Sports training and coaching

Empathic leadership has become popular across industries including the challenging domain of elite sport.

The eighth edition of Measurement and Evaluation in Physical Education and Exercise Science, now published in paperback and hardback, offers students a clear and practical guide to best practice for measurement and evaluation in school- and nonschool-based physical activity programs.

Sport is both a global business and a vehicle for social inclusion and community development.

The XIXth International Symposium of the European Group of Pediatric Work Physiology was held in Moretonhampstead, UK in September 1997 drawing together academic and medical experts from 26 countries under the theme of promoting health and well-being.

Concussion has become one of the most significant issues in contemporary sport.

Planning and Managing Smaller Events: Downsizing the Urban Spectacle explores the role of smaller scale events in contributing to the renewal and development of urban societies.

The first modern English-language coaching guide to this dynamic and exciting Olympic sport of handball.

This broad-ranging resource is for librarians who want to begin a new program or incorporate healthy living into an existing one.

When human muscle fatigues, athletic performance becomes impaired.

This is the first book to introduce key themes in the study of women's rugby from multi-disciplinary perspectives, including history, sociology, gender studies, sport development and sport science.

'Within these pages are the tools, insights and strategy to achieve your goals - faster.

Cities are staging more events than ever.

Physical activity is vital for good health.

There's a social aspect to golf that's unique to the sport.

What are cultural centers for?

Mental toughness is one of the most common terms used in sport - by athletes, coaches, spectators and the media.

Good qualitative research can help sport management researchers and industry professionals solve difficult problems and better understand their organisations, stakeholders and performance.

Gleitschirmfliegen ist für aktive Piloten wie auch für Zuschauer eine faszinierende Sportart.

 This book addresses important topics of coaching in order to better understand what sports coaching is and the challenges that arise when assuming this activity.

This volume addresses key issues such as the cultural and discursive context in which physical activity is discussed; the process of becoming physically active; the role of care settings in enabling physical activity; pleasure; gender; and place and space.

In this powerfully argued and progressive study, Kimberly Oliver and David Kirk call for a radical reconstruction of the teaching of physical education for girls.

An understanding of the scientific principles underpinning the learning and execution of fundamental and skilled movements is of central importance in disciplines across the sport and exercise sciences.

This challenging new study examines gender and sexuality in relation to the 'roving colonialism' of sport mega-events.

Research shapes our understanding of practice in powerful and important ways, in sports coaching as in any other discipline.

"Sie behandeln meinen Sohn falsch", sagte ein Vater zu einem Spitzentrainer.

More riders than ever are heading to the country on their mountain bikes.

The Real Giants of Soccer Coaching is a collection of the curated thoughts of nearly 30 top soccer coaches from around the globe.

Evolving from the concept of coach education, which is generally accepted to be the more formal, didactic mode of transmitting information to coaches and prospective coaches, coach development is a relatively new field of research and practice.

Pressure, stress, and the threat of losing control all have the power to inhibit a tennis player's professional, athletic, and sometimes even everyday performance.

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

Developers, designers and operators are increasingly needing to create versatile sport and leisure amenities that are of lasting value to local and wider communities.

Sport ist längst nicht mehr "die schönste Nebensache der Welt".

This text explores the attentional processes of athletes using a theoretical framework derived from contemporary cognitive psychology.

The Science of Judo is the first book to set out and discuss the science, coaching and history behind judo performance.

This is the first book to offer a critical examination of the delivery of before and after-school physical activity programs, from global perspectives.

Physical play is vital to young children's development.

How can managers design and implement effective high performance programmes in sport?

Sports Tourism: Participants, Policy and Providers is an unparalleled text that explains sports tourism as a social, economic and cultural phenomenon that stems from the unique interaction of activity, people and place.

Across the world each year events of every shape and size are held: from community events, school fairs and local business functions through to the world's largest festivals, music events, conferences and sporting events.

Auf dem Buchrücken von Sami Duymaz' "Das Kraftwerk Mentale Stärke 2: Die Psyche im Spiel" könnte eine ausführliche Buchbeschreibung wie folgt aussehen:Eintauchen in die Tiefen der Mentalen Stärke: Ein Wegweiser für den anspruchsvollen SportlerSami Duymaz, international anerkannter Sportpsychologe und erfahrener Trainer, öffnet erneut die Tore zu den faszinierenden Geheimnissen der menschlichen Psyche im Sport.

Identifying and developing talented athletes to their fullest potential is a central concern of sport scientists, sports coaches, and sports policy makers.

Advanced Rowing brings together a selection of leading experts in the sport of rowing, including international head coaches from New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and Denmark, who have all coached crews to World and Olympic medals.

How can the skills of the sport psychologist be put to best use within a football club?

This new and updated second edition of Debates in Physical Education explores issues physical education teachers encounter in their daily lives.