Products tagged with: school
Steroid Nation: Juiced Home Run Totals, Anti-Aging Miracles, and a Hercules in Every High School: The Secret History of America's
When science lets us fulfill our greatest desires, where do we stop? If Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's career home run record, should the achieve ment get an asterisk because he has been accused of using steroids? Did Lance Armstrong need performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France a remarkable seven times? And how much of Arnold Schwarzenegger's success is due to his steroid-fueled bodybuilding titles? In the tradition of And the Band Played On, award-winning journalist Shaun Assael looks at America's complicated love affair with steroids and how it has become the country' s greatest drug addiction. The Formula chronicles steroid use far beyond the headlines from the bodybuilders in Venice Beach in the 1970s, the L.A./OaklandRaiders in the '80s and '90s to the baseball scandals of today to present a chilling portrait of a nation enamored of artificially pumped-up success. Assael's incomparable reporting has also uncovered the dramatic story of the godfather of the movement itself: Daniel Duchaine, who wrote The Original Underground Steroid Handbook in 1981. Part detective story, part medical investigation, part sociological examination, The Formula is a groundbreaking work on the most compelling story in the sports world today.
Run School Run
Roland Barth believes that there is a way to create a school which, instead of insisting upon uniformity, builds upon diversity among students, teachers, and teaching styles. Unlike many educational theorists, Barth has had ample opportunity to test his beliefs during his many years as an elementary school principal. "Run School Run" is the chronicle of his theory in action, a nuts-and-bolts study of one school's rocky but ultimately quite successful transition toward pluralist education. For Barth, the case against an elementary education that is uniform in content and method is clear-cut: teacher abilities differ radically, and so do student needs. In the pluralist school, the problem is to find ways to put this variety to good use. Barth shows that the solution is essentially a matter of organization; he sets up a principal's blueprint that offers teachers more control over curriculum content, teaching materials and methods, and composition of classes, in a way that ensures an educational coherence for each student. Run School Run is a rich, readable account, a how-to book as well as a personal reminiscence on the initiation and administration of an environment in which teaching and learning are allowed to take on shapes of their own design.
Let the River Run Silver Again!: How One School Helped Return the American Shad to the Potomac River and How You Too Can Help Prot
Let the River Run Silver Again is an environmental conservation success story for students of upper elementary through junior high school ages, and the teachers, parents, or others who mentor them. The greater part of the book follows students from one elementary school in Maryland as they take part, over a period of nine years, in a major regional conservation initiative to restore populations of an important fish, the American shad, to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. As time passed, the students became involved in other projects to improve the overall health of their watershed. The narrative of the student's projects is presented in an energetic style, and at a level, that will both engage and inform other readers of the same age. A short section at the end of the book identifies pathways for students and their mentors to take to design and implement water, wetland, and watershed restoration projects in other locations.
Starting and Running Your Own Martial Arts School Starting and Running Your Own Martial Arts School
More than 90 percent of all martial arts schools fail within their first year. "Starting and Running Your Own Martial Arts School" shows martial artists how they can insure the success of their schools-before they put their hard earned cash and reputations on the line.It offers a thorough, practical introduction to the tasks and obligations involved in running a successful martial arts business. This is the perfect guide for those who dream of opening their own martial arts school, who are currently planning their school, or who already run schools but want to learn how to streamline day-to-day operations so they can have more time for training or spending time with students.
Running for Fun: High School Runner, Jonathan Brown
"Running for Fun" Is filled with useful information that every dedicated runner ought to know, including Jonathan's lessons he's learning the hard way. Experience running with him through his collection of races and mishaps. Jonathan has been a runner most of his life, it is his favorite sport and he would love to share his stories (up to his 16th year of age) with you.
Running a Multiple Defense at the High School Level (DVD)
Running a Multiple Defense at the High School Level offers an introduction to how teams can develop and implement a proven multiple defense approach. The DVD addresses how coaches can organize their practice plan to accommodate a multiple defense approach, what assignments the defenders have in each defensive scheme, and how teams can shift between various defensive fronts. The DVD includes detailed descriptions of several defensive schemes, including the 4-4 cover 3, Eagle G cover 2, 3-5-3 cover 3, and 4-5-2. Among the topics covered: gaps & alignment terminology, techniques for linemen, outside-linebacker techniques, inside backers, and defensive-back techniques.
Coaching High School Football: The Power Running Game (DVD)
With Eric Reis,Manteca (CA) High School Head Coach,2006 Coach of the Year;and Neil MacDannald, Manteca HS (CA) Offensive Coordinator Coach MacDannald begins this lecture-style presentation by talking about the Manteca HS offensive philosophy, which includes minimizing turnovers and staying in constant "attack mode." He then covers basic power running game formations that can be used against different defensive sets. Coach MacDannald also reveals variations on the power game including G-Power, T-Power, Power Bounce, G-Counter and F-Counter. He details play calls and explains what each word of the play call means for specific players on the offense. After setting up the power run game using detailed diagrams, MacDannald presents actual game footage to show it all in action. See the "ins and outs" of a power run game that is simplified for high school teams. 55 minutes. 2008.
