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When Great Britain failed to qualify for the women's hockey
competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the sport was at its
lowest point. Sliding down the world rankings, in-fighting and
discord within the squad, no funding and very little prospect of a
bright future. Three players - Crista Cullen, Helen Richardson and
Kate Walsh - were junior members of that team, and would have been
forgiven for walking away at that point. Fast forward 12 years and
the same three players were at the heart of the greatest moment in
Great Britain women's hockey, standing on the podium in Rio de
Janeiro with Olympic gold medals proudly hanging around their
necks. During those intervening years, the team had undergone a
transformation. It was no easy journey, but a rollercoaster ride of
highs and lows, triumphs and disasters - with casualties along the
way. The History Makers is more than an account of a famous
victory. It is the story of how a team changed its culture and its
attitude and transformed a sport barely worth a mention in the
press into the provider of an Olympic moment that gripped the
nation.
The story of global sport is the story of expansion from local
development to globalized industry, from recreational to marketized
activity. Alongside that, each sport has its own distinctive
history, sub-cultures, practices and structures. This ambitious new
volume offers state-of-the-art overviews of the development of
every major sport or classification of sport, examining their
history, socio-cultural significance, political economy and
international reach, and suggesting directions for future research.
Expert authors from around the world provide varied perspectives on
the globalization of sport, highlighting diverse and often
underrepresented voices. By putting sport itself in the foreground,
this book represents the perfect companion to any social scientific
course in sport studies, and the perfect jumping-off point for
further study or research. The Routledge Handbook of Global Sport
is an essential reference for students and scholars of sport
history, sport and society, the sociology of sport, sport
development, sport and globalization, sports geography,
international sports organizations, sports cultures, the governance
of sport, sport studies, sport coaching or sport management.
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The Know the Game series is firmly established as the leading
introduction to a huge range of sports. For 50 years they have been
the first step into a new sport for many people, children and
adults alike. The series has now been relaunched in a new format
with a modern design - making the best even better. The aim has
been to make the books more accessible, and they are now packed
with colour photos and illustrations, top tips and interesting
facts. Each book contains everything you need to know about the
sport, including equipment, rules, techniques and training tips.
There's even information on how to find a club and meet new people
to play the sport with. And having been written and endorsed by the
sport's professional body, you can be sure that you are getting the
best information available.
Each of the six stories in Dave Bidini' s playful, irreverent new
book takes a headlong run at the hockey dressing room, and each
knocks the door down. What' s happening when the door opens next is
anyone' s guess.
In one story, a chronic minor-leaguer discovers the wonders--
and the pitfalls-- of the game in Europe, both on and off the ice.
In another, an NHLer is tight with his teammate, the league' s
leading goalscorer, but dreams of getting MUCH tighter. A star on a
losing streak turns to a magical salve to turn his game around. A
conversation between two friends yields surprising facts about
Joan, everyone' s favourite female goalie. A hundred bucks is all
that stands between a hockey groupie and eternal happiness in 1950s
Detroit. And finally, the eponymous ' Five Hole' itself speaks--
though it never reveals all of its secrets.
Full of sex, drugs and high-sticking, each of "The Five Hole
Stories" runs its proverbial tongue down hockey' s seamy, steamy
underbelly and then finds language to tell us what it tastes like.
A scintillating look at hockey with its clothes off, in six
ambitious poses.
This volume examines the cultural meanings of high-level amateur
and professional hockey in Canada during the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. In particular, the author analyzes
English Canadian media narratives of Stanley Cup "challenge" games
and championship series between 1896 and 1907. Newspaper coverage
and telegraph reconstructions of Stanley Cup challenges contributed
significantly to the growth of a mediated Canadian "hockey world" -
and a broader "world of sport" - during this time period. By 1903,
Stanley Cup hockey games had become national Canadian events,
followed by audiences across the country. Hockey also played an
important role in the construction of gender and class identities,
and in debates about amateurism, professionalism, and community
representation in sport. The author also explores the connections
between violence and masculinity in Canadian hockey by examining
media descriptions of "brutal" and "strenuous" play. He analyzes
how notions of civic identity changed as hockey clubs evolved from
amateur teams represented by players who were members of their home
community to professional aggregations that included paid imports
from outside the town. As a result, this volume addresses important
gaps in the study of sport history and the analysis of sport and
popular culture. This book was originally published as a special
issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
OLYMPIAN, HOCKEY WORLD CUP GOALKEEPER OF THE TOURNAMENT, WINNER OF
FOUR ALL AMERICAN AWARDS 'It was down to Ayeisha now. If she saved
the next penalty, Ireland, the tournament underdogs, would be in
the final - for the first time ever.' Growing up in Larne in County
Antrim, Ayeisha was fearless. If she wasn't climbing trees, she was
playing soccer, Irish dancing or throwing the javelin. When Ayeisha
discovered hockey, she was hooked! The inspirational story of one
of the best hockey goalkeepers in the world, who lost her mum at a
young age, went into foster care, and found a home between the goal
posts in the Senior Women's Irish hockey team.
This volume examines the cultural meanings of high-level amateur
and professional hockey in Canada during the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. In particular, the author analyzes
English Canadian media narratives of Stanley Cup "challenge" games
and championship series between 1896 and 1907. Newspaper coverage
and telegraph reconstructions of Stanley Cup challenges contributed
significantly to the growth of a mediated Canadian "hockey world" -
and a broader "world of sport" - during this time period. By 1903,
Stanley Cup hockey games had become national Canadian events,
followed by audiences across the country. Hockey also played an
important role in the construction of gender and class identities,
and in debates about amateurism, professionalism, and community
representation in sport. The author also explores the connections
between violence and masculinity in Canadian hockey by examining
media descriptions of "brutal" and "strenuous" play. He analyzes
how notions of civic identity changed as hockey clubs evolved from
amateur teams represented by players who were members of their home
community to professional aggregations that included paid imports
from outside the town. As a result, this volume addresses important
gaps in the study of sport history and the analysis of sport and
popular culture. This book was originally published as a special
issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Confidence affects how we deal with stress and how we fulfill our
potential to achieve the results we desire. In sports and in life,
confidence is the underlying factor determining mental and physical
performance, leading to overall success. This book by experienced
mental performance specialist Isabelle Hamptonstone contains a
collection of powerful techniques and tips to help hockey players
overcome lack of confidence. Clear instructions and illustrative
case studies show how training the brain to develop and sustain
hockey confidence can upgrade results and help players make
smarter, quicker decisions under pressure. Hamptonstone shares
step-by-step guidelines gleaned from her years of research working
with the giants in the game of hockey. Some of the greatest hockey
players in the world have used these very same steps to change
their game and their lives. Added to this base of personal
knowledge, the book references inspiring moments of mental
performance by Wayne Gretzky, Doug Lidster, Scott Niedermayer,
Shane Doan, Darryl Sydor, Jarome Iginla, and Mark Recchi. This
pragmatic and positive book is a game-changing guide and valuable
resource for anyone interested in high-performance hockey, as well
as a valuable tool for self-development.
Hockey Drills is a collection of activities and practices designed
to enliven and improve coaching sessions at all levels of the game.
The drills are organized into chapters according to a particular
skill or phase of the game; from the warm up and cool down through
ball carrying and receiving, defending and attacking to goal
scoring and goal-keeping. A vital section on pre-season fitness
drills is also included. Each chapter starts with a basic analysis
of the types of skill needed for that particular aspect of the
game, before progressing to a series of activities to develop them.
Each exercise is supported by clear diagrams that show the moves of
the individual players.
Ice hockey fans will pull on their skates and gear up for this Who HQ title about the Stanley Cup Finals--the National Hockey League's championship games.
Out of the thirty-two pro hockey teams that compete, only one can call itself the champion and proudly hoist up the Stanley Cup--the oldest sports trophy in the world! From the formation of the leagues and the crowning of the first championship-winning team, to the Rangers' Stanley Cup curse and the uncertain fate of the teams during the Spanish flu epidemic, this book recounts the highs and lows of this exciting ice hockey series.
Led by stars like Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith, and
Brent Seabrook, the Chicago Blackhawks are a modern NHL powerhouse,
as much a part of Chicago as the Willis Tower or The Bean at
Millennium Park. In If These Walls Could Talk: Chicago Blackhawks,
Mark Lazerus chronicles the team's rise from the dark ages of the
2000s to the golden age of the 2010s through never-before-told
stories from inside the dressing room, aboard the team plane, at
the players' homes, and — especially in the case of the rowdy
2009-2010 team that started it all — in countless Chicago bars.
If These Walls Could Talk: Chicago Blackhawks will bring readers
closer to their favorite players than ever before. It's a book
Hawks fans won't want to be without.
One of the most influential sportsmen of the late 20th century,
Johnny F. Bassett's marketing wizardry belied his impact on
professional hockey and football. A Canadian showman with a
Barnumesque flair for spectacle, Bassett challenged the orthodoxy
of sports, building sporting utopias in the fatally flawed World
Football League, World Hockey Association, and United States
Football League. He catered to the common fan, demanded fair
treatment of athletes, and forced the sporting establishment to
change the way it did business, often to his own detriment. Drawing
on archival research and interviews with Bassett's contemporaries,
this comprehensive biography chronicles his life in and around
professional sports: his quixotic attempt to compete with the Maple
Leafs; his stunning coup in signing three members of the reigning
Super Bowl champions for his WFL team; his battles with the
Canadian government over American football; his audacious marketing
of hockey in Alabama; and his rivalry with Donald Trump for the
soul of the USFL.
Driven with a burning desire to make something of himself, Doug
Smith calls upon his only marketable skills-those honed as an
amateur boxer-and despite not learning to skate until the age of
19, punches his way into the world of professional hockey. Join
Doug "The Thug" Smith during his unlikely journey as a minor-league
hockey enforcer, the most unique and peculiar job in all of sport,
as he takes on all comers to protect his teammates from opposing
tough guys, wins a championship ring, and climbs to the second-best
hockey league in the world. Smith, the directionless, wayward
wanderer, desperately searching, defeats impossible odds to succeed
in the riotous world minor-league hockey, which lends a measure of
purpose and meaning to his life. And while the enforcer role is
currently being removed from the game of hockey, underdog stories
never go out of style, and the best ones get made into Hollywood
movies. Literally fighting to become more than a common street
ruffian, Smith transforms himself into a respected and productive
member of his community, and the subject of a cult-classic motion
picture.
The saga of the Oakland/California Seals nine-year journey through
the NHL is a strange, funny and sad tale that is nearly forgotten
and has never been told...until now. Off the ice, the history of
the Seals is practically a tale of how not to run a franchise. The
team joined the NHL in 1967 as part of the "Second Six" expansion
teams and stayed in Oakland until moving to Cleveland in 1976. The
Seals had seven different ownership groups in nine years and chaos
reigned throughout the process. This book shows you the inner
workings of a hockey club that was always on the brink of
bankruptcy and/or relocating and takes you behind the scenes of
many of the mistakes made by NHL owners and executives during the
early years of expansion. It also chronicles the crazy days of
ownership by Charlie Finley, a man who admittedly knew nothing
about hockey but knew he wanted to run his team his way. Hilarity
and disaster resulted. On the ice, the Seals met with little
success but were never dull. In nine years, the team had to put up
with white skates, few fans and a cast of characters that were
unique This book allows the players and coaches to tell their own
story. More than 110 interviews were conducted with former Seals
players, owners, coaches and employees to get a clear picture of
what it was like to play in the NHL in the 60s and 70s. The rise of
the WHA, continuing expansion and more hilarious stories of what
really happens to an NHL team on the road and in the locker room.
Hockey fans will love this true tale of the Seals.hockey's most
colorful team.
The wildly dramatic story of the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup
London 2018 - the biggest women's team sport event ever to take
place on British soil. Under an Orange Sky was written and
photographed by the team that brought you The History Makers: How
Team GB Stormed to a First Ever Gold in Women's Hockey, winner of
the Thompson Reuters Illustrated Sports Book of the Year 2018. At
this crazy, anything-goes, ultimately tear-inducing competition
there was no such thing as a certainty. High-ranked teams fell by
the wayside, reputations were ignored and accepted practices turned
on their heads as the form book was torn up in front of the huge
crowds that flocked daily to the Lee Valley. Working together with
world-class hockey photographers Frank Uijlenbroek and Koen Suyk -
joined this time by Argentina's Rodrigo Jaramillo - authors Sarah
Juggins and Richard Stainthorpe captured all the twists, shocks and
surprises, and even a fabulous Irish fairy-tale, as east London's
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park welcomed the world's best.
Seoul Glow tells the story of the Great Britain men's hockey team
who won gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Little to the team's
knowledge, the final caught the British public's imagination as
they beat rivals West Germany in the gold-medal match. After Sean
Kerly's semi-final heroics and Imran Sherwani's double in the
final, BBC commentator Barry Davies uttered the now infamous line:
'Where were the Germans? But, frankly, who cares?' Victory, for a
team of amateurs, who had either quit their jobs or taken holiday
to play in Seoul, propelled the team to celebratory heights on
their return to British shores; it was GB's first hockey gold in
the post-war era and followed an eight-year plan for a major title.
The story also reveals how the team was inspirationally led by the
late Roger Self, the manager who gelled his players into Olympic
title holders.
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