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Super tatoos
Super tatoos with excellent team reviews.Each team has a tatoo for their logo and a review about the team.It's a great book. ... Read more

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Youth Field Hockey illustrated teaching and instruction book for kids and parents. Many drills and exercises to help young kids learn to play field hockey. Lots of pictures to illustrate exactly how to master the necessary skills to be successful playing Field Hockey. ... Read more

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Field hockey is an incredibly enjoyable sport for young people. Once you have mastered the basics of the game, how can you improve further? Do you concentrate on shooting techniques, do you try and refine your defence and control skills, or is there a better way to do it all? "Training Field Hockey" is the perfect companion for kids of all ages who want to improve their endurance, strength, speed, and skills. Accompanying the engaging text and easy-to-understand illustrations, are cartoon characters who offers practical advice, fun games and quizzes, as well as the chance to record and review your progress. This will become an essential resource for children who love hockey, as well as parents and coaches who want to keep kids active and motivated. ... Read more

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Describing all aspects of playing and coaching, Coaching Girls' Ice Hockey was written because most women's hockey books are too simple or too basic. This book has detailed all aspects of the game, including the mental game.The book is divided into the following topics: Section I, INDIVIDUAL SKILLS: Skating, Puck control and Goaltending; Section II, PHYSICAL CONDITIONING: Fitness, Injuries and Medical; Section III, MENTAL SKILLS; Section IV, COACHING DUTIES: Practice planning, Statistics, Coaching aids, Scouting, Communications, Leadership and Decision Making; Section V, TEAM SKILL AND STRATEGY: Basic Strategies, Breakout Play, Three-two System, Box Strategies, and Other Strategies.No matter what level of play, coaches will benefit from the Walfords' expertise and team preparation techniques. ... Read more

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In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal. Such positions exist in hurling, association football, Gaelic football, International Rules Football, handball, ice hockey, field hockey, netball, water polo, bandy, lacrosse, floorball and a number of other sports. ... Read more

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The Official Hockey Yearbook 2009: a hockeyrific invasion in the field hockey world ! The annual hockey yearbook which has never existed so far is now available. All you wanted to know about this exciting hockey season, every dramatic moment, every golden goal, is here. To capture the glamour of this game, our team of brilliant photographers has been touring the world to cover all major tournaments including EHL, Asia Cup, Panam Cup, Euro Nations, Champions Trophy, Junior World Cups, etc. Forewords are written by Casey Eastham (Australia) and Moritz Fürste (Germany). This 150 pages hardback book of intensive hockey information with excellent photographs is a complete round up of the fantastic hockey women s and men s season 2009. Hockey fans can now relive the glorious moments of the 16 top nations of the world. ... Read more

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Chapters: Green Line Rivalry, Boston University Terriers Men's Ice Hockey, Beanpot Results, Nickerson Field. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 65. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Green Line Rivalry, also known as the B-Line Rivalry , the Battle of Boston and Battle of Commonwealth Avenue, is the name for the sports rivalry between Boston College and Boston University. The rivalry is named after the trolley line that runs along Commonwealth Avenue and links the two schools as part of the MBTA, Boston's subway system. The two campuses lie less than five miles apart. The Green Line Rivalry is considered one of the top rivalries in college sports and first among college hockey rivalries. In 2005, Sports Illustrated went as far as calling it "the greatest rivalry in all of sports." With 18 NCAA championship game appearances between them , including a matchup in the 1978 championship game, Boston College and Boston University both field perennially competitive collegiate ice hockey teams and compete in the same league, Hockey East. The two teams meet at least three times annually as part of their regular Hockey East season schedule and often also meet in the Hockey East and NCAA postseason tournaments. Additionally, each first and second Monday in February, BC and BU, along with Harvard and Northeastern, take part in the annual Beanpot Tournament where the Eagles and Terriers usually square off in the championship game. BC has won the national championship four times (1949, 2001, 2008, 2010); BU has won five times (1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009). Since BU eliminated its football program (see below), hockey has been the main rivalry between the two schools. The series dates to 1918, when BU first began playing hockey and played its lone game that year against BC. Since then, no other ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3168114 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert L. Kennnedy was an Irish field hockey player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he represented the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as a member of the Irish national team. He won the silver medal with the team Ireland. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927. It was formed by the merger of the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself having been a merger of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland) and the Kingdom of Ireland, with Ireland being governed directly from Westminster through its Dublin Castle administration. ... Read more

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Traces the history of this 4000-year-old sport and explains its rules and scoring. ... Read more

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The Composite Guide to Field Hockey
The Composite Guide to Field Hockey is a great book for players, coaches, or officials who want to gain a deeper understanding of the game. As an official, I must keep myself up-to-date on all of the new rules of sports, and know not only the rules but how each sport is played. Any referee planning to officiate a field hockey game should read this book! ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Pakistan National Field Hockey Team also known as the Green Shirts represent Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) in the international field hockey competition is the National Sport of Pakistan. Pakistan have been the most successful team in international competitions, having won a total of four Hockey World Cup titles.Pakistan has won the Men's Hockey Gold Medal in the Summer Olympics a total of three times in 1960, 1968, and 1984. Pakistan has also won 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rachel Walker (born 15 May 1979 in Worcester, Worcestershire) is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team since making her England debut in June 2000 against Ireland. She is nicknamed Wacker. Walker came into hockey by chance after her schoolteacher saw her running in an athletics match and put her into the hockey team at right wing. She earned over 100 caps for England during which time she's played at two World Cups and three European Championships, winning bronze in each of the last two. Her father ran the steeplechase and cross country for his native country. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert ("Rob") Stephen Moore (born May 21, 1981 in Winchester, Hampshire) is an English field hockey midfielder and forward, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team that finished ninth in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and headhunter for the Robert Walters Financial Services Contract team. Moore, nicknamed Gumbo, played club hockey for Trojans and Havant, and is currently with Surbiton. His club grants him accommodation which he shares with a member of his team and the club's bar manager. He attended King Edward VI School, Southampton and played for the first XI as well as achieving academic excellence illustrated by his A level grades, as in Economics and Biology and a B in Home Economics. He first represented his country at the tender of age of 16 when he played for the England Under-21 side against Belgium. He debuted for the full England side in February 2003, funnily enough also against Belgium. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a semi- voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Its headquarters are located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was under the leadership of president Myles Brand until his death on September 16, 2009 from pancreatic cancer.In August 1973, the current three-division setup of Division I, Division II, and Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer scholarships to athletes for playing a sport. Division III schools may not offer any athletic scholarships. Generally, larger schools compete in Division I and smaller schools in II and III. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USA Field Hockey is the national governing body for field hockey in the United States. USA Field Hockey is a member organization of the United States Olympic Committee and the Fédération Internationale de Hockey. The USA Field Hockey Association is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The organization was founded in 1922. It is responsible for the United States men's national field hockey team and the United States women's national field hockey team. ... Read more