Awesome Athletes Set

Awesome Athletes introduces readers to the greatest stars in sports. Each book in this series tells the inspiring story of one athlete's journey from childhood dreams to trophy-raising success. Scores and stats, career highlights, and record-breaking accomplishments are just part of the story. Readers will also learn about the difference each athlete makes beyond the playing fields. Jam-packed with career highlights, high-impact photographs, and more, this series is a can't miss for young sports fans. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

This new, 3-volume set offers comprehensive coverage of today's top athletes, in all sports around the world. Over 400 informative biographies are organized in major categories that include: Football; Baseball; Olympic Sports; Basketball; Golf & Tennis; Boxing & Soccer; and Racing & Individual Sports, each with its own indexes and appendixes.

40 Inspiring Icons: Amazing Athletes introduces you to the top 40 Olympic athletes of all time with fun illustrations and key stats and facts.

Describes the accomplishments of women athletes, including Bobbie Rosenfeld, Julie Krone, Cathy Freeman, and Hayley Wickenheiser.

6PACK OF EACH TITLE IN AMAZING ATHLETES SET VI

THE SECRETS OF SUPERHUMAN PERFORMANCE Never have the best sportspeople seemed so far removed from the rest of us, their prowess so unfathomable. So how are these extraordinary athletes made? THE BEST reveals how the most incredible sportspeople in the world get to the top and stay there. It is a unique look at the path to sporting greatness; a story of origins, practice, genetics and psychology. Packed with gripping personal stories and interviews with top athletes including Elena Delle Donne, Pete Sampras, Joey Votto, Steph Curry, Kurt Warner and Premier League superstars Marcus Rashford and Jamie Carragher, it explains how the best athletes develop the extraordinary skills that allow them to perform remarkable feats under extreme pressure. THE BEST uncovers startling truths of athletic greatness-including why younger siblings have more chance of becoming elite, which towns produce the most superstars, the role of informal play and the best time to be born in the school year. It goes inside the minds of champions to understand what makes them perform during high-octane competition, how to hit a baseball or tennis ball in under 0.5 seconds, the secrets of how the best train and what makes a great leader. The book appeals to all lovers of sport, anyone with an interest in psychology and excellence, the parents of budding athletes, and fans of books like Freakonomics, Outliers and Range. It is a deconstruction of what it takes to be the best-and how we can all improve in sport and beyond.

Features athletes who excel in sports associated with the Summer and Winter Olympics.