Wrestling The Making Of A Champion The Takedown

A captain of the U.S. Olympic wrestling team shows all the basic principles of the takedown, with over a thousand action sequence photographs.

Kyle is the heavyweight on his wrestling team, and he's the star. When a new wrestler shows up and challenges his spot, Kyle has to make a tough decision.

Eleven-year-old TJ McCall is a wrestling superstar in his northeast Philadelphia neighborhood. Following in the footsteps of his older brother, TJ dreams of making it big in the world of wrestling and achieving a college scholarship. While wrestling in the 82-pound class during his sixth grade year, TJ gets off to a red-hot start, but soon runs into a brick wall when he meets up with the neighborhood bully, Rourke Everson, who is out to stop him. TJ's streak of good luck quickly comes to a grinding halt when Rourke torments him to no end, both physically and emotionally, causing TJ to lose every time he steps on the wrestling mat. A bitter struggle unfolds for TJ as he battles with his own emotions to remain a true winner, both in his own eyes and in everyone else's. TJ's Takedown is an action-packed novel that will be sure to keep any young athlete, and especially those boys who love wrestling, on the edge of their seat for hours on end.

Essential information is included in the chapters of this P.E. skills book, designed for physical educators, student teachers, recreational leaders, physical education majors, and any students who wish to learn new skills or organizational skills. Topics such as rules & regulations, technology in physical education and its effects on the future are included, and skill progressions are presented in a practical fashion. An updated bibliography provides appropriate sources for those who wish to pursue a given area of knowledge or skill. For professionals in the field of physical education.

An epileptic teenager tries to win the high school state wrestling title.