This vintage book contains a novice-friendly guide to breeding canaries, including information on feeding, rearing, production for profit, diseases and ailments, and more.
* New chapter on sports gambling, plus coverage of eSports, social justice issues in sports and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sports industry * More international examples and sports figure bios * The examples and applications are clearly presented, and the tone and writing make it accessible even for non-economics majors * Uses three major areas of economics to organise the text: industrial organization, public economics and labor economics * End-of-chapter questions and videos to support students * Instructor resources include PPT slides and instructor manual
Written for beginners, O'Reilly's 'Canasta - How to Play and Win' covers the card game's origins, laws and rules and the book features practical pointers and suggestions.
Fully updated, revised and consolidated into one single volume, the fourth edition of Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology offers the best theoretically contextualised, practical resource for instructors and students available.
Nutrition and Football is a FIFA endorsed book which provides the first formal scientific consensus on players' energy use fluid, and optimal nutritional requirements.
The global increase in viewership of and participation in women's football means that, to continue with this growth, we need to appreciate the specific scientific and health issues that determine successful performance for women.
This fantastic work, originally published in 1883, is a great instructional manual for the 'manly' pursuits of boxing, club swinging, tumbling, and other such popular Victorian fitness pursuits.
The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports takes the greatest Jewish athletes in all major sports from the past eleven decades and ranks them against each other, using a limited scope and quantitative criteria.
The new third edition of A Critical Introduction to Sport Psychology is the only textbook in the field that provides a detailed overview of key theories, concepts and findings within the discipline of sport psychology, as well as a critical perspective that examines and challenges these core foundations.
**WINNER OF BEST SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2022**'Hard-hitting and hilarious' - James Acaster'Funny, moving and compelling' - Mike CostelloA heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family, based on the acclaimed stage show.
One of the greatest outfielders of his generation, Hazen "e;Kiki"e; Cuyler (1898-1950) was working as a roof assembler in an auto plant in Michigan when he seized an opportunity to realize his dream of playing major league baseball.
The new third edition of A Critical Introduction to Sport Psychology is the only textbook in the field that provides a detailed overview of key theories, concepts and findings within the discipline of sport psychology, as well as a critical perspective that examines and challenges these core foundations.
Following the recent doping scandals that have brought the highest echelons of international sport into disrepute, this book examines the elitism at the core of the World Anti-Doping Agency and considers how the current World Anti-Doping Code might be restructured.
Founded in 1920, the National Football League chose famed athlete Jim Thorpe as its first president, a position he held briefly until a successor was elected.
Arts and Cultural Management: Sense and Sensibilities in the State of the Field opens a conversation that is much needed for anyone identifying arts management or cultural management as primary areas of research, teaching, or practice.
Anthony Laker leads an outstanding international team of educational theorists in critically examining the theoretical underpinnings of physical education, and in challenging the rhetoric, the practices and the pedagogies that prevail in our schools.
Playing Out of Bounds investigates the North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament (NACIVT), an annual event that began in the 1930s in the streets of Manhattan and now attracts 1200 competitors from the U.
Calm, reasoned, and well-modulated tones are not the order of business in discussing Chicago sports, and when it comes to talking Chicago sports, Mike North is in a class by himself.
For players, coaches, writers, and fans, basketball is a science and an art, a religious sacrament, a source of entertainment, and a way of interacting with the world.
In 1947, as the integration of Major League Baseball began, the once-daring American League had grown reactionary, unwilling to confront postwar challenges--population shifts, labor issues and, above all, racial integration.
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.
The use of psychological interventions and counselling strategies has become a central part of injury prevention, rehabilitation, and return to participation process.
Drawing on wide-ranging archival research, this authoritative new history examines the cultural diplomatic role played by British football in international affairs, British foreign policy, and international football during the 1930s.
Cap Anson's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame sums up his career with admirable simplicity: "e;The greatest hitter and greatest National League player-manager of the 19th century.
Football is arguably one of the most important sports in the world, and the marketing of football has become an increasingly important issue, as clubs and product owners need to generate more revenue from the sport.
Canadian-born George "e;Mooney"e; Gibson (1880-1967) grew up playing baseball on the sandlots around London, Ontario, before going on to star with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League.
This book provides students and event managers with an insight into the strategic management of sports events of all scales and types, from international mega-events to community sport.
As the events management field expands as an area of study, there is a need to move beyond the business and marketing-driven approaches which dominate the literature towards a more advanced conceptual analysis and understanding of events from a socio-cultural context.
From carbon fibre racing bikes to 'sharkskin' swimsuits, the application of cutting-edge design, technology and engineering has proved to be a vital ingredient in enhanced sports performance.
This vintage volume contains a practical and informative book on shooting duck, and includes tips and hints on technique, instructions for attaining best results, information on equipment, historical and anecdotal information.
