An excerpt from: click on the cover to learn more Thanks to the advent of eBooks and the self-publishing opportunities that exist (of which more in the next chapter), what once seemed like a closed shop is now very much open for business. Traditional publishers are in flux. The times…
Writing a Book – The Writing Day
An excerpt from: click on the cover to learn more How does your writing day look? How should a writing day look? Well, the honest answer is that no two days will ever be exactly the same. That applies whether you are a professional or an aspiring writer. Some of…
Developing Play from the Defensive Third
This is an extract from Chapter 4 of Tony Mee's book: * Sometimes, people misunderstand when we talk about build-up that it always has to be short passes. If we want to play the ball into our front three from goal kicks, or into the space with a longer quality…
Football Coaching Articles
Over the years, Bennion Kearny has published extracts and custom articles from a number of our books and authors. Below is a listing of a large number of them. We hope they are useful. Stay safe. Developing Play from the Defensive Third Soccer Drills for KidsPassing DrillsGive and Go DrillsExercises…
Forgiveness at Easter
As we near Easter 2020, and the world reels from a pandemic that no-one in our lifetime has seen, calls for kindness, generosity and forgiveness have rung out across the globe. If this is not the time to show the positive side to humanity, when will it be? Forgiveness is…
Bob Dylan and President John F. Kennedy
An excerpt from Friends and Other Strangers: Bob Dylan Examined by Harold Lepidus John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States, in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 1961, during a snowstorm. Bob Dylan arrived in a snowbound New York four days later. Kennedy appeared in…
Soccer Drills for Kids
An extract from Soccer Training Blueprints by James Jordan. His teams (boys and girls) have won six high school state championships and one Classic 1 boys’ club championship. See all our soccer training books Session #1: Dribbling to Keep Possession This session is designed to introduce your players to the…
Football Psychology
An excerpt from Coaching Psychological Skills in Youth Football: Developing The 5Cs The psychological influence of the coach Reflecting back on the training sessions from the Under-10 and Under-11 age groups, coaches may be able to contrast the psychological and social qualities that are apparent in one group compared to…
Robyn Hitchcock on Bob Dylan, The Basement Tapes, and Greek Curses
An excerpt from Friends and Other Strangers: Bob Dylan Examined by Harold Lepidus Who better to discuss Bob Dylan and the Band's legendary 1967 Basement Tapes sessions with than Robyn Hitchcock? Who better to analyze why a bunch of half-baked songs by a room full of fully-baked musicians would have…
Betsy Siggins on running Club 47, and hanging out with Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
An excerpt from Friends and Other Strangers: Bob Dylan Examined by Harold Lepidus Betsy Siggins' Boston University freshman roommate was Joan Baez. Her first husband was a member of the Charles River Valley Boys. She hung out with Bob Dylan in Cambridge and New York, had the Rev. Gary Davis…