Sports training and coaching

This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition.

'Entertaining and enlightening' MATTHEW SYED'This book captures the magic of being in flow .

Boxing and Performance is the first substantial piece of work to place the lived experience of female and male boxers in dialogue with one another.

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

Wattmessgeräte gewinnen immer mehr an Bedeutung im Rad- und Triathlonsport und sind längst auch für Hobby-Athleten erschwinglich geworden.

This book describes a systems approach for fostering the mental health of athletes, coaches, and staff in sport organizations at professional, collegiate, and secondary school levels.

So You Think You're a Philadelphia Flyers Fan?

A compelling, clear-eyed look at the changing norms around youth sports, family, and what it means for us to spend meaningful time together.

This book demonstrates the efficacy of a multidisciplinary intervention strategy for promoting active and healthy ageing, with the assistance of dedicated technological resources.

Nutrients as Ergogenic Aids for Sports and Exercise discusses the growing body of information regarding the enhancement of human physical performance by dietary manipulations through ergogenesis.

Over the last three decades sports coaching has evolved from a set of customary practices based largely on tradition and routine into a sophisticated, reflective and multi-disciplinary profession.

The Advanced Cyclist's Training Manual follows on from the successful Cyclist's Training Manual, taking readers to the next level.

The Fitness Instructor's Handbook 3rd edition is the essential guide for anyone working in, or wishing to enter, the fitness industry.

This important book is the result of a study of school curriculum undertaken by a joint committee of the University of Toronto and the Board of Education for the City of Toronto.

'We can reach far more people through sport than we can through political or educational programmes.

Starting university can be a daunting prospect, as students come to grips with new ways of working, learning and thinking.

'A fantastic new book' Running FitnessYoga for Runners uses yoga postures to both stretch and lengthen those short, tight running hotspots in a way that is time-efficient and highly targeted.

When I die and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me.

Fatigue is a condition spanning the breadth of human functioning in health and disease and is a central concern in sport and exercise.

It seems that artificial intelligence (AI) is always just five years away, but it never arrives.

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.

This book offers a brief history of how autoethnography has been employed in studies of sport and physical (in)activity to date and makes an explicit call for anti-colonial approaches - challenging scholars of physical culture to interrogate and write against the colonial assumptions at work in so many physical cultural and academic spaces.

Exercise referral describes the process of consultation, planning and instructing physical activity programmes and applying appropriate behaviour change strategies for clients presenting a range of low- to medium-risk medical conditions.

Analyzing sport through the lens of performance and theorizing performance through the lens of sport, Sport and Performance in the Twenty-First Century offers a field intervention, a series of in-depth performance analyses, and an investigation of the intersection between sport performances and public life in the historical present in the global north.

Revealing the training S&C strategies and principles used by elite athletes, this book will show that, regardless of your current fitness and exercise experience, anyone can train like an athlete.

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

WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2020 GENERAL OUTSTANDING SPORTS WRITING'A fascinating book about the psychology of elite sport Mind Games explores compelling territory.

"e;Perfect for athletes in need of a reminder that being quick with their recovery efforts isn't a quick fix.

'The game isn't what it seems from the outside.

Critical inquiry, critical thinking and problem-solving are key concepts in contemporary physical education.

In recent times, festivals around the world have grown in number due to the increased recognition of their importance for tourism, branding and economic development.

This book examines the role that research plays in pedagogical practices when teaching disabled children and young people in physical education classes.

Long established as the market leading textbook on sports law, this much-anticipated new edition offers a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the legal issues surrounding and governing sport internationally.

This is the clearest and most straightforward biomechanics textbook currently available.

The fifth edition of Introduction to Exercise Science introduces students to every core area of study in the discipline.

Wollten Sie schon immer wissen, wie es um Ihre körperliche Fitness bestellt ist?

Trail running combines all the health and fitness benefits of walking and road running with the outdoor adventure of such sports as hiking and mountain bikingnot to mention the spiritual renewal from a day spent communing with nature.

In order to become a more effective practitioner every teacher needs to have a sound understanding of the theoretical, social and historical context in which their work takes place.

This pioneering book in elite athlete wellbeing brings together the narratives of athletes and wellbeing practitioners in high-performance sport with cutting-edge theorizing from world-leading academics to explore pertinent mental wellbeing matters that present for elite athletes both during and after their careers.