Sports training and coaching

This is the first book to focus on the problem of performance- enhancing substances and methods - also known as doping - in sports from African perspectives.

Marking a new direction for disability sport scholarship, this book explores cutting-edge issues and engages creatively with contemporary approaches to research in this important emerging discipline.

A sports nutrition guide and recipe book rolled into one, Food for Fitness dispels popular myths and gives you the tools you need to reach your maximum performance.

Many nutrition science and food production myths and misconceptions dominate the health and fitness field, and many athletes and active consumers unknowingly embrace a myriad of what can be deemed "e;junk science"e; which has now infiltrated many related science fields.

The field of strength and conditioning is growing and changing rapidly.

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

How did legendary football coach George Allen (1918-1990) consistently build winning teams at both the college and professional levels?

This book presents critical insights and contemporary perspectives for exploring current trends, concerns and prospects of events tourism.

Lacrosse is one of the nation's fastest-growing youth sports, and the girls' game is overtaking the boys'.

Throughout time, people have explored the ways in which they can improve some aspect of their performance.

Das Kursleitermanual "Fit & Gesund" ist ein Allround-Gesundheitssportprogramm zur Stärkung der Fitness.

Historically, very few sport and exercise psychologists and professionals from related fields such as disability and rehabilitation have conducted thorough research on individuals with disabilities engaged in sport and exercise.

Sport and physical activity are embedded in our education systems and in wider society.

Battlefield Events: Landscape, Commemoration and Heritage is an investigative and analytical study into the way in which significant landscapes of war have been constructed and imagined through events over time to articulate specific narratives and denote consequence and identity.

Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy is the first book to develop a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between lifestyle sports and the public policy environment which frames and regulates them.

An authoritative text supporting the newcomer to karate with all they need to know, up to black belt level.

This book encourages effective teaching and learning in primary physical education, supporting the reader in meeting the QTS Standards and beyond.

In the decade since Kevin Hylton's seminal book 'Race' and Sport: Critical Race Theory was published, racialised issues have remained at the forefront of sport and leisure studies.

Skill Acquisition in Sport gives academics, students, coaches and practitioners the broadest and most scientifically rigorous grounding in the principles and practice of the field.

Soccer Training: Games, Drills and Fitness Practices brings together games and routines recommended by some of the world's top coaches.

Counselling Skills in Applied Sport Psychology is a new text that provides a 'how to' in basic counselling skills for sport psychology students and practitioners.

Effective leadership is essential in any sports organisation, both in the boardroom and on the training pitch.

Despite society's current preoccupation with interrelated issues such as obesity, increasingly sedentary lifestyles and children's health, there has until now been little published research that directly addresses the place and meaning of physical activity in young people's lives.

Physical Literacy across the World records the progress of the concept of physical literacy over the last decade.

Sports officials (umpires, referees, judges) play a vital role in every sport, and sports governing bodies, fans, and players now expect officials to maintain higher professional standards than ever before.

Athletes are dependent upon a constant supply of accurate and reliable information from the environment whilst performing complex movements.

This book provides an interdisciplinary collection of theoretical and methodological contributions critically exploring the connections between leisure and wellbeing.

Based on an extensive national research project with global relevance, this pioneering volume draws on unique data on bullying in youth sports training collected from both athletes and coaches using a variety of methodological approaches.

Dance has always been an important aspect of all human cultures, and the study of human movement and action has become a topic of increasing relevance over the last decade, bringing dance into the focus of the cognitive sciences.

The issue of doping has been the most widely discussed problem in sports ethics and is one of the most prominent issues across sports studies, the sports sciences and their constituent disciplines.

Global Practices and Training in Applied Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology offers case analysis as a vehicle to address issues and experiences in the application of sport, exercise, and performance psychology (SEPP) and the supervision/training of individuals to become professionals in the field.

This shortform book defines and situates the role of Public Relations as a creative industry and discusses the trends and issues that the sector is facing within the wider context of the Creative Industries.

Das Buch richtet sich an Lehrkräfte, Übungsleiter und Trainer in der Leichtathletik der Sekundarstufe I.

The analysis of body composition (fat, bone and muscle) is an important process throughout the biomedical sciences.

The War on the Shore, the Battle of Brookline, the Miracle of Medinah: the Ryder Cup is golf's and arguably one of international sport's most intense, high-profile tournaments.

Lebensfreude, Motivation, Power und Ehrgeiz – das sind die Schlagworte, mit denen sich Mareike Spaleck selbst beschreibt.

The ultimate 'one stop' guide to training with dumbbells.

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

This book explores how people encounter, understand, live with and respond to health risks associated with social, economic and political inequality.

Niederlagen, Rückschläge und Krisen gehören im Leistungssport dazu.

Fundamental Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise is an engaging and comprehensive introductory textbook that explains biomechanical concepts from first principles, showing clearly how the science relates to real sport and exercise situations.

Functional training develops the attributes and abilities required to perform tasks, skills and activities useful and relevant to daily life.

The benefits of lifelong fitness activity are enormous, but the United States seems to be experiencing a decline in health-related fitness levels.

This book provides proven practical strategies and approaches to help you run your existing learning activities in new and more effective ways.

Racing Weight is a proven weight-management program designed specifically for endurance athletes.

This extensively revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive account of the latest research and practice issues relating to perfectionism in sport, dance, and exercise.

Issues in Physical Education stimulates student-teachers, NQTs and practising physical education teachers to reflect on issues important to improving teaching in physical education.

Identifying athletic talent and developing that talent to its full potential is a central concern in sport.