Aquamorphia: Falling for Water is a mythological, psychological and elemental poetic history of water in three deeply entrancing parts. Each section of this exciting and tumultuous water narrative takes the reader for a ride on different streams of intoxicating, daring and at times playful water worlds. From ancient Greek creation myths to the Australian beach, Aquamorphia moves symphonically, praising the maternal and generative qualities of fluidity since the Big Bang, or splitting of th...

Most interviews are lost long before the first question is asked.In this sharp, psychologically astute guide, the author dismantles the myth that interviews are simple tests of qualifications and reveals what they truly are: controlled conversations shaped by perception, status, timing, and subtle power. Blending strategy, behavioral insight, and real-world tactics, this book teaches candidates how to quietly direct the rhythm of an interview, build instant authority, and avoid the...

Dave Stewart's life is in a fog. He is successful, he is intelligent and fit but whatever is shackling him will take an almost catastrophic event to break him free. He is like everyone he knows moving through life thinking he has a plan and the plan is working as the sphere around him continues to evolve. Life, events and the people he loves are leaving him behind. He is being 'zeroed out' willfully unaware of the consequences. His innate sense of martyrdom will be his best asset as he is ...

It wasn't his idea to pull the trigger. Now Dave feels like he is running away from something; not towards something better. He just needs to hide for a while until things calm down. Then a new life, maybe a better one. A life he wished for and she didn't. She is fading out of the picture.What he is about to get involved with is bigger than he can imagine. It will challenge his preconceptions about life, women and his sense of justice. Circumstances outside of his control batter hi...

Squire McDermott has almost nothing but his looks. He is the ultimate phantom of desire. For Squire, being "wanted" is a hollow curse; he is a man women want, but he can't seem to keep them. He never thought the price of his existence was just a permanent, aching loneliness; he never lost hope until now.When two vengeful husbands discover their wives' secret obsessions, they don't look for a divorce-they look for a target. With no money for his defense and a reputation as a player ...

Dave Stewart is not a man given to grand illusions, yet he finds himself drawn into one.It begins with a quiet rupture: a wealthy mentor, long revered, turning away from the country that shaped him, siphoning his fortune toward an improbable vision. What first appears as personal ambition soon reveals itself as something more: a deliberate unmaking, a rejection not only of borders, but of consequence.Dave follows, though not without hesitation.As the venture deepens...

Positive Pedagogy is an athlete-centred, inquiry-based approach that transforms the way we understand learning and coaching in sport. This book demonstrates how Positive Pedagogy for sport coaching (PPed) can be successfully employed across a range of sports and levels of performance, while also providing insight into coaches’ experiences.Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, the book introduces the key concepts that underpin Positive Pedagogy and offers detailed case ...

Game Sense is an exciting and innovative approach to coaching and physical education that places the game at the heart of the session. It encourages the player to develop skills in a realistic context, to become more tactically aware, to make better decisions and to have more fun. Game Sense is a comprehensive, research-informed introduction to the Game Sense approach that defines and explores key concepts and essential pedagogical theory, and that offers an extensive ser...

Sport coaching has grown significantly as an area of research interest with an expanding number of sport coaching programs offered. The past decade or so has also seen significant interest in games-based approaches to coaching and teaching games. On a global level, Game Sense is one of the most recognized athlete-centred approaches for team sports, probably close behind Teaching Games for Understanding.Game Sense for Coaching and Teaching provides an understanding of how an Austral...

This book presents journeys of sixteen Indigenous Australian athletes from their first touch of a‘footy’ to the highest levels of Australian football and rugby league, conceptualized as a processof learning. The authors challenge simplistic explanations of Indigenous success in Australianfootball and rugby league, centered on the notion of the ‘natural athlete’. The book tracesthe development of Indigenous sporting expertise as a lifelong process of learning...

Positive Pedagogy is an athlete-centred, inquiry-based approach that transforms the way we understand learning and coaching in sport and can be successfully employed across a range of different sports and levels of performance. Applied Positive Pedagogy in Sports Coaching: International Cases reflects the uptake of Positive Pedagogy by coaches across different countries and sport settings through its complete focus on their experiences of using it and adapting it to their needs an...

The teaching of games is a central component of any physical education or youth sport programme. Contemporary Developments in Games Teaching brings together leading international researchers and practitioners in physical education and sports coaching to examine new approaches in games teaching and team sport coaching that are player/student-centred and inquiry-based.The book aims to bridge the gap between research and practice by exploring contemporary games teaching from ...