This book examines how and why sport in general, and football in particular, entered the country and developed successfully between 1890 and the 1920s, while placing that growth within the context of Spain's larger historical experience.
This book examines how and why sport in general, and football in particular, entered the country and developed successfully between 1890 and the 1920s, while placing that growth within the context of Spain's larger historical experience.
Playful Education provides a guide for you to activate the powers of play to boost your teaching practices and increase your effectiveness as an educator.
Playful Education provides a guide for you to activate the powers of play to boost your teaching practices and increase your effectiveness as an educator.
This is the first book in English to closely examine the life of Diego Maradona from socio-cultural perspectives, exploring how his status as an icon, a popular sporting hero, and a political figurehead has been culturally constructed, reproduced, and manipulated.
This is the first book in English to closely examine the life of Diego Maradona from socio-cultural perspectives, exploring how his status as an icon, a popular sporting hero, and a political figurehead has been culturally constructed, reproduced, and manipulated.
Blending the latest academic research with case studies of famous figures, this highly insightful book presents 'doubt' as a central concept for psychology.
Blending the latest academic research with case studies of famous figures, this highly insightful book presents 'doubt' as a central concept for psychology.
In this book, over 40 of the world's leading practitioners working in elite soccer- over 6 continents-share advanced knowledge of the environment as well as a scientific understanding of the game and players.
In this book, over 40 of the world's leading practitioners working in elite soccer- over 6 continents-share advanced knowledge of the environment as well as a scientific understanding of the game and players.
With contributions from international scholars of marketing and consumer studies, this renowned text engages directly with a range of contemporary themes, including: The importance of arts consumption and its socio-cultural, political, and economic dimensions The impact of new technologies, platforms, and alternative artforms on the art market The importance of the aesthetic experience itself and how to research it The value of arts-based methods The art versus commerce debate The artist as entrepreneur The role of the arts marketer as market-maker This fully updated new edition covers digital trends in the arts and emerging technologies, including virtual reality, streaming services, and branded entertainment.
With contributions from international scholars of marketing and consumer studies, this renowned text engages directly with a range of contemporary themes, including: The importance of arts consumption and its socio-cultural, political, and economic dimensions The impact of new technologies, platforms, and alternative artforms on the art market The importance of the aesthetic experience itself and how to research it The value of arts-based methods The art versus commerce debate The artist as entrepreneur The role of the arts marketer as market-maker This fully updated new edition covers digital trends in the arts and emerging technologies, including virtual reality, streaming services, and branded entertainment.
Sport and exercise psychology as a profession is becoming increasingly popular, with a growth in the number of students applying for and studying Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees in sport and exercise psychology in recent years within the UK and International Higher Education landscape.
Sport and exercise psychology as a profession is becoming increasingly popular, with a growth in the number of students applying for and studying Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees in sport and exercise psychology in recent years within the UK and International Higher Education landscape.
The sports industry provides a seemingly endless set of examples from every area of microeconomics, giving students the opportunity to study economics in a context that holds their interest.
The sports industry provides a seemingly endless set of examples from every area of microeconomics, giving students the opportunity to study economics in a context that holds their interest.
This shortform book defines and situates the role of Public Relations as a creative industry and discusses the trends and issues that the sector is facing within the wider context of the Creative Industries.
This shortform book defines and situates the role of Public Relations as a creative industry and discusses the trends and issues that the sector is facing within the wider context of the Creative Industries.
This book analyzes the intricate relationship between football fans and clubs, presenting new approaches for those in charge to actively involve fans in club management-a complex task often fraught with emotional tension.
Building Consulting Skills in Sport and Performance Psychology is an international compilation of case studies that introduces students and early career professionals to pertinent issues within a variety of performance environments.
Building Consulting Skills in Sport and Performance Psychology is an international compilation of case studies that introduces students and early career professionals to pertinent issues within a variety of performance environments.
This book examines the phenomenon of 'digital guru media' (DGM), the self-styled online influencers, life coaches, experts and entrepreneurs who post on the themes of wellness, health and fitness.
This book examines the phenomenon of 'digital guru media' (DGM), the self-styled online influencers, life coaches, experts and entrepreneurs who post on the themes of wellness, health and fitness.
This book is an immersive ethnographic account of how fighters at a Polish-owned Muay Thai/kickboxing gym in East London seek to reject prior identity markers in favour of constructing one another as the same, as fighters, a category supposedly free from the negative assumptions and limitations associated with prior ascriptions such as race, class, gender and sexuality.
This book is an immersive ethnographic account of how fighters at a Polish-owned Muay Thai/kickboxing gym in East London seek to reject prior identity markers in favour of constructing one another as the same, as fighters, a category supposedly free from the negative assumptions and limitations associated with prior ascriptions such as race, class, gender and sexuality.
This book critically explores the history of gender verification in international sport, to show how culture, politics, and science come together to produce "e;femaleness"e; and, consequently, the female body as we know it.
This book critically explores the history of gender verification in international sport, to show how culture, politics, and science come together to produce "e;femaleness"e; and, consequently, the female body as we know it.
Global interest in quality sport coaching is at an all-time high, but until now, there hasn't been a go-to resource to help national governing bodies, sport organizations, or coach educators within universities to structure coach education, learning, and development.
Global interest in quality sport coaching is at an all-time high, but until now, there hasn't been a go-to resource to help national governing bodies, sport organizations, or coach educators within universities to structure coach education, learning, and development.
Covering self-contained adapted physical education classes, general physical education programs, and youth sports and community recreation, this book presents a series of case studies of teaching individuals of varied ability and disability in physical activity settings.
Covering self-contained adapted physical education classes, general physical education programs, and youth sports and community recreation, this book presents a series of case studies of teaching individuals of varied ability and disability in physical activity settings.
