Why Michael couldn't hit : and other tales of the neurology of sports

Author(s)

• Klawans, Harold L.

Bibliographic Information

Why Michael couldn't hit : and other tales of the neurology of sports

Harold L. Klawans

W.H. Freeman, c1996

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work explores and explains the neurological twists and turns that helped make some of the world's greatest athletes as successful as they are, or, conversely, those neurological factors that eventually ended their careers. Sports covered include baseball, track and field, basketball, golf and boxing. Individual athletes featured include Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, and Wilma Randolph.

Table of Contents

• Why Michael Jordan couldn't hit a baseball
• the bigger they are
• the first overtime
• seventh inning stretch
• the bantam
• the 19th hole
• Muhannad Ali's brain
• between rounds
• the man with the not-so golden arm
• the 10th inning
• flying like a butterfly
• the four-minute neurologist
• a break in the action
• just right
• one fine morning
• first-half Jameson
• saving the best for last.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA33899579
• ISBN:
  • 0716730014
• LCCN: 96024097
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: [New York]
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 308 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC1236.N47
  • DC20 : 362.1/968/0088796
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Neurophysiology
  • LCSH : Sports -- Physiological aspects
  • LCSH : Nervous system -- Diseases -- Complications