Sports category: 37872 books
Playing to Win
Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast, and its replication in an electronic game are packaged and promoted as part of the same fan experience. Editors Robert Alan Brookey and Thomas P. Oates trace this development back...
Game of My Life University of Kansas Jayhawks
Memorable Stories of Jayhawk Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
The night of April 4, 1988 will forever live in the hearts of fans of Jayhawks basketball. On that night, the Jayhawks and their fans raucously celebrated the team’s first national title since 1952. This game for the ages is one of 22 contests joyously recalled in this reissue of Steve Buckner’s...
Natural Power Builders
The Pros and Cons
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
CREATINE and ANDROSTENE: They're the natural supplements that scored with Mark McGwire--are they help or hype?
When Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire broke baseball records with the most home runs in one season, he was hailed as an outstanding athlete--but he also made news for another reason....
Season of '42
Joe D, Teddy Ballgame, and Baseball?s Fight to Survive a Turbulent First Year of War
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Big league baseball would seem to have been a hard sell in 1942. World War II was not going well for the United States in the Pacific and not much better in Europe. Moreover, the country was in drastically short supply of ships, planes, submarines, torpedoes, and other war materials, and Uncle Sam...
Handbook of Summer Athletic Sports
Comprising: Walking, Running, Jumping, Hare and Hounds, Bicycling, Archery, Etc.
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
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PEDESTRIANISM.
A wonderful increase of popularity has lately attended the art of walking. The steady improvement made in speed and endurance by professional and amateur walkers and the introduction of international contests have brought this about...
by Freddy Brown
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Eating specifically is an athlete's most effective weapon in the fight for fitness. An athlete simply needs to know what types of training need what servings of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. The intensity, duration and type of training all play their part, as well as a fighter's body weight and...
Athletic Identity
Invincible and Invisible, the Personal Development of the Athlete
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
The athlete is a mystery to many and the journey athletes encounter involve a number of complex events that over time can lead to unlimited success in and outside of the sporting environment. However being an athlete also brings on complex issues and requires a unique set of personal development services...
Managing Sport Business
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Contemporary sport is both a sophisticated and complex international business and a mass participatory practice run largely by volunteers and community organisations. Now in a fully revised and expanded second edition, this authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of...
What are the Odds?
An A-Z of Sports & Prop Betting
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
The most comprehensive reference book on sports betting on the market with over 500 entries. Wide ranging, often quirky, sometimes offbeat but never boring if you're interested in betting on sports or even just reading about it. Laid out in an A-Z format, the book takes a wide angled definition of...
A Practical Guide to Sports Psychology
Play Stronger, Better, Happier
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
An INTRODUCING PRACTICAL GUIDE to optimizing your mind for sport. Sport Psychology is the study of the psychological factors that affect participation and performance in sports. It deals with increasing performance by managing emotions and minimizing the psychological effects of injury and poor performance....
Strategic Sports Marketing - The impact of sport advertising upon consumers
Adidas - A Case Study
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2008
Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2008 in the subject Sport - Sport Economics, Sport Management, grade: 2,0, Cardiff University, course: International Business Management, 16 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The study was based on the subject that is of great interest...
Pacing
Individual Strategies for Optimal Performance
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
We’ve all heard the advice “Pace yourself. Save energy and finish strong.” It sounds simple enough, so why is it so hard? Why do even supremely conditioned elite athletes mismanage their energy supplies and fail to finish strong? Pacing: Individual Strategies for Optimal Performance examines...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
In the movie Bull Durham, frustrated manager Joe Riggins stresses to his team, "This is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball." This simplification works well for biomechanists too, as sports can be broken down into specific physical tasks like throwing,...
Basics of Physical Education and Sports
100% Pure Adrenaline
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
Physical education programs in past have been described by various terms that still influence this field today. This rich heritage provides a foundation for the programs that currently exist in the many western countries. Understanding the definition, aim, and purpose of physical education will help...