Now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, Science and Soccer is still the most comprehensive and accessible introduction to the physiology, biomechanics and psychology behind the world's most popular sport.
Now in its fifth edition, The Psychology of Exercise: Integrating Theory and Practice is the ideal resource for undergraduate courses devoted to the study of exercise behavior.
Athletes' Careers Across Cultures is the first book of its kind to bring together a truly global spread of leading sports psychology career researchers and practitioners into one comprehensive resource.
Exercise interactions with green and blue spaces offer low-cost, non-invasive solutions to public health challenges-particularly around mental health and obesity-and issues around environmental sustainability.
With an array of critical and engaging pedagogical features, the fifth edition of Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners offers the best practical introduction to motor learning available.
Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport provides the first comprehensive and contemporary overview of stress in sport and its implications on performance and well-being.
This ground-breaking book is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of how organizational psychology can be used to understand and improve performance in elite sport.
Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Psychology: Intergenerational Voices and An Embodied Approach provides a narration of the history of social justice work in sport and exercise psychology as advanced through the voices of those leaders who have dared to imagine a more just and equitable sporting world.
Wie die optimale Passung zwischen Person und Sportaktivität in der Praxis gelingen kannObwohl die positiven Gesundheitswirkungen von körperlicher Aktivität allgemein bekannt sind, tun sich viele Menschen schwer, mit Sporttreiben zu beginnen und dabei zu bleiben.
Ein Buch aus dem neuen Wissenschaftsgebiet der Sportpsychiatrie, das aufrüttelt: Während bislang vorwiegend körperliche Verletzungen sportmedizinisch beachtet wurden, dringt nun mehr und mehr ins Bewusstsein, dass auch äußerst erfolgreiche Sportler psychische Probleme haben.
This important book explores the way athletes use defense mechanisms and coping skills to manage both the internal and external stress faced in competitive sport.
Academics around the world recognise the effectiveness of storytelling as a way to engage audiences in conversations, raising awareness of issues, and encouraging change.
Sport and exercise psychology as a profession is becoming increasingly popular, with a growth in the number of students applying for and studying Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees in sport and exercise psychology in recent years within the UK and International Higher Education landscape.
This milestone text provides a comprehensive and state-of-the art overview of perfectionism theory, research, and treatment from the past 25 years, with contributions from the leading researchers in the field.
THE RUNNING AWARDS BEST CHRISTMAS BOOK'an inspiring collection of stories about runners who have run through unimaginable adversity to find perspective, resolution and ultimately peace, within themselves and with the universe.
Seit Jahrtausenden steht der Sport als Phänomen für sich, ist aber gleichzeitig auf vielen Ebenen mit anderen Bereichen der Gesellschaft aufs engste verbunden: auf sozialer, kultureller, politischer ebenso wie auf ökonomischer.
Sport, Recovery and Performance is a unique multi-disciplinary collection which examines both the psychological and physiological dimensions to recovery from sport.
