Defensa en zona el el futbol

El travesaño de Mauricio Pinilla en el minuto 119 del partido por octavos de final entre Chile y Brasil en el reciente Mundial pudo cambiar la historia del fútbol chileno para siempre. Sin embargo, pese a quedar eliminados, esta generación de futbolistas logró una identificación con el público que pocas veces se ha visto en nuestra biografía deportiva. Minuto 119 busca retratar cómo se fue construyendo este equipo, las luces y sombras de una campaña que generó altas expectativas pero que quedó entrampada a mitad de camino; el perfil de sus principales líderes, y las obsesiones y...

Néstor Galarraga —autor de Taekwon-Do, factor de evolución— nos ofrece un revelador camino hacia el desarrollo del poder personal y nos muestra los ejes fundamentales de su transformación en un auténtico guerrero. Tras toda una vida en la enseñanza del Taekwon-Do, reflexiona acerca de lo aprendido y lo enseñado, acerca de las experiencias personales cosechadas. Ante la imposibilidad de desandar la historia —volver a esos ignorados caminos y lugares del conocimiento donde descubrió lo que es, a través de lo que hace— vuelca toda esa vivencia en este libro. Indaga sobre...

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...

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...