Sport: general

This is the first book to examine the body in training in the context of religion, sport and wider physical culture, offering important insight into the performative, social, cultural and gendered aspects of somatic discipline and exercise.

In an era when college football coaches frequently command higher salaries than university presidents, many call for reform to restore the balance between amateur athletics and the educational mission of schools.

Outdoor photographer, writer, and veteran hiker Greg Westrich adds new hikes to Hiking New Hampshire, making it one of the most comprehensive resources on hiking the finest trails in the Granite State.

Climb to Fitnessshows anyone who visits the climbing gym, from beginners to veteran climbers, how best to use the various parts of the gym for their own customized workout.

Over the past decade, the stakes in youth sports have reached startling heights; the pressure to win often eclipses the desire to have fun.

The Routledge Handbook of Sport Governance is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the wide range of issues shaping sport governance.

How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything______________________________________________________________With a foreword by Ruud van NistelrooyAn Irish Times BestsellerThe Champions League, the Club World Cup, 6 Premier League Titles, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cups, 4 Community Shields, 1 legendary manager.

This book explores the field of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP), putting Global South voices and perspectives at the centre of the analysis.

The mixed-race Hawaiian athlete George Freeth brought surfing to Venice, California, in 1907.

The growth of neuroscience and the spread of general interest in the brain have prompted concern for ethical issues posed by neuroscientists.

The story of the "e;Miracle"e; Braves is one of the most memorable in baseball history, but less well known is what the club did after that spectacular season.

Why should we exercise?

Flamenco dance and bullfighting are parallel arts with shared traditions, performance conventions and vocabularies of movement.

A wonderful book.

The relationship between sport, medicine and health in our society is becoming increasingly complex.

Drugs in Society: Causes, Concepts, and Control, Eighth Edition, focuses on the many critical areas of America's drug problem, providing a foundation for rational decision-making within this complex and multidisciplinary field.

This book is geared toward all ages and gives step-by-step instructions on scores of crafts and outdoor skills cultivated by various Native American tribes over the centuries.

Paul Howell, a planning consultant and key player in the Montreal Olympic Organizing Committee, offers an insider's perspective on how a vast, complex, expensive, and highly politicized event was organized within the constraints imposed by limited resources, an unyielding deadline, and intense pressures from international and local special interest groups.

Sports coaching is a social activity.

The Detroit Tigers were founding members of the American League and have been the Motor City's team for more than a century.

The fascinating story of fiberglass boats and the mavericks who dreamed them.

Between 1870 and 2010, 165 Jewish Americans played Major League Baseball.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

The rapid global growth of the sport industry has prompted the need for a more commercial approach to the management of sport clubs.

Karate: The Art of "e;Empty-Hand"e; Fighting is the definitive guide to Shotokan Karate--the most widely practiced style of Karate--and has inspired millions of Karate practitioners worldwide.

Ensures that physical educators are fully armed with a comprehensive plan for incorporating instructional models in their teaching!

This book describes cutting-edge applications of human factors for sports, injury prevention and outdoor recreation disciplines and provide practical guidance on a range of methods for describing, representing, and evaluating human, team, and system performance in various domains.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2022 The life and times of Don Revie one of the most complex and controversial men ever to grace the game of football.

Dieses Lehrbuch der Sportpsychologie ist anders als andere: Es liefert einen einführenden Fachüberblick, will aber vor allem Verständnisgrundlagen aufbauen.

The Cold War spanned some five decades from the devastation that remained after World War Two until the fall of the Berlin wall, and for much of that time the perception was that only on the Eastern side were politics and sport inextricably linked.

This book contains a classic guide to hunting, with information on how, when, and where to hunt.

Now in its fourth edition, this text is still the only sport law textbook to introduce sport legal studies from a management perspective and integrate legal strategies to gain a competitive advantage in business.

This vintage book, first published in 1879, contains a timeless guide to hunting.

Card by card--all 572 of the '59 Topps set--this book contemplates the lives and times of mid-20th century baseball.

Nearing 40, standing five feet eight, weighing in at 160 pounds, Mark St.

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Running can encompass the absolute extremes of human performance, from speed to endurance.

First published in 1988, this book contains edited and revised papers presented at the first World Congress of Science and Football.

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.

Minutenmarathon – die Trainingsmethode aus der Laufkolumne der Süddeutschen ZeitungDiesen Marathon kann jede*r schaffen!

Indoor rowing machines (or ergometers) were once used only by outdoor rowers during their winter training.

Best Hikes Anchorage focuses on day hikes for visitors, people new to the Anchorage area, and families wanting to hike together.

One of the premier tourist attractions of the eastern United States, the Blue Ridge Parkway stretches from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in western North Carolina.

What does the future hold for fish and the people who pursue them?

Lace up your boots and sample the finest trails in southern Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante region and the stunning 1.

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.