Reddit mentions: The best olympic games books

For #3, watching games in person or on TV helps, especially if you try to call the shot before they do. That being said, I really enjoyed the Gabrielle Coleman book on intro to curling strategy. Unsure what your curling conditions are like, but it was helpful for me because I curl on arena ice, and it was a good read for me when I skipped my first game at a bonspiel at a dedicated club, since the strategy can be really different with different ice conditions. (The book helping me understand strategy when the ice curls as you expect it to!) It has a lot of scenarios that you can work through too, and discusses why you might want to approach the scenarios in different ways. At the very least, it's helped give me a framework for end strategy, giving me a better sense of how to set up the front end's rocks to try to set up the rest of the end. Reading through general patterns of strategy have also helped me better understand what's going on when watching games on TV/online too!

John Morris and Dean Gemmell wrote a book entitled "Fit to Curl," which is chockablock full of recommended exercises for different parts of the curling game. The book has two key sections — one detailing various parts of fitness in the game (including cardio, building muscle, balance, flexibility, nutrition and mental health) and the other with a detailed training program for different levels of fitness and times of year (off season and in season).

Fitness is an area that I definitely need more work on, but "Fit to Curl" is a resource I turn to.

This book is really good, and pretty cheap from Kindle.

https://www.amazon.ca/End-Game-Olympic-Viewers-Curling-ebook/dp/B00IDHV2KY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478876776&sr=8-1&keywords=olympic+viewer+guide

Here are some books that might help:

• [Gold in the Water] (http://www.amazon.com/Gold-Water-Ordinary-Extraordinary-Olympic/dp/0312265956/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=)
  
• [First to the Wall: 100 Years of Olympic Swimming] (http://www.amazon.com/First-Wall-Years-Olympic-Swimming/dp/0967417104/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=017ZJAE51HMBM03Y0E8W)
  
• [Golden Girl: How Natalie Coughlin Fought Back, Challenged Conventional Wisdom, and Became America's Olympic Champion] (http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Girl-Coughlin-Challenged-Conventional/dp/1594862540/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=017ZJAE51HMBM03Y0E8W)
  
• [They Ruled the Pool: The 100 Greatest Swimmers in History] (http://www.amazon.com/They-Ruled-Pool-Greatest-Littlefield/dp/0810887460/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y)
  
• [By a Fraction of a Second] (http://www.amazon.com/Fraction-Second-Lois-Ruskai-Melina/dp/0964778238/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420826205&sr=1-2&keywords=by+a+fraction+of+a+second)
  
• [The Great Swim] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Swim-Gavin-Mortimer/dp/B003TO6E9K)
  
• [Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming] (http://www.amazon.com/Historical-Dictionary-Competitive-Swimming-Dictionaries/dp/0810867753)
  
• [The Most Memorable Moments in Olympic Swimming] (http://www.amazon.com/Memorable-Moments-Olympic-Swimming-Littlefield/dp/144223699X/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420827130&sr=1-1&keywords=the+most+memorable+moments+in+olympic+swimming)
  
• [Champions: The Making of Olympic Swimmers] (http://www.amazon.com/Champions-Swimmers-Daniel-F-Chambliss/dp/0688076181/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420827685&sr=1-11&keywords=1988+olympics)
  
• [The History of Olympic Swimming, Vol. 1: 1896-1936] (http://www.amazon.com/The-History-Olympic-Swimming-Vol/dp/B003RDFE80)
  
  Also, these aren't specifically swimming-focused, but they may mention swimming in them:
  
  
• [Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games] (http://www.amazon.com/Boycott-Stolen-Dreams-Moscow-Olympic/dp/0942257405/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420826968&sr=1-1&keywords=boycott+stolen+dreams+of+the+1980+moscow+olympic+games)
  
• [Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World] (http://www.amazon.com/Rome-1960-Olympics-Changed-World/dp/1416534075/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1420827512)

Gabrielle Coleman's book is pretty good and gives while end examples.
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Curling-Strategy-Gabrielle-Coleman-ebook/dp/B00I9BT6S4

Dick Pound's Inside the Olympics. That was hilarious!

This is his book. Yes, the cover is real.

the olympics only exist in its modern form to serve corporate sponsors. read the book, http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Power-Modern-Olympics/dp/0671711229/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207912239&sr=1-4
to find out how crooked the games are. especially, how they do not care if they are taking controlled substances and will seek out clear results from other testing agencies.

The customer reviews on Amazon are especially informative

I can't remember what birthday it was but I REALLY wanted to go mini golfing. So, there was a mini golf place by my house that we planned to go to because the weather was doing well (My B-Day is October 8th) and they stayed open longer then usual.

However, it SNOWED the two days before my party so they shut down for the season. :(

These Olympics happened when it wasn't snowing

Happy Quarter Century

"Introduction to Curling Strategy" by Gabrielle Coleman

Only on Amazon!

Reminds me of Dick Pound.

That book...

I can't find one online but there's one on Amazon, issue 187, with, sadly, only the DS front and center, but still, it's the DS.
https://www.amazon.com/NINTENDO-POWER-OFFICIAL-SOURCE-nintendo/dp/B000EHVRUG