Sport: general

An Introduction to Sports Coaching provides students with an accessible and engaging guide to the scientific, social scientific, medical and pedagogical theory that underlies the practice of quality sports coaching.

Now celebrating its fortieth anniversary, Roy Blount Jr.

Theres something special about cup football, and Dan Walker has had a privileged seat for some of footballs greatest knockout dramas, getting close to the action in World Cups and FA Cups.

This innovative textbook explains how sport and leisure organisations can become more entrepreneurial in order to achieve sustainable growth.

This handy, pocket-size manual provides easy-to-understand, step-by-step guidance to climbers transitioning to the advanced level of trad rock climbing.

Sixteen fractures and eight surgeries caused by brittle bone disease could not stop Ummul Kher from cracking the prestigious IAS exam and joining the civil services.

After the Civil War, the Yankee textile industry began a steady transfer south, bringing with it the tradition of a mill village, usually owned by the mill's owner, where the workers and their families lived.

'The evidence-backed guidance in this long-overdue resource is as crucial to managing the mental side of injury as good healthcare providers are to managing the physical side.

Wie viel Leistung kann der menschliche Körper liefern?

The Routledge Handbook of Elite Sport Performance is the first book to examine a broad span of performance and support issues in contemporary elite sport; including coaching, sports science and medicine, leadership and management, operating in different societies, living in the system as a performer, and future developments in the domain.

Korea has become a powerful force in global sport, with South Korea finishing fifth in the medals table at London 2012 and hosting the Winter Olympics in 2018.

Far and away the most popular sport in the world, football has a special place in Middle Eastern societies, and for Middle Eastern states.

Sport is big business in the USA.

In this memoir, Michael Clements recounts growing up in the early days of stock car racing.

Managing cultural organizations requires insight into a range of areas including marketing, fundraising, programming, finances, and leadership.

'"e;Draw"e;' is an inadequate way to describe what the Lions did here.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024 'The gripping story of England's transformation from prissy blockers to double world champions'The Times'A must-read for any cricket lover'Nasser Hussain, Former England captain and Sky Sports commentatorThe inside story of how England became the first men's team to hold both of cricket's World Cups simultaneously, from the players and key people involved.

Throughout history, many people have escaped to nature either permanently or temporarily to rest and recharge.

Wie kann man als Fußballtrainer, unabhängig von Spiel- und Altersklasse, eine Mannschaft auf ihre Aufgabe vorbereiten und ihr Freude am Spiel vermitteln?

Although psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians interested in sports practice already have the necessary general skills to help competitive athletes deal with adversity and the multitude of emotions that sports can elicit, most typically they lack the sports-specific knowledge necessary to truly help these patients and clients.

No other national stereotype in the world is so closely tied with a sport, as Brazil is with football.

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.

Training and Racing with a Power Meter brings the advanced power-based training techniques of elite cyclists and triathletes to everyone.

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

Do You Know:What team has won the most Super Bowls?

With essays by Ron Briley, Michael Ezra, Sarah K.

"e;A provocative, arresting, put-you-there account of a forgotten 1940s Army basketball team that we now realize shouldn't be forgotten"e; (Lars Anderson, New York Times-bestselling author).

This book gives a scientific account of all aspects of the game of golf and answers the questions which occur to all who play the game.

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history and development of sport from the ancient to the contemporary era in China.

Sport Psychology is an essential introduction to the field's key issues, suitable for psychology, sport science and sport studies students at all levels.

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

Wer träumt nicht davon, sein bestes Tennis zu spielen?

Esports Insights outlines the fundamental characteristics, features, and structures of the rapidly growing esports industry and acts as the perfect primer for readers without any prior knowledge of esports.

Une bible pour tous les partisans des Canadiens

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Laufveranstaltungen jeglicher Art haben sich zu Massenphänomenen und Publikumsmagneten entwickelt.

2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards Winner Silver Medal, World HistoryNadia Comaneci is the Romanian child prodigy and global gymnastics star who ultimately fled her homeland and the brutal oppression of a communist regime.

This is the first book to explore in breadth and in depth the complex intersections between sport, leisure, and social justice.

Roland Huntford's brilliant history begins 20,000 years ago in the last ice age on the icy tundra of an unformed earth.

The second edition of this broadly based book continues to examine and update the basic and applied aspects of strength and power in sport from the neurophysiology of the basic motor unit to training for specific activities.

Few cultural activities speak more powerfully to international histories of the modern world than football.

La Gueriniere's book, Ecole de Cavalerie, was first published in 1731 and again under different titles between 1733 and 1802.

Hard-hitting, nonstop action (and that's just what happens off the ice).

The majority of sport psychology research to date has been underpinned and driven by a secular perspective.

A comprehensive guide to Shaolin Lohan Kung Fu from both ancient and contemporary masters.

It remains a unique achievement.

The remarkable story of one man's struggle to overcome racism and revolutionise rugby coaching.

King Gustaf V of Sweden inaugurated the Fifth Olympiad at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm on July 6, 1912.