Sport: general

Football Coaching: Putting the Theory into Practice is an essential guide for any student who is studying not just an undergraduate or postgraduate football coaching degree but any degree that has a focus on coaching.

This is the first book to unpack the history and significance of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the frontispiece of the most watched event on Earth.

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Originally published in 1946, this was primarily a cricket book for schools and contained much that was new at the time.

This is the first book to present a critical analysis of the concept of the European Model of Sport (EMS).

Originally published in 1948, having written the first three books of this series alone, Hankinson is here joined by a colleague, A.

Velocity-based training (VBT) is a contemporary method of resistance training (RT) that has become popular among sport scientists and practitioners due to the proliferation of devices that allow accurate real-time monitoring of movement velocity during RT exercises.

Originally published in 1949, in Squash Rackets, Mr Hankinson produced something that was outstanding.

Rural sports are full of odd customs and etiquette and hunting is no exception.

How one man brought the Olympics to Los Angeles, fueling the citys urban transformation.

Soundtracked by The Dubliners, Muhammad Ali climbed through the ropes to fight Al 'Blue' Lewis at Croke Park on a balmy July evening in 1972.

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Human strength testing has advanced as technology has evolved; from evaluating strength in a general and unspecialized way through to more scientific methods being applied to help performance and prevent injury.

This handbook takes an in-depth look at the transformative impact of social media on sport.

This research compendium of arts governance brings expert insights from management through the humanities and social sciences to provide a comprehensive global overview of how the field is evolving as the world is in turmoil.

2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist for Adventure, Sports & RecreationIn this thought-provoking new book, John C.

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Conditioned Games for Team Sports Training allows the reader to discover the dynamic world of conditioned games, popularly known as "e;small-sided games.

This early work on Pigeon Racing is an engrossing read for any pigeon racer of historian of the sport, but also contains a wealth of information and anecdote that is still pertinent and practical today.

Contemporary sport is big business.

Brian Doyle himself explains it best: "e;A few years ago I was moaning to my wry gentle dad that basketball, which seems to me inarguably the most graceful and generous and swift and fluid and ferociously-competitive-without-being-sociopathic of sports, has not produced rafts of good books, like baseball and golf and cricket and surfing have .

Fightclub: Exklusive Einblicke in eine geheime WeltDer Hinterhof einer Lagerhalle, aufgetürmte Autoreifen, improvisierter Boxring: Inmitten eines ausgewählten Publikums werden Kämpfer aufeinander losgelassen, die sich vermöbeln sollen, bis einer nicht mehr stehen kann.

In recent years the United States has seen an influx of Christian athletes and coaches into big-time sports, as well as a heightened importance placed on sports in church programs and enormous platforms for intercollegiate sports at Christian schools and colleges.

Originally published in 1946, this companion volume to the author's cricket book deals with rugby football coaching and practice in schools.

Leading figures in Australian robotics research provide an overview and guidance for human-robot interaction (HRI) experimental design and evaluation methodologies that consider the ethical implications of the research and its applications from a human-centred and contextual perspective.

This is the first book to examine physical education from the perspective of workforce research and development.

This fascinating book provides a comprehensive introduction to mind tricks for the budding hypnotist and mental magician.

Mountaineering in the Alps (1971) examines the two centuries of alpineering where mountaineering as we know it today was first invented and developed.

Originally published in 1951, in Lawn Tennis Mr Hankinson produced something that was outstandingly original at the time.

Analysing the factors affecting the sustainable development of the Caribbean cultural industry, this concise volume explores how creatives operate within the cultural ecology of the region and the diverse range of tactics they use to mediate state and global policies to define cultural production and consumption in post-colonial small island states.

This is the first book to examine physical education from the perspective of workforce research and development.

This is the first book to examine the impact of blockchain technology on the business of sport.

Originally published in 1948, having written the first three books of this series alone, Hankinson is here joined by a colleague, A.

Nutritional Psychology: Understanding the Relationship Between Food and Mental Health provides a broad look at the intersection between food and mental health and offers a comprehensive approach to effectively prioritize nutrition as a powerful component to maintaining overall wellbeing.