Intangibles

El futbol es, sin lugar a dudas, el deporte por excelencia en Espana y el que mas pasiones despierta en todo el mundo. Los numeros hablan por si solos. Las imagenes del mundial de Japon y Corea del Sur, por ejemplo, se retransmitieron en 213 paises, lo que equivalio a 41 100 horas de futbol televisadas y 28 800 millones de telespectadores, cifras realmente escalofriantes. Como se explica tan desmedida aficion? Parte del merito lo tienen, por supuesto, unos equipos legendarios que han alcanzado la gloria en campeonatos del mundo o de Europa, pero tampoco hay que olvidar a las grandes estrellas ...

Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game's highest honors. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography, off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his great achievements in a sport he had come to resent. Agassi writes candidly about his early success and his uncomfortable relationship with fame, his marriage to Brooke Shields, his growing interest in...

Este documento nos ofrece una planificación y estructura del entrenamiento y formación del joven jugador a lo largo de su vida deportiva. Todos aquellos profesionales que nos dedicamos al entrenamiento de los deportes colectivos, conocemos la dificultad de planificar y estructurar todas aquellas áreas que engloban al fútbol. En este caso el autor después de una exhaustiva revisión bibliográfica y su larga experiencia como entrenador y preparador físico, nos muestra en su libro una visión a nivel metodológico con sus diferentes objetivos y contenidos. Este trabajo, riguroso y...

Regardless of discipline, level of expertise, training philosophy, body shape, or fitness level, all riders do better—in horse-related activities on the ground and in the saddle—when they take care of their bodies and maintain their fitness. While riding is a great way to enjoy an active lifestyle, on its own it is not enough to condition and tone the body to the degree we need, and then the horse must make up the fitness gap in our physical partnership. If our reflexes are slow, if our bodies fatigue, if our position collapses, if tension patterns appear, then the horse suffers...