day series takes you through how to physically and mentally prepare for your favorite sport and provides a rundown of the steps you should take when it is time to compete. Each title in this series includes color photos throughout, and back matter including: an index and further reading lists for books and internet resources. Key Icons appear throughout the books in this series in an effort to encourage library readers to build knowledge, gain awareness, explore possibilities and expand their viewpoints through our content rich non-fiction books. Key Icons in this series are as follows: Words to Understand are shown at the front of each chapter with definitions. These words are set in boldfaced type in that chapter, so that readers are able to reference back to the definitions--building their vocabulary and enhancing their reading comprehension. Sidebars are highlighted graphics with content rich material within that allows readers to build knowledge and broaden their perspectives by weaving together additional information to provide realistic and holistic perspectives. Educational Videos are o.

The sport of lacrosse is as old as North America itself, developed in the New World by the native tribes that used lacrosse for battle training, dispute settlement and religious ritual. Games between rival tribes were violent and would last for days. In modern lacrosse, the game is much shorter, but the element of violence still exists in the full contact mens version. Lacrosse is a popular womens sport as well, played in thousands of high schools and more than 100 NCAA Division I colleges. There are two professional mens leagues, one indoor and one outdoor. This book provides tips from stars at every level on preparing to face off on the field. Every book in the Preparing for Game Day series takes you through how to physically and mentally prepare for your favorite sport and provides a rundown of the steps you should take when it is time to compete. Each title in this series includes color photos throughout, and back matter including: an index and further reading lists for books and internet resources. Key Icons appear throughout the books in this series in an effort to encourage library readers to build knowledge, gain awareness, explore possibilities and expand their viewpoints through our content rich non-fiction books. Key Icons in this series are as follows: Words to Understand are shown at the front of each chapter with definitions. These words are set in boldfaced type in that chapter, so that readers are able to reference back to the definitions--building their vocabulary and enhancing their reading comprehension. Sidebars are highlighted graphics with content rich material within that allows readers to build knowledge and broaden their perspectives by weaving together additional information to provide realistic and holistic perspectives.

Text and photographs look at cheerleading focusing on how to prepare for competition and tips for training and nutrition.