Sport: general

In this solutions-focused collection of sport corruption case studies, leading researchers consider how to re-establish trust both within sports organisations and in the wider sporting public.

An inspiring true story of an athlete overcoming obstacles and unimaginable setbacks with resilience, faith, and the power of refusing to accept limits.

Das Standardwerk für den LaufsportLaufen ist der Trendsport unserer Zeit – und das nicht ohne Grund: Wer regelmäßig läuft, trainiert sein Herz-Kreislauf-System, bleibt fit und schlank und schützt sich vor zahlreichen Zivilisationskrankheiten.

Wie lässt sich ein altersgerechtes Krafttraining anleiten und ausüben?

Bringing together many of the most influential scholars in sport and media studies, this book examines the diverse ways that media influences our understanding of the world's most important sport events, dubbed sports mega-events.

Learn the basics of tennis so you can hit the courts, improve your game, and follow the pros This updated edition of Tennis For Dummies takes you into the world of tennis today.

The Giants' accomplishments took place against an historical backdrop of a change in the African-American experience.

A thought-provoking journey into the complicated history of gender, sexuality, race, and social justice through the world of sports.

Lors de son trente-troisième Congrès, en l’an 2000, année charnière, la SFS avait choisi pour thème : « Les différents modes d’être au temps ».

In summer 2009, by far the most popular event in the cricketing calendar comes round again - the Ashes series between England and Australia.

Raucous, raw, and reliably remarkable, the century–old football riavlry between the state universities of Texas and Oklahoma stands as testimony that hate–based relationships are the most enduring.

Evolving for centuries in relative isolation, sport in Japan developed a unique character reflective of Japanese culture and society.

At last in one collection, Best Dog Hikes Utah features the best dog-friendly hiking trails in the Beehive State.

This vintage book, first published in 1921, contains a collection of poetry linked through the common theme of English fox hunting.

Examining the legitimacy of the World Anti-Doping Agency, this book offers a critical analysis of the anti-doping system and the social and behavioural processes that shape policy, asking why the current system is failing.

This ground-breaking interdisciplinary collection brings together leading international scholars working across the humanities and social sciences to examine ways in which representations of sports coaching in narrative and documentary cinema can shape and inform sporting instruction.

Cultural Management and Policy in Latin America provides in-depth insights into the education and training of cultural managers from interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives.

The Flame Relay and the Olympic Movement is the first book-length scholarly study in English of the contemporary Olympic flame relay.

The psychological health of competitive athletes is of paramount importance to performance, retention, and well-being in sport, and national governing bodies are increasingly concerned with its promotion.

This topical book provides practical, tried and tested strategies and resources that will support teachers in making PE lessons accessible, rewarding and exciting for all pupils, including those with special needs.

Words of wisdom from great samurai leaders: A collection of inspiring essays and aphorisms from Japan's leading warriorsSamurai warrior leaders had to deal with grim conditions of life, death and survival.

Why are the Olympic Games the driving force behind a clampdown on civil liberties?

The New York Yankees were the strongest team in the majors from 1948 through 1960, capturing the American League Pennant 10 times and winning seven World Championships.

During the years 1959-1966 Mississippi universities dominated the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in the big three sports-basketball, baseball, and football.

This book offers a rigorous but graphically compelling narrative historic analysis of one of the most important civic buildings not only of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, or the State of Illinois, but arguably of the United States, Memorial Stadium.

Sports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, has covered the National Football League for over seven decades, documenting its heroes, villains, great characters, and iconic moments.

Shibe Park was demolished in 1976, and today its site is surrounded by the devastation of North Philadelphia.

From the acclaimed author of Fragrance of Grass comes a meditation on water and nature, fishing and growing older.

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces-extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions.

Modern combat is chaotic, intense, and shockingly destructive.

This collection of essays is the third iteration in a series of publications dealing with Olympic studies that initially developed out of the tripartite relationship between Western University (Canada), Victoria University, Melbourne (Australia), and the German Sport University Cologne (Germany).

This is a graphic biography of Fred Hutchinson, one of baseball's most beloved men.

"e;Lifts the analysis out of the nuts and bolts of sports policy and into some really thought-provoking areas which will equip the policy maker for the challenges of the 21st century"e;- Dominic Malcolm, Loughborough University"e;This is an excellent analysis of the significance of globalisation for national sport policy and especially of the impact of global processes at the local socio-cultural level"e;- Barrie Houlihan, Loughborough UniversityDrawing upon a range of empirical case studies, Catherine Palmer situates sports policy within a broader consideration of global processes, practices and consequences, exploring the relationship between: the local and the global globalization and governance new technologies human rights the environment corporate responsibility.

The United Nations Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) offers a bold new agenda for handling the issue of ageing in the 21st 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.

CLICK HERE to download the chapter on "e;Mountain Living: Personal Gear"e; from Climbing: Expedition Planning* Loaded with advice, practical examples and anecdotes for planning an expedition* Addresses both large and small expedition groups* Packed with demonstrative photographs, questionnaires, and a thorough checklistClimbing: Expedition Planning covers everything from where and when to go, to how to build a team by considering strengths, personalities, leadership skills, motivation, and commitment.

For the first time Events Design and Experience draws together the relationship between event design and the experience of consumers and participants.

In the 1990s alone, more than 400 works on angels were published, adding to an already burgeoning genre.

This book is a fascinating deep-dive into the development of the Silver Ferns' traditions, the evolution of team culture and the nuts-and-bolts of leadership at an elite level.

The need for artists, musicians, actors, singers, designers and other creative individuals to understand basic business concepts so they can successfully pursue their chosen creative profession has only grown since the publication of this textbook, now in its third edition.

Mental Health in Elite Sport: Applied Perspectives from Across the Globe provides a focused, exhaustive overview of up-to-date mental health research, models, and approaches in elite sport to provide researchers, practitioners, coaches, and students with contemporary knowledge and strategies to address mental health in elite sport across a variety of contexts.

Latics were founded as Pine Villa FC in 1895, but four years later rivals Oldham County folded and Villa moved to their stadium, the Athletics Ground, to become Oldham Athletic.

This vintage book contains a collection of Mr.

The third edition of author Richard O.

Today's National Basketball Association commands millions of spectators worldwide, and its many franchises are worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

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

For a long time, various different lobbying sectors have claimed that the use of video technology is an effective aid in decision-making.