A junior fiction series written in partnership with Netball Australia Is being a Gem enough for determined Lily? Lily comes from a family of great netballers and dreams of playing for the Diamonds one day. She loves being on court and jumping for every intercept. But Lily’s worried that she might never be tall enough to make it as a professional player. How can she get people to look past her height? To add to Lily’s troubles, something mysterious is going on at home. Things keep disappearing and turning up in the strangest places. Could her troublemaker brother have anything to do with it? Maybe a new move and a secret weapon will help Lily become the netball dynamo she is desperate to be!

Why does Prani feel she has disappointed the Gems? Prani is the comedian of the Gems. She never takes anything too seriously, even netball, and loves having fun with her teammates. But when Coach Janet enters the Gems in a netball tournament and asks them to use set plays, everything changes. Now that there are more rules on the court, Prani can’t move like she used to and begins to feel that she is letting the rest of the team down. Will Prani be able to find a way to continue playing her fun and fluid style of netball?

Join Mitch Starc and his U10's cricket team in a mighty test when its AUSSIES VS ENGLAND! The greatest rivalry of them all! Mitch Starcs biggest dream is to one day wear the baggy green and play for Australia. Now it seems his dream has come true early! So whats Mitchs problem? Hes pretty sure his team will be FLOGGED by the English side. He just CANT get the hang of bowling. His dad is EMBARRASSING him (and unfortunately his dad is the COACH!). His cricket whites have turned PINK! Can it get any WORSE?! Find out in this action-filled, hilarious new series created by cricket superstar Mitchell Starc!

Mitch Starc and his cricket team suddenly find themselves in the spotlight on the TV show HOWZAT HEROES! (And it's not pretty!) The Wander Hill Wombats finally managed to get runs on the board and win some matches. But they've just had the most disastrous training session. Ever! So what's Mitch's problem now? No-one in the side can CATCH the ball. His bowling is getting WORSE no matter how much he practises. Someone in the team has POO SHOES. Now the Wombats are FAMOUS (and Mitch is NOT happy about it!) Surely it can't get any more EMBARRASSING . . . Can it? Really?!

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

I tell you what, they're turning it on here today, folks. They're putting on a ring-a-ding-ding contest . . . And who is that lad in the number five guernsey? Specky can't wait to get to the country and have the chance to play grassroots football for the first time . . . against adults. But more is at stake than the outcome of just one game. Who is Razorback Jack, the mysterious footy hero that Specky keeps hearing about? And what are the boys back at Booyong High up to? Can the massive underdogs, the Rivergum Redfins, serve it up to the Bull Ants? We have got a game on our hands this afternoon . . . Visit www.speckymagee.com.au for more

Meet the girls from the Netball Gems! It's their first season together and the Marrang Under 13s team is finding its way. All the girls have a favorite position and dream of playing for the Australian Diamonds. But before that dream can become a reality, there are skills to learn, nerves to overcome, friendships to make, matches to play, and so much fun to be had! In Pivot and Win, can Lily find a way to show everyone that great netballers don't always need to be tall? And in Defend to the End, will Maia be able to adopt a new a new style of defense?

THE CROWD ROARED AS THE BALL ROCKETED INTO THE BACK OF THE NET. SPECKY COLLAPSED ON THE GROUND FEELING USELESS AND HUMILIATED. HE HAD NEVER FELT SO OUT OF HIS DEPTH ON A SPORTING FIELD . . . Specky has been selected to represent Australia in International Rules, taking on the Irish in a two-test competition in Ireland. Can the boys learn to play with a new set of rules and perfect their skills with the round ball before the Irish team wipes the field with them? And is someone trying to sabotage the Aussie team's chances of winning? The pressure is on, and to make matters worse Specky has some serious decisions to make about his future before he returns home . . . This trip to Ireland is no holiday and Specky will have to dig deep to face the biggest challenge of his life! I wish Specky would hurry up and get drafted. The Tigers would love to have him . . . Matthew Richardson Visit www.speckymagee.com.au for more

Evidence-based practice has become a central part of physiotherapy today, but it is still an area which is constantly expanding and being updated. Written by an international team of experts, this second edition continues to outline the basic definitions of evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning, while detailing how to find and critically appraise evidence and clinical practice guidelines and the steps to follow in the implementation and evaluation of evidence. For those struggling to understand both the concepts and how to implement them, this book will prove to be an invaluable and practical guide. - Considers how both quantitative and qualitative research can be used to answer clinical questions - Written for readers with different levels of expertise - Highlighted critical points and text box summaries (basic) - Detailed explanations in text (intermediate) - Footnotes (advanced) - Presents detailed strategies for searching physiotherapy-relevant databases - Extensive consideration of clinical practice guidelines - Chapter asking the question: When and how should new therapies be introduced into clinical practice? - Search strategies - Evaluating quality of interventions - Placebo effects - Meta-regression

Will Sahar become the Gems' newest member? Sahar has only recently arrived in Australia but she's already found friends in Sienna, Lily and Maia. And when she sees them practising their netball moves, something inside Sahar sparks. Having never played netball before though, she doesn't believe she could be the player the Gems need - that is, until she gets out on court! However, it looks like some creative thinking will be needed in order for her to join the team. Can Sahar overcome the obstacles standing in her way and discover the joy of playing netball?