Sports and Active outdoor recreation

Volunteers are central to providing opportunities to play sport, whether helping to run sports clubs, helping in school sport or at sports events.

Research findings in education can provide invaluable insight into how teaching practice can be improved, but research papers are often inaccessible and hard to digest.

Following in the successful footsteps of the groundbreaking Boat Maintenance Bible and Boat Repair Bible this new title in this popular series of all-encompassing technical reference bibles presented in an accessible, modern and attractive way is sure to be the boater's godsend.

Indiana boasts a rich baseball tradition, with 10 native sons enshrined in Cooperstown.

This guide showcases the world of extreme surfing, describing the unique culture associated with this daredevil's sport, providing insights into what makes the top riders tick, explaining the science of big waves, and more.

Ben Hogan continues to be one of the most admired and contemplated figures in the golf world, even though he passed away in 1997 and played his last competitive round of golf 30 years ago.

Glacier National Park, known as the Crown of the Continent, is a stunningly beautiful mountain landscape adorned with glaciers and snowfields.

Its mild climate and abundant sunshine make Denver, one of America's fittest cities, a welcoming place for a walk any time of year.

World-class rehabilitation of the injured athlete integrates best practice in sports medicine and physical therapy with training and conditioning techniques based on cutting-edge sports science.

This much needed book examines all of the major traditions of social thought to clearly show their influence in our understanding of sport and leisure.

Meet John Richardson.

The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport, disability and society.

This is a concise introduction to leadership and governance theory and how they are applied in sport.

In a career spanning three decades, weightlifter Tommy Kono won three Olympic medals and eight world championships, captured 11 U.

Despite the rapid advance of the academic study of coaching science, there is a dearth of evidence on contemporary progressions within the coaching profession itself, particularly around the wide-ranging challenges that coaches face.

UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2021/22 SEASON THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERThe behind-the-scenes story of the Marcelo Bielsa revolution at Leeds United and their first season back in the Premier League after sixteen years of hurt.

Ipswich Town has a long history and, since its foundation in 1878, has had a great deal of success, including as Football League champions in 1962 and winners of both the FA Cup (1978) and the UEFA Cup (1981).

Whilst other countries in Asia particularly China and India have been studied in terms of entrepreneurial endeavours, there is a lack of research on Indonesia despite it being amongst the fastest growing economies in the world.

This book both defines sports discourse, and provides an account of the different discourses that are utilized and come into play when the field of sport speaks.

Integrating sport psychology with the personal testimonies of baseball players, this helpful guide offers a step-by-step overview of what it takes for a boy playing little league baseball to work his way to college ball, the minor leagues, and beyond.

Drawing on original and innovative research from around the world, this book explores issues and opportunities relating to internationalising sport management curriculum.

This is the first book to offer a critical examination of the delivery of before and after-school physical activity programs, from global perspectives.

Held on June 22, 1938, in Yankee Stadium, the second Louis-Schmeling fight sparked excitement around the globe.

For more than a century the American farm, factory and frontier provided opportunities for physical workers to display their skill, win a bet, brag or perhaps just have some fun.

The Shorter Wisden is a compelling distillation of what's best in its bigger brother.

Tommy McLean made history as a player and a manager, but behind the triumph is an untold story.

Popular hunting/fishing personalities Jason Cruise and Jimmy Sites, also pastors, take outdoor enthusiasts deeper into Gods Word with this rugged devotional that draws comparisons between hunting seasons and the spiritual seasons of the soul.

The dramatic story of a legendary 1979 slugfest between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, full of runs, hits, and subplots, on the cusp of a new era in baseball historyIt was a Thursday at Chicago's Wrigley Field, mostly sunny with the wind blowing out.

On 28th April 1789 a small and unremarkable merchant vessel became one of the most famous ships in maritime history.

Baucher and his School (1948) is an original biography of the "greatest ecuyer of all time," Francois Baucher.

At its core, A Bird in the Hand is indeed about trophies, though not those ranked by size or numbers or scores, but, rather, the lasting trophies of the mind and heart.

Volleyball ist eine weltweit verbreitete, olympische Mannschaftssportart.

Now in its second edition, this book provides a focused, comprehensive overview of up-to-date mental health research, models, and approaches in sport, with expertise from global experts in the field.

The most current, up to date, full color manual anywhere on the SVD Sniper Rifle.

The issues surrounding the provision, preparation and development of food products is fundamental to every human being on the planet.

Author often appears as a commentator at poker tournaments broadcast by Fox SportsHardcover edition was reviewed favorably by Sports Illustrated, USA Today, and several other major publications

Speed and agility are central to success in a wide range of sports.

The relationship between sport and exercise psychology and the realm of professional sport and performance has grown exponentially in recent years.

Charles Sullivan, one of the winningest coaches in the history of the sport of volleyball, is a physical education teacher and sports psychology professor at Springfield College by trade.

This handbook provides students with an essential understanding of the skills and knowledge needed to work in the tourism, hospitality and events industries.

By the time you read this book, the art world may have witnessed the sale of its first $500 million painting.

This book gives evidence-based background information and advice to athletes and coaches on if and how data from wearable technologies can be applied for preparing individual training procedures to achieve improvement on aspects of performance and health.

Guidebook to the via ferrata routes of the southern Italian Dolomites.

There are around 60,000 qualified gym instructors and personal trainers
in the UK alone, with several thousand more qualifying each year.

An expanded edition of Rutledge's stories on game-bird hunting and devoted canine companionsArchibald Rutledge has long been recognized as one of the finest sporting scribes this country has ever produced.

An all-encompassing, chronological guide to football's World Cup, one of the world's few truly international events, in good time for the June 2018 kick-off in Russia.

Controversy erupted in spring 2001 when Chicago's mostly white Southside Catholic Conference youth sports league rejected the application of the predominantly black St.