Sport: general

Originally published in 1906, The Pointer and His Predecessors is a highly researched guide to anything and everything relating to the pointing hunting dog.

Building muscle has never been faster oreasier than with this revolutionary once-a-weektraining programIn Body By Science, bodybuilding powerhouse John Little teams up with fitness medicine expert Dr.

This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of the science underpinning talent identification and development in the world's most popular sport.

Your comprehensive reference for sailboat racingPaul Elvstrom Explains the Racing Rules of Sailing hasaccompanied sailors to regattas since 1965.

Studying tourist behavior-what tourists do, what their preferences are, etc.

The fourth World Scientific Congress of Golf, to be held in St Andrews in July 2002, will bring together all of the world's leading golf researchers.

This is the moving story of high school students in an isolated village at the top of Alaska starting a football team.

A medically sound way to relieve common ailments, such as allergies and digestive complaintsFasting--going for short periods of time without certain types of foods--is gaining more attention for its ability to detoxify the body, strengthen the immune system, promote healing, and lead to heightened emotional awareness and clarity.

At any level of wrestling competition, the basic fundamentals are essential to success in the sport.

Designed specifically for players aged 12 to 16, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help young players develop.

Exploring how practitioners make use of play's developmental benefits and therapeutic healing properties to aid the child's healthcare journey, this reflective book expands and enhances the knowledge base underlying the practice of play in hospitals.

This book demonstrates how creative research methods can be used to better understand the experiences of children, particularly in the context of sport, physical activity and health.

Do you think you know the laws of football better than the officials?

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

A complete guide to cricket for players and fans alike Whether you're a budding player or aspiring armchair expert, Cricket For Dummies helps you get to grips with this fascinating sport.

Sport heritage is increasingly being recognised as a potent instigator of tourism; be it touring a historic stadium, visiting a sports hall of fame, or participating in a sport fantasy camp, tourists now have a vast array of locations and options to experience the sporting past.

Assessment has widely been acknowledged as a central element of institutional education, shaping curriculum and pedagogy in powerful ways and representing a critical reference point in political, professional and public debates about educational achievement and policy directions.

How can or does youth sport reconcile what seems to be a fundamental contradiction between understandings of sport and disability?

Sports surface design is crucial for the successful performance of sports skills and the reduction of injury risk.

Originally published in 1971 The Countryside on View is a handbook which provides extensive information about the many ways in which visitors to rural areas may find out about what they have come to enjoy.

Sport Education: International Perspectives presents a series of studies of the innovative pedagogical model that has taken the physical education world by storm.

Over baseball history, which park has been the best for run scoring?

Have you ever wished you had a professional coach who could encourage your creative pursuits, help structure your efforts, and cheer you on?

Now with full-color topographic maps and featuring the latest on electronic navigation, The Essential Wilderness Navigator is the clearest and most up-to-date route-finding primer available.

The Big Red Machine dominated major league baseball in the 1970s, but the Cincinnati franchise began its climb to that pinnacle in 1961, when an unlikely collection of cast-offs and wannabes stunned the baseball world by winning the National League pennant.

One of the greatest pitchers of the 19th century, Tim Keefe (1857-1933) was an ardent believer in the artisan work ethic that was becoming outmoded in burgeoning industrial America.

Disability and Motor Behavior: A Handbook of Research provides the first focused review of research and scholarship pertaining to individuals with disabilities across motor behavior-related disciplines (e.

The most effective coaches understand the fundamentals of sport psychology, which include interacting effectively with athletes, creating the optimal environment, assessing the psychological needs of their athletes, and providing them with the mental training required to maximise performance.

Der Autor reduziert sein Training auf vier Schwerpunkte, sodass eine Konzentration auf die wesentlichen Kernelemente des Fußballs stattfindet.

Today, one in every three high school girls plays sports, and the number of sports offered to these young women has increased dramatically in the past decade.

This book offers an accessible overview of the role sport plays in international relations and diplomacy.

Soccer, or football, attracts vast numbers of passionate fans from all over the world; yet clinical psychology is yet to study it in depth.

Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike?

L’effort est une notion abstraite, énigmatique et incertaine.

The relationship between mental health and elite sport has found itself under more intense scrutiny in recent years.

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.

Whether you are coaching football, running a business, leading a charitable organization, or organizing a ministry team, the first step to success is in building a winning team.

The Game Planners studies the policy-making process in six Canadian national sports organizations, each of which deals with a different high-profile Olympic event.

Sport and physical activity are now regularly used to promote social and economic development, peacebuilding and conflict resolution, on an international scale.

In Tell Me a Story I Don't Know, veteran sports reporter and broadcaster George Ofman shares his most fascinating conversations with some of the biggest names in sports media.

Managing Sport Mega-Events explores global developments in the management of sport mega-events.

'Contemporary Issues in Sport Management presents an extensive array of absorbing contemporary issues relevant to managing sport.

This book highlights the different roles of youth sport, from sport for all and community sport activities to elite sport and international competitions, to suggest significant new directions for youth sport research and practices.

Science and Racket Sports IV presents a selection of important contemporary research into the four core racket sport disciplines of tennis, badminton, squash and table tennis.

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The Outsider is a no-holds-barred memoir by the original bad boy of tennis, Jimmy Connors.