This book makes the case that school Health and Physical Education (HPE) can make a unique contribution to young people's physical, emotional and social health outcomes when teachers of HPE engage in pedagogies for social justice that emphasise inclusion, democracy and equity.
The Disability Bioethics Reader is the first introduction to the field of bioethics presented through the lens of critical disability studies and the philosophy of disability.
'Excellent' INDEPENDENT'A clear-eyed biography' DAILY TELEGRAPHThe definitive biography and ultimate origin story of Ange Postecoglou, one of the most-talked about Premier League manager and instigator of the 'Angeball' phenomenon that has taken the football world by storm.
Key Themes in Youth Sport is a concise, easy to read guide to core concepts in the study of young people's relationship with sport, exercise and leisure.
As ICT continues to grow as a key resource in the classroom, this book helps students and teachers to get the best out of e-literature, with practical ideas for work schemes for children at all levels.
The book explores the changing landscape of anti-doping investigations, which now largely centre on the collection of intelligence about doping through processes such as surveillance, interviews with witnesses and interrogation of athletes.
The International Symposium on Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming, held every four years under the aegis of the International Society of Biomechanics and the World Commission of Sports Biomechanics, provides a forum in which research related to swimming is reported and problems that confront swimming practitioners are debated.
One Sunday afternoon in August 1965, on a day when baseballs most storied rivals, the Giants and Dodgers, vied for the pennant, the national pastime reflected the tensions in society and nearly sullied two men forever.
Mädchen und Frauen mit türkischem Migrationshintergrund sind im organisierten Sport in Deutschland, im Vergleich zu einheimischen Mädchen und Frauen, unterrepräsentiert.
This book covers the general laws governing human biomechanics through an extensive review of martial arts techniques and references to fundamental theory.
This book brings into dramatic relief the dilemma, or devil's bargain, that faced the black press in first building up black baseball, then crusading for the sport's integration and, as a result of that largely successful campaign, ultimately encouraging and even ensuring the demise of those same black leagues.
Concise and thoroughly detailed Managing Sport and Leisure Facilities is a clean operating guide to leisure management by contract, providing expert advice for both contractor and client.
This book explores how to recognize, treat, and prevent sports injuries and offers guidance on which sports and training techniques are most likely to lead to injury.
Long before strip malls, television and huge retail chains homogenized American culture, minor league baseball clubs represented individual, local ideals.
This dual biography highlights the transformative influence of Sam Lacy and Wendell Smith, two journalists who changed American sport and society through their calls to desegregate Major League Baseball and recognize Black baseball players.
Using sources from a wide variety of print and digital media, this book discusses the need for ample and healthy portrayals of disability and neurodiversity in the media, as the primary way that most people learn about conditions.
This book is a concise, practical introduction to Models-based Practice (MbP), a transformative approach to physical education and sport pedagogy that uses multiple pedagogical models in the design and delivery of physical education programs.
This book analyses the essential aspects of sports psychology by throwing light on issues related to the upkeep of athletes' mental state and improving their performance in sports activities.
Elite youth sport competitions have increased significantly in number in recent years, with the Youth Olympic Games representing the high point of this phenomenon.
Society is obsessed with categorising and treating individuals and groups according to their physical and non-physical differences, such as sex, gender, disability and race.
Festival and Events Management: an international perspective is a unique text looking at the central role of events management in the cultural, tourism and arts industries.
The 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers were past their prime but still boasted a powerful roster with iconic names like Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges, Carl Furillo, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Don Newcombe, Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale.
In what is sure to be the definitive book on Eddie Collins's life and long career, author Rick Huhn covers the Hall of Fame player's experiences from childhood through his days at Columbia University, his tenure with the great Athletics clubs of 1906-1914, the highs and lows of a championship and scandal with the White Sox, and his return to the A's during their final run at greatness.
Modelling and simulation techniques are of central importance to conducting research in sport and exercise science, informing data collection and helping to analyze patterns of movement and physical performance.
This sensitive commentary on Jackie Robinsons life describes his childhood in Pasadena, through his years as a sports hero, to his later involvement in politics and the Civil Rights movement.
The bicycle has long been a part of American culture but few would describe it as an essential element of American identity in the same way that it is fundamental to European and Asian cultures.
The first fully comprehensive review of theory, research and practice in physical education to be published in over a decade, this handbook represents an essential, evidence-based guide for all students, researchers and practitioners working in PE.
This interdisciplinary collection explores the nexus of social justice and sport to consider how sport and physical education can serve as a unique point of commonality in an era of religious, political, economic, and cultural polarity.
The use of technology within sport is well established, most professional sport teams engage in the use of electronic performance and tracking systems.
