Headlocks and Dropkicks
Headlocks and Dropkicks

Author: Ted Kluck

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2009-06-22

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 0313354820

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Is it sport or is it entertainment? As presented by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., the most well-known promoter of professional wrestling, it is hard for the uninitiated to tell. A refuge for the very athletic, and often a breeding ground for the highly dysfunctional, professional wrestling is, in the truest sense, life on the fringes. Headlocks and Dropkicks: A Butt-Kicking Ride through the World of Professional Wrestling chronicles sportswriter Ted A. Kluck's effort to become a professional wrestler at a popular wrestling school in the suburbs of Chicago. In training to become a wrestler, Kluck was able to delve into the traveling-circus elements of the sport and talk to the people who make it work—promoters, bookers, and the wrestlers themselves. Wrestling has weathered manifold changes in American taste to survive and thrive as it does today. Kluck examines the tension between the good vs. evil tales that permeated wrestling in the early to mid 1980s, along with the seamy soap opera storylines that seem to drive it today. He also takes time to catch up with the biggest stars the sport has produced—some of whom have parlayed their fame into financial security and others who are currently looking to reclaim their past glory.

Twin Cities Sports
Twin Cities Sports

Author: Sheldon Anderson

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2020-02-03

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1682261093

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The histories in Twin Cities Sports are rooted in the class, ethnic, and regional identity of this unique upper midwestern metropolitan area. The compilation includes a wide range of important studies on the hub of interwar speedskating, the success of Gopher football in the Jim Crow era, the integration of municipal golf courses, the building of a world-renowned park system, the Minneapolis Lakers’ basketball dynasty, the Minnesota Twins’ connections to Cuba, and more.

The Rise & Fall of ECW
The Rise & Fall of ECW

Author: Thom Loverro

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-05-22

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1416513124

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Examines the rise and fall of Extreme Championship Wrestling, and how that organization revolutionized sports entertainment.

Headlock
Headlock

Author: Joyce Sweeney

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2015-02-10

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1504004337

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Being a pro wrestler takes talent, guts, and hard work—can Kyle make it to the pros and live the life he wants? Kyle Bailey is a normal high school senior with a secret ambition: to be a wrestling superstar with the WWE. When he hears about a wrestling class at the local gym, he knows this may be his one shot at making his dream come true. The only problem is that no one in his life understands his love of wrestling, so he can’t tell anyone what he’s doing—especially not his grandmother, who has raised him since he was a kid. As Kyle’s talent becomes increasingly apparent, his instructor takes notice and invites him to wrestle in an upcoming professional match. With his newfound success—and his beautiful wrestler girlfriend—Kyle feels like he’s finally exactly where he belongs. But when his grandmother’s health takes a turn for the worse, Kyle is torn between needing to care for her and wanting to follow his dreams. He isn’t ready to give up on being a pro wrestler, but he can’t abandon the woman who has taken care of him his entire life. Headlock is a heartwarming novel about the strength it takes to let go of what you love and the courage it takes to ask for help.

Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition
Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition

Author: Michael Spittle

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-03-03

Total Pages: 943

ISBN-13: 1350314633

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Integrating theory with practice, this core textbook provides a structured and sequential introduction to motor learning and motor control. Part 1 begins by introducing what motor learning is and how movement is controlled, before exploring how a learning environment may be manipulated to assist in the learning and performance of movement skills. Part 2 explores motor control from neural, behavioural and dynamic systems perspectives. Part 3 provides an overview of considerations in applying motor learning and skill acquisition principles to physical education, exercise and sports science. Chapters are illustrated with flowcharts and diagrams to aid students' understanding, and include activities and end-of-chapter review questions to consolidate knowledge. Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition is essential reading for all Physical Education, Exercise and Sports Science and Sports Coaching students. New to this Edition: - New and updated chapters on skill acquisition approaches, talent identification and development, and performance analysis and feedback as well as separate chapters on practice design and task modification, and practice organisation and planning - Contains additional content on decision-making, tactical and strategic skills, traditional and constraints-led skill acquisition approaches, practice design, and skill-drill and game-based practice for skill acquisition - Supported by a bank of online lecturer resources, including PowerPoints, MCQs and lab activities

Pain and Passion
Pain and Passion

Author: Heath McCoy

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 2010-12-14

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 1554902991

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The wild blood-on-the-mat saga of the rise and fall of the infamous Stampede Wrestling company.

Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels

Author: Stephen Ciacciarelli

Publisher: Infobase Learning

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 1438146515

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A biography of pro wrestler Shawn Michaels, from childhood to gifted athlete to world heavyweight champion.

MILLENNIUM EPIC
MILLENNIUM EPIC

Author: Daes A. Neights

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2024-10-31

Total Pages: 756

ISBN-13:

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As a song sung by one unseen, an ignorant emperor feigns his dread upon the world in order to protect mankind without their nuisance. He then gets his fortress besieged due to enigmas he doesn't fully understand. Being led along story in a superior realm, he's explained what much means, but it's still too difficult for him to understand because a story is best understood by the ones who lived it. --Enigma is as a calm poison, and dread horrors are often made soft. A shattered heart bleeds its beauty. No, not everything is all hunky-dory in the twilight-- Sometimes you need to be dumber before you can get smarter, and weaker before you get stronger. Don't ask me how I know that. Enigmas don't hold hands as easily as friendlies can hold back.

Headlocks and Dropkicks
Headlocks and Dropkicks

Author: Ted Kluck

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Is it sport or is it entertainment? As presented by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., the most well-known promoter of professional wrestling, it is hard for the uninitiated to tell. A refuge for the very athletic, and often a breeding ground for the highly dysfunctional, professional wrestling is, in the truest sense, life on the fringes. Headlocks and Dropkicks: A Butt-Kicking Ride through the World of Professional Wrestling chronicles sportswriter Ted A. Kluck's effort to become a professional wrestler at a popular wrestling school in the suburbs of Chicago. In training to become a wrestler, Kluck was able to delve into the traveling-circus elements of the sport and talk to the people who make it work--promoters, bookers, and the wrestlers themselves. Wrestling has weathered manifold changes in American taste to survive and thrive as it does today. Kluck examines the tension between the good vs. evil tales that permeated wrestling in the early to mid 1980s, along with the seamy soap opera storylines that seem to drive it today. He also takes time to catch up with the biggest stars the sport has produced--some of whom have parlayed their fame into financial security and others who are currently looking to reclaim their past glory.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Dwayne

Author: Marylou Kjelle

Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2013-05

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1612285481

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It hasn’t always been an easy road for superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. He could easily have let his troubles in high school, and his disappointment at not being drafted by the NFL, bring him down. But Dwayne comes from strong stock—his grandfather, Peter Maivia, a Samoan High Chief, was a legendary wrestler, and his father, Rocky Johnson, is also a professional wrestling champion. As Dwayne himself will admit, his heritage is what makes him a winner—both in the ring and out. From professional wrestling champion to bestselling author to movie star, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson traces the story and many rock-solid careers of this larger-than-life personality.