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Athlete welfare should be of central importance in all sport.

This ground-breaking book provides fascinating insights into the fast-emerging body of research that explores the relationship between sport, theology and disability within a social justice framework.

This book presents an introductory overview of the socio-economic organization of creative industries, focusing on the East Asian context.

Tony Gwynn is the greatest hitter in the history of baseball.

From the award-winning team behind the Totally Football Show, one of the world's leading independent football podcastsThe Totally Football Yearbook isn't just a collection of statistics.

This is more than a description of the imperial spread of public school games: it considers hegemony and patronage, ideals and idealism, educational values and aspirations, cultural assimilation and adaptation and the dissemination of the moralistic ideology of athleticism.

Cricket, law and the meaning of life .

The greatest players in baseball history are honored in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

This brief highlights the application of performance analysis tools in data acquisition, and various machine learning algorithms for evaluating team performance as well as talent identification in beach soccer and sepak takraw.

This book delves into the complex, yet fascinating evolution of football.

The ultimate 'one stop' guide to using this bestselling piece ofequipment - not just in the gym but at home too.

The 50 Greatest Players in Braves History examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of Major League Baseball's oldest and most iconic franchises.

By representing their experience of modernity as different from the West in their respective Olympic Games, Asian nations reveal much about the ambitions and anxieties of being an Asian host in the continuing western Olympic hegemony.

The breadth of our moral experience is more extensive than has been believed over the past several millennia.

A must-have introductory text of unrivalled coverage and depth focusing on events planning and management, the fourth edition of Events Management provides a complete A to Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events.

By 1900 Maryland's Eastern Shore, along the western side of the Delmarva Peninsula, was acknowledged in the national press as a hotbed of baseball activity.

"e;The best general introduction to positive psychology available.

The National League was in its second season of existence in 1877.

Duke basketball is one of the most celebrated programs in intercollegiate athletics.

This book outlines an approach to teaching and learning in physical education that prioritises meaningful experiences for pupils, using case studies to illustrate how practitioners have implemented this approach across international contexts.

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.

Over the past generation, kiteflying has evolved beyond a childhood rite of passage into a mainstream adult activity.

The Game Centred Approach (GCA) is the ideal framework for coaches and teachers to develop comprehensive tactical or technical lessons for any game, both in physical education and in extracurricular sport contexts.

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

This unflinching analysis explains the nature of precarity and its detrimental effects on the health and wellbeing of young people.

Combining knowledge from sport management, marketing, media, leadership, governance, and consumer behavior in innovative ways, this book goes further than any other in surveying current theory and research on the business of women's sport around the world, making it an unparalleled resource for all those who aspire to work in, or understand, women's sport.

Armando Marsans, who joined the Cincinnati Reds in 1911, was the first Cuban star of the major leagues.

Sport and war have been closely linked in Australian and New Zealand society since the nineteenth century.

We face an emerging range of technologies that can be applied to our human natures with the goal of enhancing us.

'Humble and very funny' - Ned Boulting'Essential reading for any tape rider' - Daniel Friebe, co-host of The Cyclist PodcastAn Everyman dropped into the world of Supermen.

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Greg Moore is one of three sons of NASCAR Hall of Famer Bud Moore.

Research Methods in Sports Coaching is a key resource for any student, researcher or practitioner wishing to undertake research into sports coaching.

In 1916, over 500 men played in a major league game.

This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of magic tricks performed with small props, is sure to delight young and old alike.

Volunteers are central to providing opportunities to play sport, whether helping to run sports clubs, helping in school sport or at sports events.

Research findings in education can provide invaluable insight into how teaching practice can be improved, but research papers are often inaccessible and hard to digest.

Indiana boasts a rich baseball tradition, with 10 native sons enshrined in Cooperstown.

Ben Hogan continues to be one of the most admired and contemplated figures in the golf world, even though he passed away in 1997 and played his last competitive round of golf 30 years ago.

World-class rehabilitation of the injured athlete integrates best practice in sports medicine and physical therapy with training and conditioning techniques based on cutting-edge sports science.

The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport, disability and society.

This is a concise introduction to leadership and governance theory and how they are applied in sport.

Despite the rapid advance of the academic study of coaching science, there is a dearth of evidence on contemporary progressions within the coaching profession itself, particularly around the wide-ranging challenges that coaches face.

Ipswich Town has a long history and, since its foundation in 1878, has had a great deal of success, including as Football League champions in 1962 and winners of both the FA Cup (1978) and the UEFA Cup (1981).

Drawing on original and innovative research from around the world, this book explores issues and opportunities relating to internationalising sport management curriculum.

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

For more than a century the American farm, factory and frontier provided opportunities for physical workers to display their skill, win a bet, brag or perhaps just have some fun.

Now in its second edition, this book provides a focused, comprehensive overview of up-to-date mental health research, models, and approaches in sport, with expertise from global experts in the field.

Author often appears as a commentator at poker tournaments broadcast by Fox SportsHardcover edition was reviewed favorably by Sports Illustrated, USA Today, and several other major publications