Physical Education Suggested Reading

Unless indicated titles are suitable for all ages - please speak to the Librarian if you would like further information. Sports based reads are an ideal choice for reluctant readers. All of these books are available for loan from the Hawkins Library.

Bend it Like Beckham -Narinder Dhami
www.narinderdhami.com

Fatty Batter Michael Simkins
www.lovereading.co.uk/book/1938/Fatty_Batter-Michael_Simkins.html

Goal -Robert Rigby Year7/8
Goal II Living the Dream -Robert Rigby Year7/8
Football Stories - James Riordan Year 7/8
Flashman - George Mac Donald Frazer
Dream On -Bali Rai
www.balirai.co.uk

Haunted United -Dennis Hamley Year 7/8
The Team -Mick Dennis
www.literacytrust.org.uk/vitallink/LRMick_Dennis.pdf

One Good Horse -Michael Hardcastle
www.michaelhardcastle.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk

Sandford on Tour -Rob Childs
Double A Side - Fever Pitch Nick Hornby
www.nicksbooks.com
Kickback -Michael Hardcastle
Julie and Me and Michael Owen Makes Three - Alan Gibbons
www.alangibbons.com
Transfer -Terence Blacker
Wicked Wingers -Michael Coleman
Wicked World Cup -Michael Coleman
www.michael-coleman.co.uk

Recreational Reads

Psycho- The England Years, The Autobiography -Stuart Pearce
Everything a girl needs to know about football. -Simeon De La Torre, Sophie Brown

One Hundred Greatest Bowlers -Phil Edmonds

Touching the Void -Joe Simpson
Stand up and fight -Alan English

Seeing Red -Alan Carter with Nick Bishop
www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=1845964241

It's not about the bike - Lance Armstrong
www.lancearmstrong.com
Heroes' villains and Velodromes -Chris Hoy

No Ordinary Joe -Joe Calzaghe
www.calzaghe.com

Beneath The Surface -Michael Phelps

Rainbow Warrior -Francois Pienaar

What sport tells us about life -Ed Smith
www.edsmith.org.uk

Historical

Sport and the British a modern history -Richard Holt

Text Books - suitable for all age groups but ideal for GCSE/AS and A2

Running Fit -Jamie Baird
Cycling Fit -Jamie Baird
www.thefitnesscoach.com

Sports Training Principles -Frank W Dick
Sports Psychology -Matt Jarvis
Sports Motivation -Ken Hodge
Sports Nutrition -Anita Bean
Sports Training -John Shepard

www.greatrun.org
www.britishtriathlon.org
www.wimbledon.org
www.olympics.org.uk