Sports training and coaching

The world's leading endurance athletes are not only some of the fittest people on the planet, they are also among the toughest mentally.

This book critically evaluates the complex relations between physical activity, health imperatives and cultural and social opportunities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Team Sports Training: The Complexity Model presents a novel approach to team sports training, examining football (soccer), rugby, field hockey, basketball, handball and futsal through the paradigm of complexity.

The coaching process is about enhancing performance by providing feedback about the performance to the athlete or team.

Bobby Knight spent nearly 30 years as the controversial yet incredibly successful head basketball coach at Indiana University.

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

How to Coach Your Team helps business managers coach their teams to peak professional performance.

This book brings together world-class professionals to share theoretical understanding applied to sport, exercise and performance domains.

This book offers a comprehensive synthesis of over 40 years of research on models in physical education to suggest Models-based Practice (MbP) as an innovative future approach to physical education.

This is an indispensable guide for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for clients or groups.

Coaching youth baseball is tough.

The Third World Congress of Science and Football was held in Cardiff, Wales in April 1995.

Is the role of the sports coach simply to improve sporting performance?

Many adults cite coaches as the adult they remember most from their schooling experience - and that is not always a result of positive interactions.

Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity goes beyond the content of introductory research methods texts to provide an insight into the methodological hurdles that are experienced when researching 'difference' in Sport and Physical Activity.

This book critically analyses the concept of endurance from different theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and empirical perspectives.

Using data from one season of NBA games, Basketball Data Science: With Applications in R is the perfect book for anyone interested in learning and applying data analytics in basketball.

In 1999, the International Olympic Committee approved far-reaching reforms to the appointment and terms of its members, the selection of host cities for the Olympic and Winter Olympic Games, the events on the Olympic Program, and the reporting of decisions and financial information.

This book is a comprehensive summary of the recommendations for best practice, and current evidence, for physical activity and rehabilitation of functional deficits in individuals with end-stage diseases.

Human beings are the 'all-rounders' of the natural world while they aren't naturally the quickest, biggest or strongest creatures, they can achieve more amazing physical feats than any other animal.

The teaching of games is a central component of any physical education or youth sport programme.

Mobilizing Knowledge in Physiotherapy: Critical Reflections on Foundations and Practices is a collection of 15 collaboratively written critical essays, by 39 authors from 15 disciplines and seven countries.

The 4-week formula to elite physical fitness are you ready to Be PARA Fit?

Basic nutrition requirements and proper training are the two most important factors for athletes to achieve peak performance levels.

Sports Performance Massage instructs the student and practising therapist to use a combination of experience and scientific evidence to inform their sports massage practice, particularly when working with athletic populations.

Designing and Conducting Research in Health and Human Performance, 2nd edition shows students how to become effective producers and consumers of health and human performance research.

Performing Under Pressure is an essential resource on improving sporting performance in high-pressure situations.

Sport Funding and Finance provides a complete introduction to the macro-level and micro-level aspects of sport finance.

Trying your first sprint triathlon or wanting to raise your game?

A unique and groundbreaking analysis of how to succeed in equestrian sport, this book unpacks the winning habits of successful equestrians to form a toolkit for readers to develop their own winning habits.

Written by an acknowledged authority, The Soccer Referee's Manual is an invaluable reference guide for referees at all levels of the game.

Nutrition for Dance and Performance is the first complete textbook written by an experienced dietitian specialising in the field of dance nutrition.

Measurement and Evaluation in Physical Activity Applications offers the most accessible, student-friendly introduction to the principles and practice of measurement in physical activity available.

Sports psychology, exploring the effects of psychological interventions on important performance-related outcomes, has become ever more popular and prevalent within elite level soccer clubs in the past decade as teams look to gain psychological as well as physiological advantages over their competitors.

The handbook that every runner needs on their shelf.

Das Buch beinhaltet eine umfassende Sammlung von spiel- und praxisnahen Trainingsformen.

Nutrition for Sport, Exercise, and Performance offers a clear, practical, and accessible guide to building a comprehensive understanding of sport and exercise nutrition from leading experts in nutrition and exercise science.

Match analysis in soccer has become more and more important in recent years.

The Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Fitness is an invaluable reference manual for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for pregnant women.

Exercise dependence or addiction has been described as a 'positive addiction', but it can have links with damaging dysfunctional and excessive behaviours, including eating disorders.

This dictionary is a key resource for students of Physical Education, School Sport and Sports Science at undergraduate level, facing new concepts and terminology.

This book is a practical guide to getting your dream job in the sport industry.

Festivals and events are of enormous significance to many communities around the world.

The ultimate 'one stop' guide to training with suspended body weight training devices.

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.

Scotland needs more winners - all kinds of winners - in sport and in life.

Train like the World Champions!

The e book peeks into what goes on in the lives of youthsports and the different roles each participant plays.