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Intended for the high school athlete wishing to leverage his or her talent to get into the best possible school, this book explains how a student-athlete can package and present him or herself to college recruiters. With tips from dozens of college coaches and pro scouts, the book describes how to create a support group, form a target list of potential colleges, and even how to make a highlight video. A comprehensive overview of the college landscape lists the top programs for over a dozen sports by division, and a checklist and forms provide easy tools for starting the application process. ... Read more

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BUY THIS BOOK !!! NO OTHER BOOK is necessary !
Superior! Forget all the other Books in the category. Buy the book because this is what you are looking for. The book is Clear, Concise,and informative. Best of all, the book's format is fantastic . It is an easy read!! You get a clear plan of attack, and you will learn what you need to do to master the recruiting process. You will continue to reread and refer back to it many, many times. I purchased and read, and reviewed, on amazon, other books on this subject. All the other books I read on this subject were DONATED to the local library. This is the only book I kept in my personal library.

A must read for student athletes!
A very informative book for student athletes and their parents. Every page has important information for high school athletes considering playing sports in college. You will not regret this purchase. I highly recommend it. ... Read more

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This book articulates the important benefits of school sports and other co-curricular activities which empower youth and dissuade them from gang involvements and deviant behavior. It also describes how these voluntary programs motivate students to stay in school, earn better grades, reinforce the ideals of our Constitution more than any other single type of activity, and prepare youth in cooperative skills so greatly called for by employers today. Contents: Foreword; Preface; The Best and Worst of Times for American Youth; Behavior Standards, Self-Restraint and Implications for Democracy; Sports and Competition: Their Value to Western Civilization, Education, and Democracy; Dance of Life, Change, Adaptation and Empowerment; Hope and Empowerment; Community, Values, & Vision as Promoted by Co-curricular Participation; Which Price Will We Pay?; References; Index. ... Read more

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Good Sport Gwen
The book was in perfect condition.It arrived much earlier than promised!! I am most satisfied!! Ann Grummert

Great book
This whole series should come back into print.Nice to have stories for young kids to read with good up to date role models, not naughty children with no consequences. ... Read more

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Teaching Cues for Sport Skills for Secondary School Students, Fourth Edition, helps readers learn how to correctly and effectively demonstrate sports skills so that students will remember the skills. This unique and exciting user-friendly text provides memorable teaching cues–short, catchy phrases that call the learner's attention to key components of a skill–for a wide variety of sports, from volleyball to archery. The Fourth Edition has been updated to keep pace with National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) standards, with added focus on fitness in physical education. Over a hundred new photos have also been added.  Each chapter includes a brief introduction to the sport, skills listed with cues, teaching tips, equipment tips, innovative teaching ideas, common errors, and photographs and illustrations of teaching cues in action. This book will serve as an invaluable resource! Teaching Physical Education Is Fun with the Right Tools: Aerobic Kickboxing, Archery, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball,  Bowling, Cycling—Mountain Biking, Cycling—Road Biking, Field Hockey, Fitness Equipment Work-out,  Floor Hockey, Football, Golf,  In-Line Skating, Lacrosse, Pickle-Ball, Racquetball, Recreational Walking, Running, and Hiking, Soccer, Softball, Fast-Pitch and Slow-Pitch,  Strength Training with Free Weights, Swimming, Team Handball,  Tennis, Touch Rugby,  Track and Field Events, Ultimate Frisbee,  Volleyball,  The Practice of Yoga and Pilates Exercises. For all readers interested in learning how to correctly and effectively demonstrate sports skills using teaching cues.

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Excellent Resource
I was able to take 4 classes from the author of this book, and the methods of teaching sports skills found in the book is the way she teaches them herself.Teaching with cues is a very effective way of teaching sports skills to any age group.The concepts are simple and easy for anyone to learn by using the methods explained in this book.A must have for anyone who teaches sport skills in any situation.

Great cues for new teachers
This is a great resource for new PE teachers who do not know everything about every sport. Good review if you haven't taught an activity in a while. ... Read more

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This book provides prospective P.E. teachers with important tools for teaching young people various sport activities using valuable cues that promote student success and enjoyment. Teaching Cues for Elementary Fundamental Sport Skills follows in the steps of Fronske's successful secondary teaching cues book by providing in-service and prospective elementary and middle school teachers with a popular technique for helping students develop essential skills. The use of teaching cues is used to simplify and enhance students' learning, and ultimately turn them on to physical activity. This book will serve as a valuable resource to students, instructors, and professionals who wish to create a positive learning environment that helps students walk away with a feeling of success. Teaching Cues helps teachers save valuable planning time and establish credibility with their students quickly. ... Read more

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Important
Very well researched and presented material.Gavora has done a good job of calling out the critical issues surrounding Title IX.While the impact on athletic programs is very troubling I'm even more concerned with the political correctness going on concerning testing results and the push of the Obama Administration into the sciences.

I hope Jessica will give us an update to this fine book in the near future.

Interesting...but so what?
Full disclosure:I know the author personally and professionally.

Tilting the Playing Field: Schools, Sports, Sex and Title IX by Jessica Gavora is exceptionally well written and researched.One could do worse than read this book to get an overview of what is going on with Title IX and its effect on school funded sports.

In all honesty, I have little interest or background in this subject. However, since I knew the author and had been impressed by some of her writing and verbal arguments on other subjects; decided to invest some time in learning about this hot button issue.

Even if all of Ms Gavora's facts and arguments are spot on, it is difficult for me to see why anyone would care about publicly funded sports in high school and college.When I attended college at the University of Oklahoma, that institution was a hot bed of out of control athletes.Cutting some funding and forcing these folks to compete in student funded and ran intramural activities seems like it would have been an improvement.Indeed, many of the athletes I met or observed in college had no business being in college.When I hear that certain universities have an 80% or 90% graduation rate among athletes, I know that someone is cooking the books.The graduation among ALL students at a typical state university normally hovers around 50% of any incoming freshman class.

Moreover, if one looks at the military academies, it is easy to make the argument that the attempt to develop competitive football and basketball teams has lowered standards academically and professionally.The recent scandals at the Naval Academy have all largely involved those on athletic scholarships.Fundamentally, one must ask if student funded and student led intramural sports are more effective at developing leadership and management skills than the current system.

Since I feel that the current system is so inherently flawed, the fact that Title IX is badly "tilting" it in an unnatural state is not an issue, in my humble opinion, for concern.

Regardless, this book is extremely well researched and written. While I disagree with the thesis of this book, I would gladly read another book by the same author just to enjoy her academic rigor and beautiful writing.

Spreading the Truth!!!!
This book is fantastic!A real page turner.Other books on Title IX are very dense and technical.Gavora provides all the history of Title IX in an entertaining and fascinating manner, along with great case studies of what the legistlation has done.Anyone interested in Title IX should read this book.

great book
This is the best analysis you'll find on this important topic.It's a great place to start for anyone who wants to learn more about Title IX.

Way off base...Gavora misses facts
In this book, Gavora continues to perpetuate the myth that Title IX is responsible for the elimination of men's sports.Nevermind the fact that nowhere in Title IX does it say cut men's teams and create women's teams.However, that is what Gavora insinuates which is just wrong.It is administrators (mostly men) who make the decision to eliminate sports, a small fact which Gavora overlooks.Overall, this book was filled with inacuracies and I would not recommend it. ... Read more

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Kayla
Eagle Blue was outstanding. The ways in which Michael D'Orso portrays the life of high school basketball players from Fort Yukon Alaska, and the affect of the basketball team on the community, seems like he actually lived the story. From traveling by plane to away games, to living in a 'bush city' where drug abuse, alcoholism, and fighting is all too common among the players, D'Orso makes the reader feel as if they are living in the town with this amazing team. Coach Dave is a popular man in town who helps the boys learn to play basketball, and stay on a good, healthy, life path. He is not only the coach for a team which everyone in town looks to for spirit, but he demonstrates to the reader the way of life that people live by in a town like Fort Yukon, Alaska. The end of the book is very surprising. I couldn't put it down. If you're a sports fan who's looking for a page-turning book, I highly recommend Eagle Blue.

A Compelling Sports Novel by D'Orso
Eagle Blue is a compelling and suspenseful novel by Michael D'Orso, as he follows the season of fourteen high school athletes in artic Alaska. The author uses many excellent sensory details to describe the journey, from the first practice, to the last play-off game. He gives the reader the ability to travel with the team as they compete in gyms around the ice-capped state.
D'Orso keeps the reader very informed regarding the emotions and intentions of each character through his brief, yet in depth,interview process. I, as a reader enjoyed this technique, because it provided me with evidence regarding the reality of the plot line, and allowed me to better understand each character. However, I did not care for the way he notes all the character's family connections and relatives' thoughts. I found them extremely uneventful and bland.
The author does an excellent job in building the suspense of each game. He analyzes each moment, play by play through the triumphs and setbacks of the Eagles' many competitive encounters. He brings out the true feeling of the game with his writing, particularly when talking about the loss and evindent disapointment in the final play off game. These analyzations are his greatest skill as an author, and I found that the games were often my favorite parts of the novel.
The end of the novel was very disapointing because of the outcome of the last game, but it did wrap up all the odd ends, so to speak, and left me with no lingering questions. The ending, however, was my least favorite part because of the intense sadness and regret the whole team feels. I, as a basketball player, was able to relate to these feelings, and I had hoped that Fort Yukon would not have to face them.
Overall, Eagle Blue was an amazing and eventful read, and I would reccomend it to all sports fans.

One of the best basketball books I've read...and then some
Any sports fan who picks up "Eagle Blue" will not be disappointed, although you should like this one even if you could care less about hoops...Basketball is the stage for the story, but not the story in and of itself.This isn't your typical book depicting some world-weary NBA star or jaded coach.D'Orso makes you care about the players and coaches at a tiny school literally in the middle of nowhere, thus their wins (and losses) somehow become your own.If that were as far as this book took you, it would be satisfying just on that basis.But it doesn't end there.

By the time you're done reading "Eagle Blue", you'll likely become sympathetic with the people populating its pages.Theirs is a culture that has been decimated, and you can see very real defeat among many tribal members.The ultimate story is how a group of teenagers galvanizes a town with nothing else to cheer about despite the efforts of some people, mostly outsiders, to kill what they have, and he thankfully keeps the focus on that.You end up rooting for them.

If you're at all like me (and God help you if you are), you'll fight to stay awake until 3AM because you literally do not want to put this book down and fall aleep.

Boldly honest perspective of Native life in modern Arctic Alaska
Boldly honest, "insiders" perspective from an outsider. Interesting insight into modern Native life in Arctic Alaska.

D'Orso's honest, unembellished presentation of everyday life for the characters - team members and townspeople of Fort Yukon - allows the reader to gain an open true look at what everyday life entails in this part of Alaska. It brings out the difficulties of living in the outposts of Arctic Alaska, Native vs. modern culture, politics vs. the land/natural resources/hunting/etc., and of course the tale of a group of young men and women representing their town as members of high school basketball teams.The pressures faced by these young men as individuals, family members, and town members and how each deals with it and grows shows a great view of life as it unfolds for them.Their daily lives are woven around the story of the basketball team and the course of a season sharing the success and adversity over the course of the year.A wonderful mix of human interest and basketball.

Highly enjoyable read.

Alaskan Basketball
This review of a basketball team's season is about an entire culture and about life.You'll be rooting on the Eagle Blue as you read this true story. ... Read more

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When the class takes a field trip to the opera, they meet a strange man playing violin in the orchestra. Could he be the phantom who haunts the Bailey City Opera House? Chapter Book. ... Read more

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Very Cute!!!
The only reason I was buying this book was because I'm a HUGE Phantom Phan;I used to read the series when I was a kid and thought I'd give it a try. So after I read it, I thought it was cute read for kids (duh).

Phantoms?
There are some weird grownups in Bailey City. But could the strange man who plays in the orchestra, wears a cape and always has one side of his face shaded really be a phantom haunting the opera? THE BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS ARE GOING TO FIND OUT!

Fun Read
This book is really great. Its kind of like the phantom of the opera but with a more exiting twist

It is great.
I have read almost all the Bailey School Kids books and this is one of the best.The book relly discribes what is going on. ... Read more

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"HUT 1, HUT 2, HUT 3 ...HIKE!" Don't be tackled by football tryouts. The time to get fit for high school football is now. Everyone wants to be a football hero but not everyone is in shape to make the team. Now join former Navy SEAL, Stew Smith, as he talks with real high school football players who demonstrate the exercise program that got them out of the tryouts and onto the Varsity. Photographed on location at one of the nation's top-ranked high school football programs, Get Fit Now for High School Football is specifically designed for the 12 to 18 year-old athlete.

The young athlete will learn:* Techniques for improving overall strength and power* Plyometric training for explosive speed and agility* Aerobic conditioning for ultimate endurance

The first in the Get Fit Now for High School Sports(tm) series, this book is bound to score with young athletes in all fifty states. ... Read more

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Could be improved, but well worth it!
The premise etc behind this book is excellent.However, the many black and white photos tell the likely reader of book very little.This should not take away though from the solid advice, work-out plans, bits and pieces of commonsense training, diet etc, and the seasonal/periodicity themes that make this book very worthwhile.Although I have not the experience nor credentials that Mr. Smith and many of you have, I recommend taking the themes of this book and expanding in more detail, and ditching the numerous b&w still photos that really tell an exerciser little about the movements.If anything, provide photos of important do's and don'ts of the exercises, but don't half-change the movement with a photo to fill the pages.Other than this opinion, I found the book an excellent addition to my fitness literature and plan on incorporating its ideas into my own routines.

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The routines in this book are soo random and lengthy a simpler more effective approach could be used.his navy seal book was better

Excellent Workout!
I wanted to find a workout that I could stick with all year that is challenging and takes my body to new heights in terms of physical strength, endurance, and agility.Though I've only been on the program for a few weeks, I can already see these three aspects changing.

The workout starts normally enough, but gets tough fast.Fortunately Stew has made it flexible enough so that anyone can do it: from the hardcore wanna-be Navy SEAL to the dedicated guy who wants to get in shape.Complete with a full explanation of exercises, the full year-round routine, and even nutritional advice, Stew's book is a great find for those who want to find one good exercise program to stick with for a long time!

Excellent
Must have for 35yr olds with prior exercise experience who want to get back in shape.

Effective and Flexible
I've had this book since it came out and I am still recommending it to people. The work-outs can be adjusted for different fitness levels but they will take you as far as you want to go. You can't really outgrow this book.
I like the way it is broken up into phases- strength, cardio- this is better than doing the same mix throughout the year. Stretching and flexibility are not forgotten either.
My beginner friends liked the introduction to pyramiding reps (a good trick to increase puul-up/push-up reps)and the fact that you don't need to be in a gym every day. Quite a lot can be done outdoors or at home.

I run across very few other work out schedules that can be used for such a range of fitness levels. It isn't gimicky or sport specific, it's for all around fitness. ... Read more

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For nearly 120 years, Long Island has fielded high school sports teams. In that span, numerous local athletes rose to the highest level, dynasties were built, legends were made, and the nation's largest island was filled with captivating athletic stories and sports lore that will live forever. Long Island High School Sports strings together a pictorial history of Long Island's oldest, most famous, and well-respected teams, coaches, and athletes. ... Read more

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In this collection of essays, leading national sport authorities including journalists, coaches, athletic directors, and varsity and professional players themselves, talk about what is wrong with sports education today and how it can be improved. Each contributor considers whether public expectations - that sport promotes character development, physical fitness and positive educational and social values - are being met in today's reality. By exploring these long unchallenged notions, the writers ask tough questions like: is a coach or parent screaming at a 6-year-old for missing a fly ball a healthy way in which to introduce a youngster to sport?; just how does an athletic scandal or the low graduation rate of student-athletes positively contribute to the image and educational mission of a university?; what does sport really represent in the age of television, corporate sky boxes and "sneaker deals"?; and how has organized sport become more about the egos of those who coach and administer the programmes than about the personal development of those who participate in them? ... Read more

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Over the past century, high school and college athletics have grown into one of America's most beloved--and most controversial--institutions, inspiring great loyalty while sparking fierce disputes.

In this richly detailed book, Pamela Grundy examines the many meanings that school sports took on in North Carolina, linking athletic programs at state universities, public high schools, women's colleges, and African American educational institutions to social and economic shifts that include the expansion of industry, the advent of woman suffrage, and the rise and fall of Jim Crow. Drawing heavily on oral history interviews, Grundy charts the many pleasures of athletics, from the simple joy of backyard basketball to the exhilaration of a state championship run. She also explores conflicts provoked by sports within the state--clashes over the growth of college athletics, the propriety of women's competition, and the connection between sports and racial integration, for example. Within this chronicle, familiar athletic narratives take on new meanings, moving beyond timeless stories of courage, fortitude, or failure to illuminate questions about race, manhood and womanhood, the purpose of education, the meaning of competition, and the structure of American society. ... Read more

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Learning to compete on the stage of high school sports is a big transition for youth athletes and is often perplexing for their parents. In The Double-Goal Coach, Positive Coaching Alliance founder Jim Thompson articulated two goals of sports: winning on the scoreboard and the more important goal of using sports to teach life lessons. Now in The High School Sports Parent, Thompson provides guidance and practical, easy-to-use tools to show how parents can maintain a Second-Goal focus to: - Help their teen thrive and become a Triple-Impact Competitor who makes himself, his teammates, and the game better - Navigate the complicated high school sports landscape - Use high school sports endless procession of teachable moments to teach and reinforce positive character traits - Deal effectively with common dilemmas faced by high school sports parents Done right, high school sports is a meaningful development experience that athletes will remember for a lifetime. But that requires sports parents who understand their role and play it to the hilt. Research-based and reflecting Thompson s 25 years of pioneering work in youth sports, The High School Sports Parent is a roadmap for the tumultuous trip that parents embark upon when their children transition into high school sports. ... Read more

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Help Your Athlete Find the Joy in High School Sports
This year our football team set a record ... we were undefeated in our conference for the second consecutive year.Then it came time for our playoff game.As a #3 seed playing a #14 seed, we expected to win our first game.Most of the players and coaches were thinking ahead to the third game, where winning would begin to get difficult.Then the flu made the rounds on our football team.Then the rain ... a total of four inches beginning the day prior to and ending three hours before the game.It was difficult to use our greatest assets of speed and agility in the mud, and some of our key players were still ill but trying to play.This loss ended our dreams for a state championship.After the game we made our way onto the field to say goodbye to the seniors.It broke my heart to see their tears, not knowing whether they were because we lost or because they had played their last game, or perhaps a little of both.We had watched these boys grow up, becoming not just fine athletes but also fine young men.

The fact is that most of these young men will not go on to play football in college, let alone "earn" a college scholarship.According to Jim Thompson, only 5.7 percent of high school football players play in college.For basketball, it's 3 percent for boys and 3.3 percent for girls.Of the young athletes who do play sports in college, only about 2.3 percent receive a scholarship, and most receive a "partial scholarship that may be just a sliver of the entire cost of college."Most parents want to believe their young athlete has the talent to receive a scholarship, but after reading this book will set aside some money for college, realizing the "odds" are against it.

The High School Sports Parent is a comprehensive guide, covering everything from higher goals to sportsmanship to injuries, even helping decide when it's time to quit.Ever hear parents screaming when their kids make a mistake?Know a parent who coaches their child's team?When my son played basketball, at practice one night the coach became very frustrated with his son and threw the basketball into his back, nearly knocking him down. The parents who observed this behavior complained to the principal, who asked him to resign.While these types of parents definitely need to read this book, every sports parent will benefit from Mr. Thompson's advice.Some schools are even handing free copies out to parents in an effort to avoid problems later on.This book isn't just about helping your child learn to compete; it is also a tool to help you help your teen athlete thrive, making himself, his team, and the game better.
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reveiw on the book coach hyatt is a riot
I am a big football fan so I bought this book, and found out that it was pretty good. The writer knew what he was talking about and also made it fun. So if your son likes football then you should buy this book.

My son loves this series
This series has made my 8 year old want to read.He loves these books.

children's books
I purchased these books for two boys who really enjoyed them and asking for more.

Funny... as usual
My twin 7 year old girls LOVE ALL of the Weird School Books. AJ is their favorite character. This new book delivers all the laughs the other books have delivered. We read it in one sitting and love the new character Coach Hyatt and her son Wyatt. Andrea "rocks" and annoys AJ in new and creative ways. It was great! We are preordering the next book in the series. ... Read more