Sport science, physical education

This volume brings together philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives on improvisation.

What is, or what should be, the function of sport in a globalized, commercialized world?

Running is a fundamental human activity and holds an important place in popular culture.

Understanding and developing expertise is an important concern for any researcher or practitioner working in elite or high performance sport.

Preschoolers are constantly using their bodies to play and learn, whether you encourage activity or not.

The work of dope testers is constantly being obstructed by the development of ever harder-to-trace new forms of banned substances.

Clinical sport psychology is a rapidly growing field that brings together research and clinical interventions from both clinical psychology and sport and performance psychology.

Much is known about the physical strain that athletes' bodies are subjected to and the dangerous aspects of competition immediately spring to mind.

Psychology in Sport aims to bring sport psychology closer to the heart of mainstream psychology.

A comprehensive compilation of applied topics, Nutritional Applications in Exercise and Sport discusses issues related to the life cycle, group-specific nutritional concerns of athletes, and the particular sport of the athlete.

The relationship between mental health and elite sport has found itself under more intense scrutiny in recent years.

It is an essential skill for any strength and conditioning coach to be able to reliably assess the physical performance of their athletes and communicate the results and their implications to performers and coaches, alike.

Advanced Motorsport Engineering is an essential textbook for students on Motorsports Engineering courses and a handy reference those already working in the industry.

Written by a number of expert scholars from around the world, including China itself, with the aim of extending knowledge and taking the cross-cultural study of PE and sport beyond the descriptive level, this book provides unique and up to date material.

Frailty is a clinical syndrome caused by multiple chronic conditions that makes it difficult to maintain homeostasis.

'Race', Youth Sport, Physical Activity and Health provides a resource that addresses 'race' and racism in an accessible way by contextualizing theory with practical evidence-based examples drawn from global geographical and cultural settings.

Drawing on the latest scientific research, this handbook introduces the essentials of sport-specific strength and conditioning programme design for over 30 different sports.

This handbook is written for undergraduate sport studies and sport and exercise students.

Soccer is the biggest game in the world and has proved to be an unprecedented phenomenon of social impact, inhabiting a prominent place in the daily lives of millions of human beings, a game that has impact even in the most remote places.

'Incredibly well-researched and loaded with modern-day, high-tech football insights' Tony Strudwick, Head of Performance, Wales national football teamProfessional football is more demanding than ever.

This is the first research methods book to focus entirely on physical education and youth sport.

Elite Youth Cycling showcases the latest cutting-edge research in youth cycling performance.

Drawing on the latest scientific research, this handbook introduces the essentials of sport-specific strength and conditioning programme design for over 30 different sports.

Science and technology has been used more and more in the last few decades to gain advantage over competitors.

Offering a philosophical perspective to the educational improvement agenda, this engaging text provides a new language for research into educational improvement, bringing leading-edge philosophy to current practice.

The COVID-19 pandemic upended the lives of many and taught us the critical importance of taking care of one's health and wellness.

Nutritional Ergogenic Aids provides an up-to-date review of what is hypothetical and what is known about the most extensively used nutritional ergogenic aids; dietary supplements to enhance physical and athletic performance.

The rapid global growth of the sport industry has prompted the need for a more commercial approach to the management of sport clubs.

Match analysis is a performance-diagnostic procedure, which can be used to carry out systematic gaming analysis during competition and training.

BioMedWomen 2015 - Clinical and BioEngineering for Women's Health contains all author contributions presented at BioMedWomen 2015 (Porto, Portugal, 20-23 June 2015).

Equitation Science together with classical riding is today probably the most humane, effective, and practical way of training and enjoying the horse, competitive or not.

Despite the growing literature on spirituality and its positive impact on well-being in health psychology, education, occupational psychology and leisure studies, it has been less examined in sport studies.

From carbon fibre racing bikes to 'sharkskin' swimsuits, the application of cutting-edge design, technology and engineering has proved to be a vital ingredient in enhanced sports performance.

Development of the Youth Athlete offers a single-authored, well-illustrated, evidence-based, and integrated analysis of the development and trainability of the morphological and physiological characteristics which influence sport performance in youth.

Noch immer bestehen Unsicherheiten und Vorurteile gegenüber dem Krafttraining im Kindes- und Jugendalter.

In a provocative analysis of sport ethics and human values, Genetically Modified Athletes imagines the brave new world of sport.

Today's society is obsessed with the body, its size, shape and healthiness.

Science and Football VI showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as football.

The new third edition of A Critical Introduction to Sport Psychology is the only textbook in the field that provides a detailed overview of key theories, concepts and findings within the discipline of sport psychology, as well as a critical perspective that examines and challenges these core foundations.

Velocity-based training (VBT) is a contemporary method of resistance training (RT) that has become popular among sport scientists and practitioners due to the proliferation of devices that allow accurate real-time monitoring of movement velocity during RT exercises.

Athlete welfare should be of central importance in all sport.

Science and Football V presents the edited papers from the Fifth World Congress on Science and Football that took place in Portugal in April 2003.

Optimising Female Athletic Performance presents a comprehensive overview of the wide range of factors that underpin female athletic performance based on the most up to date research.

Psychoneuroendocrinology is the study of the interaction between hormones, the brain and human behaviour.

Within the overlapping fields of the sociology of sport, physical education and health education, the use of critical theories and the critical research paradigm has grown in scope.

This book weaves together theory, research, and practical information related to the psychological aspects of physical education.