Ball sports / ball games

A lack of 'sustainability thinking' is evident at the heart of many of the problems that football faces today; from the huge amounts of money that clubs seem compelled to spend on what are often short-term gains - and the speculation, debt and market-centred ideology that goes with it - to the not unrelated deep disenchantment experienced by many football fans for a game that they still, despite it all, remain determined to love.

For the last 25 years, a constraints-based framework has helped to inform the way that many sport scientists seek to understand performance, learning design and the development of expertise and talent in sport.

For the last 25 years, a constraints-based framework has helped to inform the way that many sport scientists seek to understand performance, learning design and the development of expertise and talent in sport.

The relationship between association football, race and ethnicity has received increasing levels of attention from academics and commentators throughout the world over recent years.

The relationship between association football, race and ethnicity has received increasing levels of attention from academics and commentators throughout the world over recent years.

Soft Power Politics- Past and Present: Football and Baseball on the Western Pacific Rim illustrates the momentous expanse and moment of sport in the Asia Pacific region and through these essays dealing with two of the most prodigious global team sports confronts various cultural clashes that Samuel Huntington would ensure the end of civilisation.

Soft Power Politics- Past and Present: Football and Baseball on the Western Pacific Rim illustrates the momentous expanse and moment of sport in the Asia Pacific region and through these essays dealing with two of the most prodigious global team sports confronts various cultural clashes that Samuel Huntington would ensure the end of civilisation.

The mention of sport mega-events conjures up images and memories of London 2012 or anticipation of FIFA 2014, the 2016 Rio Olympics and beyond.

The mention of sport mega-events conjures up images and memories of London 2012 or anticipation of FIFA 2014, the 2016 Rio Olympics and beyond.

Visualizing Baseball provides a visual exploration of the game of baseball.

The study of association football has recently emerged as vibrant field of inquiry, attracting scholars worldwide from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds.

The study of association football has recently emerged as vibrant field of inquiry, attracting scholars worldwide from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds.

The Emergence of Football fuses sports history into mainstream economic, social and cultural history, setting the development of the people's game against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution.

The Emergence of Football fuses sports history into mainstream economic, social and cultural history, setting the development of the people's game against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution.

Soccer is the world's most valuable sport, generating bigger revenues, as well as being watched and played by more people, than any other.

Soccer is the world's most valuable sport, generating bigger revenues, as well as being watched and played by more people, than any other.

Soccer, the most popular mass spectator sport in the world, has long been a site which articulates the complexities and diversities of the everyday life of the nation.

Soccer has long been known as 'the beautiful game'.

Soccer has long been known as 'the beautiful game'.

This book assesses association football's history and development in Ireland from the late 1870s until the early twenty-first century.

This book assesses association football's history and development in Ireland from the late 1870s until the early twenty-first century.

As the digital revolution continues apace, emergent technologies and means of communication present new challenges and opportunities for the football industry.

As the digital revolution continues apace, emergent technologies and means of communication present new challenges and opportunities for the football industry.

In what sense can organized football fans be understood as political actors or participants in social movements?

In what sense can organized football fans be understood as political actors or participants in social movements?

In recent years, football's status as "e;the world's sport"e; has shown little sign of waning.

In recent years, football's status as "e;the world's sport"e; has shown little sign of waning.

This book presents an overview on sport history research in Europe by giving insights into various topics between Europe's south and north.

This book presents an overview on sport history research in Europe by giving insights into various topics between Europe's south and north.

Golf Turf Management provides information on major agronomic and economic topics related to building and maintaining a viable golf course.

Golf Turf Management provides information on major agronomic and economic topics related to building and maintaining a viable golf course.

While the topic of relationships in professional sports teams is gaining greater attention from researchers and practitioners, the role that coach and athlete language plays in shaping these relationships remains largely unexplored.

While the topic of relationships in professional sports teams is gaining greater attention from researchers and practitioners, the role that coach and athlete language plays in shaping these relationships remains largely unexplored.

No object encapsulates the subtle, mysterious richness of cricket as much as its most famous character, the cricket ball: the swinging, bouncing, spinning heart of the glorious game.

No object encapsulates the subtle, mysterious richness of cricket as much as its most famous character, the cricket ball: the swinging, bouncing, spinning heart of the glorious game.

When Don Revie took over this club, Leeds were a rugby league town.

When Don Revie took over this club, Leeds were a rugby league town.

When Melissa King, a transplanted southerner in search of connection, finds herself on the lean, mean streets of Chicago, she turns to her childhood passion for basketball.

The untold story of the years when the Yankees were a laughingstock—and how out of that abyss emerged the modern Yankees dynasty, one of the greatest in all of sports The New York Yankees have won 27 world championships and 40 American League pennants, both world records.

New York Times Bestseller: "e;Pops open the hood of how the Yankees are run and gives us a rare peek at the machinery.

The definitive, lavishly illustrated history of the Green Bay Packers, commemorating the team's 100-year anniversary: "e;Exceptional [and] engrossing.

This volume investigates the way in which football supporters around the world express themselves as followers of teams, whether they be professional, amateur or national.

This volume investigates the way in which football supporters around the world express themselves as followers of teams, whether they be professional, amateur or national.

This book tells the story of 'the Lady Footballers'.

This book tells the story of 'the Lady Footballers'.

This collection illustrates the expansiveness of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of sport.

This collection illustrates the expansiveness of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of sport.

Soccer is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world, gaining huge media coverage and reaching all levels of society in countries all around the world.

Soccer is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world, gaining huge media coverage and reaching all levels of society in countries all around the world.