Goals to Gold: Track & Field Stories for Young Readers - Couverture souple

Dees, Jared

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1954135149 ISBN 13 : 9781954135147

Editeur : Dees Media, 2024

Synopsis

Every young athlete needs a role model to look up to and motivate them along the way. This book includes twenty stories of great track & field athletes who have overcome adversity by setting big goals and working relentlessly to reach them. Their methods of success give practical ways to improve times and earn recognition on and off the track. Readers will find inspirational ways to get better, but also focus on how they can balance life, school, and sports.

Young athletes will discover unique stories in the lives of the greats like Jesse Owens, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Griffith Joyner (Flo-Jo), Roger Bannister, Allyson Felix, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Steve Prefontaine, Ryan Crouser, Mo Farah, Wilma Rudolph, and Jim Thorpe. These motivational stories go beyond boring biographies with names and dates. Readers will learn specific and practical skills from the experiences of these highly successful people including:

• how to set goals
• how to find the motivation to achieve
• how to stand out on and off the track
• how to pick the right events
• how to find the right training methods
• how to work with great coaches

Writer, educator, and coach, Jared Dees, takes young readers on a journey through the history of track & field highlighting lessons for life on and off the track.

This is the perfect gift to accompany any young athlete interested in the 2024 Olympic Games.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dees Media
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1954135149
• ISBN 13: 9781954135147
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 104
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg