Wrestling as much as any sport requires a special type and level of courage. The arduous training, periodic weight cutting, and public arena for performing are challenges that intimidate all but a special breed of athlete. And that is not to mention the sport's very essence: facing off against an opponent who wants to do nothing less than dominate you physically, destroy you emotionally, and humiliate you mentally.
Wrestling Tough is a unique look at the “stuff” that has characterized the greatest competitors to ever take the mat. Award-winning author Mike Chapman first presents the attributes that serve as a common link among wrestling champions through the decades. From there he details how and when these attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors manifest themselves in the training room and in competition. 
Even the best athletes and most successful coaches will find something new to add to their skill set. Let Wrestling Tough be your guide to a championship-level mindset.

Wrestling Tough

Sports & Outdoors

Chapman, Mike

Individual Sports

Human Kinetics, Inc.

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A History of Wrestling in Iowa: From Gotch to Gable

Biographies & Memoirs

Univ of Iowa Pr

a detailed account of wrestling in Iowa covering the period 1921to 1980.

Book by Chapman, Brian, Chapman, Mike

Evy and the Hawkeyes: The Glory Years

CHAPMAN, Brian

Scribner

For the first time wrestling coaches, wrestlers, and fans have access to the annals of American amateur wrestling. This is the most detailed chronicle ever written on the people and places that have made wrestling, history. Mike Chapman, award winning sports writer, author of four wrestling books, and former communications director for USA Wrestling, has compiled thousands of competition results, from the Olympics and the Junior Nationals to the Midlands. This book features tournament results, biographical profiles of NWHF legends, and a history of American wrestling from the 1600's.

Encyclopedia of American Wrestling

Leisure Pr

The inspirational true story of amateur wrestling legend Bob Steenlage who graduated from West Point and was traumatized by his service in Vietnam. Bob became a recluse and raised his family with home schooling. After a 20 year hiatus from society he came to grips with his problems and became an accomplished public speaker. Being looked at as a motion picture.

Fighting Back: The Inspirational Story of Bob Steenlage

Culture House Books

Mike Chapman has penned a warm and glowing tribute to the nation’s longest serving governor – Iowa’s Terry Branstad. Written in a folksy, down-home style, Chapman chronicles Branstad’s life from the farm near Leland to the Terrace Hill governor’s residence. An easy read, the book looks at the forces and people who shaped the governor. It’s something of a how-he-did-it manual that will interest Iowa history buffs and younger readers thinking about a political career for themselves. Branstad’s tenure isn’t finished so we’ll have to leave it to the historians and experts of tomorrow to dissect the legacy of his policies. For now, this work shows how a small-town boy worked his way to the top. You can like his politics or not, but you’ve got to admire Branstad’s tenacity, commitment to the state and his ability to win elections: 20 wins and no losses. – David Yepsen, Director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and former Chief Political Writer for the Des Moines Register

Iowa's Record Setting Governor: The Terry Branstad Story

Leaders & Notable People

Business Publications Corporation Inc.

Few sports are as intense as wrestling. The physical training demands total dedication. The mental side requires focus, anticipation and resilience. No letup. No excuses. 
Wrestling Tough, Second Edition, will inspire and guide you to achieve the mind-set of a champion. Whether you need to identify the flaws of an opponent, get optimally psyched for a big match, or overcome the adversity inherent in participating in the sport, Wrestling Tough will prepare you to excel and win. 
 Mike Chapman, known for his unique expertise, analysis, and insight into the great sport of wrestling, has had the privilege of rubbing shoulders with many of America’s greatest amateurs and professional wrestlers. In the second edition of Wrestling Tough, he shares his insights to take you beyond the physical attributes needed to succeed on the mat: 
 • Explore the attacking mind-set and the importance of psyching up for competition. 
 • Gain perspective on the increasing popularity of the sport among women and girls and how female participants are proving their toughness on the mat at all levels. 
 • Examine the rise and importance of funk-style wrestling, through which an individual’s personality is allowed—and encouraged—to shine. 
 • Glimpse the key moments in the careers of many great wrestlers and the training methods they used to break through barriers and achieve ultimate success. 
Wrestling Tough is loaded with stories, insights, and coaching philosophies from legendary coaches and wrestlers such as Cael Sanderson, Dan Gable, Lee Kemp, John Smith, Tom Brands, and Steve Fraser, and even coaches from other sports such as basketball’s John Wooden and football’s Vince Lombardi. These stories will captivate wrestlers, coaches, and fans of wrestling alike. 
 Make your mind a key weapon in your wrestling arsenal. Wrestling Tough provides you the ammunition to develop the mental firepower to win and dominate on the mat.

Human Kinetics

In the early 20th century, one man ruled the tough world of professional wrestling -- Frank Gotch. Learning the ferocious craft of catch-as-catch-can wrestling under the tutelage of catch wrestling master Martin "Farmer" Burns and in regular, brutal bouts in the ring, Gotch went on to dominate the sport and become one of the most famous sports figures in the world. The Life and Legacy of Frank Gotch chronicles Gotch's rise to the pinnacle of the wrestling world before his untimely death in 1917. It provides little-known details about his earliest matches, his trip to Alaska to hone his wrestling skills, his training under Farmer Burns, his harshly instructive contests with the fierce Tom Jenkins and his two epic bouts against the "Russian Lion," the great George Hackenschmidt. Author Mike Chapman offers intriguing speculation about how Gotch may have matched up against some of the other top wrestlers of all time, and he has unearthed fascinating accounts from wrestling legends, promoters and sports writers, during and after the Gotch era, who all weigh in on why Gotch was the greatest of them all. Close to 80 photos, many of which are being published for the first time in nearly a century, round out this portrait of one of the most influential figures in the history of professional wrestling.

The Life and Legacy of Frank Gotch: King of the Catch-as-catch-can Wrestlers

Paladin Pr

During the past 10 years 'partnership' has become a defining characteristic of British urban regeneration. It is widely recognised that the multiple problems of economic decline, social exclusion and dereliction require holistic and area-specific responses that can only be provided by effective multi-agency working, through local partnerships. Yet, to date, there has been little systematic research into why partnerships succeed or fail; into what works and what does not.This report provides an in-depth study of the factors that influence the effectiveness of urban regeneration partnerships, and how they work within the emerging national policy context. Case studies were carried out in 27 partnerships in eight city-regions in England and Scotland and in the Welsh Valleys.Urban regeneration through partnership highlights the key lessons of partnership, exploring good practice in:·[vbTab]leadership;·[vbTab]visioning and consensus building;·[vbTab]translation of vision into workable objectives;·[vbTab]including the community and business in partnership;·[vbTab]human resources.The report explores what it calls the 'foundations of partnership', including the modernisation of local government, a coherent regional development framework and a sound national urban policy. In addition, it provides detailed information on the case studies themselves, and gives good practice recommendations.Urban regeneration through partnership is essential reading for workers and policy makers in urban regeneration partnerships, communities involved in urban regeneration and national and local government, as well as anyone with an interest in neighbourhood regeneration strategies and practice.

Urban regeneration through partnership: A study in nine urban regions in England, Scotland and Wales (Area Regeneration series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Carley, Michael

Young, Raymond

Hastings, Annette

Kirk, Karryn

Social Sciences

Policy Press

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Wrestling Tough

A History of Wrestling in Iowa: From Gotch to Gable

A History of Wrestling in Iowa: From Gotch to Gable

Evy and the Hawkeyes: The Glory Years

Encyclopedia of American Wrestling

Fighting Back: The Inspirational Story of Bob Steenlage

Iowa's Record Setting Governor: The Terry Branstad Story

Wrestling Tough

The Life and Legacy of Frank Gotch: King of the Catch-as-catch-can Wrestlers

Urban regeneration through partnership: A study in nine urban regions in England, Scotland and Wales (Area Regeneration series)