The Beginner's Guide to Rugby
The Beginner's Guide to Rugby

Author: Aaron Cruden

Publisher:

Published: 2015-04-02

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781775537908

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Aaron Cruden shares the highlights of his junior and professional rugby careers along with the skills and tricks you'll need to become a rugby star. How do you pass a rugby ball? How do you take a drop kick? How do you tackle someone bigger than you? Instructional and highly illustrated, this is a beginner's book of rugby for all ages. It features the basic skills every rugby player should be familiar with, no matter what their position. Along with techniques and drills to learn basic passing, tackling, running, kicking, defensive and attacking play, it also features some of Aaron's advanced moves, like the off-load and flick pass. Aaron also provides some fun facts about rugby, as well as advice on how to play for your school, province or Super Rugby team, and the things you will need to do to become an All Black.

The Classic Guide to Football
The Classic Guide to Football

Author: C W Alcock

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2014-06-15

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 1445640260

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A fascinating insight into football in the 1900s and the formation of the beautiful game.

Rugby and Rosie
Rugby and Rosie

Author: Nan Parson Rossiter

Publisher:

Published: 2021-08-05

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781648370649

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This is a charmingly illustrated story of 2 dogs and a young boy and a year of companionship that results in giving to others. Winner of the Golden Sower Award and an Amazon "Teachers' Picks" designation.

Legacy
Legacy

Author: James Kerr

Publisher: Constable

Published: 2013-11-07

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1472104900

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THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Champions do extra. They sweep the sheds. They follow the spearhead. They keep a blue head. They are good ancestors. In Legacy, best-selling author James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world's most successful sporting team, the legendary All Blacks of New Zealand, to reveal 15 powerful and practical lessons for leadership and business. Legacy is a unique, inspiring handbook for leaders in all fields, and asks: What are the secrets of success - sustained success? How do you achieve world-class standards, day after day, week after week, year after year? How do you handle pressure? How do you train to win at the highest level? What do you leave behind you after you're gone? What will be your legacy?

The Classic Guide to Polo
The Classic Guide to Polo

Author: T. F. Dale

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2015-06-15

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 1445648679

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The definitive guide to the 'Sport of Kings'.

Rugby Classics: Total Rugby
Rugby Classics: Total Rugby

Author: Jim Greenwood

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-04-23

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 147291872X

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Total Rugby and Think Rugby are rugby classics - two of the most important and influential books ever written on the game of rugby. Thousands of players and coaches around the globe have benefited from the concepts and methods in these books, equipping them with the coaching skills and strategy to play the very best in fifteen-a-side rugby. Total rugby is the antithesis of play-safe rugby - an open, ebullient game in which every player is encouraged to show what he can do as an attacker, defender and supporting player. Total Rugby has become one of the game's most seminal coaching manuals - it highlights inspirational rugby coach Jim Greenwood's radical examination of every facet of the game and his ability to clearly convey the wealth of knowledge he accumulated over many years in the sport.

Flashpoint
Flashpoint

Author: Derek Charles Catsam

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-08-28

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1538144700

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Forty years ago, a South African rugby tour in the United States became a crucial turning point for the nation’s burgeoning protests against apartheid and a test of American foreign policy. In Flashpoint: How a Little-Known Sporting Event Fueled America's Anti-Apartheid Movement, Derek Charles Catsam tells the fascinating story of the Springbok’s 1981 US tour and its impact on the country’s anti-apartheid struggle. The US lagged well behind the rest of the Western world when it came to addressing the vexing question of South Africa’s racial policies, but the rugby tour changed all that. Those who had been a part of the country’s tiny anti-apartheid struggle for decades used the visit from one of white South Africa’s most cherished institutions to mobilize against both apartheid sport and the South African regime more broadly. Protestors met the South African team at airports, chanted outside their hotels, and courted arrests at matches, which ranged from the bizarre to the laughable, with organizers going to incredible lengths to keep their locations secret. In telling the story of how a sport little appreciated in the United States nonetheless became ground zero for the nation’s growing anti-apartheid movement, Flashpoint serves as a poignant reminder that sports and politics have always been closely intertwined.

Rala
Rala

Author: Patrick O'Reilly

Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland

Published: 2013-10-25

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1444743333

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Irish rugby as you've never seen it before -- from the man who got the job every rugby lover would love to have. 'Rala has a gift for making people feel at ease and special at the same time' Paul O'Connell Patrick 'Rala' O'Reilly has been bagman for the Irish rugby team for over twenty years. In that time he's witnessed many highs and lows. But for him rugby has always been about the people, the places and the experiences. Here, with his own inimitable wit and humour, he shares with us his unique memories of his time spent at the very centre of Irish and Lions rugby. From his early days with Terenure RFC to touring with the Lions in 2009 and 2013, to pre-match traditions, pranks, iPod playlists and his love affair with Inishbofin, he tells a behind-the-scenes story of team spirit and friendship. With anecdotes from Keith Wood, Brian O'Driscoll, Donncha O'Callaghan, Jamie Heaslip, Peter Clohessy, Paul O'Connell and others, Rala: A Life in Rugby gives us an insight into the world of rugby - as never seen before. 'He's a gent, a role model ... but, most importantly, he's a great friend' Jamie Heaslip 'Even when I stopped being captain, I'd find my bags in my room when I arrived at the hotel, and my laundry hanging on the back of my door. He didn't have to do that, but then there's so much that he didn't have to do, but he still did' Brian O'Driscoll