Planeta Diego

Soccer friend, let’s start the game warm-up: Have you ever wondered who was the first soccer team formed here in Monterey County? Who were the first players to start the soccer culture in our valley? Do you think John Steinbeck would have seen paisanos play soccer when he wrote Tortilla Flat? Have you imagined Chicano zoot-suiters juking or scoring goals? What if among the braceros (1942-1964) there was a goalkeeper? A great defender? A smart midfielder? A skilled striker? A demanding coach? I ask you this because I don’t know if you know that the soccer ball has been rolling in our...

Este libro desmenuza un análisis táctico sobre los ataques de Pep Guardiola, Jürguen Klopp, Mauricio Pochettino y Maurizio Sarri. 32 situaciones tácticas para aprender de los mejores entrenadores del mundo. Lucas Rivas es un analista táctico de larga experiencia en el fútbol profesional, que no solo te permite cómo modificar las jugadas los equipos de estos cuatro entrenadores de élite, sino que además te enseña el cómo iniciar los ataques desde el fondo y cómo puedes aplicar esos movimientos en diversas sesiones de entrenamiento de tu propio equipo. El objetivo de la obra es que...

Nombrado MEJOR LIBRO DE DEPORTES DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS por la revista Sports Illustrateden 2002, La Dulce Ciencia recopila en un único e inolvidable volumen las clásicas piezas del periodista del New Yorker A.J. Liebling sobre boxeo, esa "Dulce Ciencia de los Moratones". A través de sus páginas, Liebling nos ofrece un retrato animado e idiosincrásico del universo pugilístico de principios de la década de 1950 —la época dorada del boxeo estadounidense—, un mundillo que incluye a personajes de todo tipo: desde representantes jactanciosos hasta entrenadores veteranos y segundos...

Parents are the key in sport development. The roles that parents develop in sport with their children, either in a leisure or competitive way, are complex and varied. However, the literature that makes a distinction between the father and the mother is very limited. This book has expected, therefore, to contribute to know much better the mothers´ role in that sport development. Her presence has always been obscured by the male perception of the sport activity. To give the mothers voice and presence has been the main goal of this book. Mum, thanks! Is an appreciation to the work that many...