Sport: general

The 2003 World Cup was of vital importance to the participating countries.

From one of the most highly respected college coaches in the nation, the only book to show how to teach winning basketball plays to kids age 14 and underLike no other, The Baffled Parent's Guide to Great Basketball Plays gives you a total playbook for coaching middle and junior-high schoolers through the ins and outs of on-the-court tactics.

Guts and glory, bulls and barrel racing, spurs and scars are all part of rodeo, a sport of epic legends.

'A very funny book that tackles some serious football issues.

Drawing on recent work in sport studies, business and management, health, science, and law, this book offers a critical examination of the latest published research on sport and environmental sustainability.

Strength and Conditioning for Team Sports is designed to help trainers and coaches to devise more effective high-performance training programs for team sports.

In this inspiring, down-to-earth memoir the revered goalkeeper and American icon idolized by millions worldwide for his dependability, daring, and humility recounts his rise to stardom at the 2014 World Cup, the psychological and professional challenges he has faced, and the enduring faith that has sustained him.

The first book of its kind to fully integrate sabermetrics and scouting, the 2018 Minor League Baseball Analyst provides a distinctive brand of analysis for more than 1,000 minor league baseball players.

In 2016, the Super Bowl, the climactic spectacle of American professional football, celebrated its 50th anniversary.

This book expands on the 'Developing Thinking Players' model across a wide range of team and individual sports, to explain how coaches can help athletes to learn how to make better decisions during play and to think for themselves.

There has been an explosion in the quantity of sports history literature published in recent years, making it increasingly difficult to keep abreast of developments.

More than three decades ago, the film Field of Dreams made grown men cry with its tale of a sons quest to know his father through the magic of baseball.

This essential book offers suggestions for how cities and spaces can be planned and designed to reduce the impact of stress, provide opportunities for recovery, and promote the resilience of individuals in urban communities.

This continuation of FalconGuides' progressive climbing series invites single pitch climbers to responsibly venture beyond the chains, into the realm of multi-pitch climbing.

Jeder weiß: beim Fußball geht es um technische, taktische und athletische Fähigkeiten.

Soccer has long been known as 'the beautiful game'.

This ground-breaking book provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between sports (and leisure), religion and disability.

Waite Hoyt was much more than a baseball player.

Let's say you're the manager of the most successful professional baseball team in history, with every past and current player available on your bench.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to hunting, with information on equipment, history and origins, riding, training hounds, and much more.

This book critically investigates the declining status of creative workers in contemporary societies following changes associated with the neoliberal creativity discourse - from the distribution of resources around cultural production to consumption, and from the management of 'labour time' to 'life time'.

Consent: Legacies, Representations, and Frameworks for the Future examines the conceptualisation of 'consent' across various historical periods, cultures, and disciplines to offer an expansive, pluralistic vision for future articulations of consent as it circulates throughout contemporary life in sexual encounters, medical contexts, and media representations.

This fascinating collection of essays explores the complex economic, political, cultural and social claims over sport, from multi-disciplinary perspectives including philosophy, history, political science and management.

If you are eager to find out the similarities between sports coach and business manager, and what lessons from the world of sports coaching can be applied to both sports and business management, then this is the book for you.

The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Performance Psychology includes the latest research and applied perspectives from leaders in the field of performance psychology.

Despite its worldwide following, high levels of investment and scientific complexity, there is a lack of evidence-based literature on the science of human performance in motorsport.

Exercise Personal Training 101 provides a message of empowerment for personal trainers who believe in the holistic development of their clients.

Essentials of Teaching Adapted Physical Education: Diversity, Culture, and Inclusion offers a wealth of knowledge for teaching today's diverse student population, including those with disabilities.

Hosting the Olympic Games: Uncertainty, Debates and Controversy provides a broad and comprehensive analysis of past Olympic and Paralympic events, shedding critical light on the future of the Games with a specific look at the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics.

There have been many books written on the subject of obesity, but most have approached the topic from the standpoint of the nutritionist, concluding from the somewhat fallacious evidence of changes in body mass that exercise has little place in the prevention or the treatment of obesity.

Urban Events, Place Branding and Promotion explores the phenomenon of place event marketing, examining the ways in which events are used to brand and disseminate information about a place.

Developers, designers and operators are increasingly needing to create versatile sport and leisure amenities that are of lasting value to local and wider communities.

A clear, concise and logical introduction to boat electrics.

If you are eager to find out the similarities between sports coach and business manager, and what lessons from the world of sports coaching can be applied to both sports and business management, then this is the book for you.

Best Trail Runs Portland, Oregon features forty of the best trail runs within an hour of the citycomplete with color photos, maps, and detailed specs and trail descriptions, as well as GPS coordinates for all trailheads.

The American Dream is founded upon the ideological belief that 'you can be anything you want to be', regardless of your current class position, and is one of the most emotive, pervasive and ideologically embedded concepts championed by American citizens.

Al Simmons, at top form in the Roaring Twenties, sparked one of baseball's greatest dynasties, the Philadelphia Athletics, to multiple championships, before becoming just another ballplayer.

Business model innovation occurs when an organization discovers a new way of creating revenues or profits via its products or services.

This book highlights the impact that the Fascial Manipulation(R) - Stecco(R) method for fascial dysfunctions, developed by Italian physiotherapist Luigi Stecco, has had on the clinical practice of 16 well-established practitioners from a total of seven different countries and from different disciplines, including physiotherapy, chiropractic, osteopathy and massage therapy.

More than a century ago, the barrel-chested strongman clad in leopard skins, Roman sandals and carrying an oversized barbell was a common performer in fairs, circuses and vaudeville theaters.

The Economics of Sport and Recreation provides a much needed and up-to-date analysis of sport's contribution to the global economy.

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

The Olympic Games have become the world's greatest media and marketing event-a global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash.

Triathlons are growing in popularity with both people accustomed to running races and complete novices to the competition realm.

Now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, Advanced Theory and Practice in Sport Marketing is still the only textbook to introduce key theory and best practice in sport marketing at an advanced level.

The games in this book provide benefits for the whole child, meaning each game benefits all three domains of child development: cognitive, social/emotional, and physical.

An inspiring memoir by England netball star and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Geva Mentor.