Sports category: 37872 books
Sports On the Field Trauma Emergencies
A SOFTE Course Manual by the European College of Sports and Exercise Physicians
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Injured athletes present a wide range of injuries on the field. The adoption of a safe standard systematic response by the Medical Team may be able to prevent the situation from becoming worse, improve outcome, and promote recovery.The SOFTE Manual presents a concise approach for assessing and managing...
European Sports Law
Collected Papers
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2013
European Sports Law: Collected Papers 2nd edition contains the collected works (1989-2012) of Stephen Weatherill, Jacques Delors Professor of European Community Law, Somerville College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, with an extensive introduction on the background and rationale for the selected...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
The Little Green Book of Tennis Wisdom celebrates the beloved lifelong sport of tennis. From New York to Roland Garros, London, Australia, and everywhere in between, fans from all over the world will enjoy the musings contained within this book. Some of the many past and present stars quoted here...
Wooden Boats
The Art of Loving and Caring for Wooden Boats
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
There is something beautiful and nostalgic about wooden boats. These exquisite, polished works of art give us a glimpse into the past, a time when technology wasn’t so advanced, a time when everything was crafted by hand. These magnificent vessels deserve our attention and our utmost respect.
As...
Getting in the Game
Title IX and the Women's Sports Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2010
Title IX, a landmark federal statute enacted in 1972 to prohibit sex discrimination in education, has worked its way into American culture as few other laws have. It is an iconic law, the subject of web blogs and T-shirt slogans, and is widely credited with opening the doors to the massive numbers...
From Jack Johnson to LeBron James
Sports, Media, and the Color Line
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
The campaign for racial equality in sports has both reflected and affected the campaign for racial equality in the United States. Some of the most significant and publicized stories in this campaign in the twentieth century have happened in sports, including, of course, Jackie Robinson in baseball;...
Sport and Spirituality
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
Sport science can quantify many aspects of human performance but the spiritual dimensions of sports experience cannot be fully understood through measurement. However, the spiritual experience of sport – be it described as ‘flow’, ‘transcendence’ or the discovery of meaning and value –...
Kick Boxing
The Ultimate Guide to Conditioning, Sparring, Fighting, and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2007
With its intense action and the unbelievable skills of its athletes, kickboxing has gained worldwide popularity in a way that few international sports ever do. It requires perfect timing, incredible speed, and relentless power, and this guide details the techniques and methods needed to win. Author...
by Marc Safran, MD, James E. Zachazewski
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Instructions for Sports Medicine Patients provides step-by-step guidance for your patients to save time and eliminate the risk of miscommunication. Marc Safran and James E. Zachazewski present the combined perspectives of both an orthopaedic sports medicine physician and a physical therapist for a...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
This edited collection of papers presented at the 18th International Symposium of Biomechanics in Sport, highlights cutting-edge research material on sports biomechanics from many of the leading international academics in the field.
The thirty-seven chapters presented are divided into nine...
by William Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2006
When we accept that advertisers and sponsors dictate athletic schedules, that success in sport is measured by revenue, that athletes’ loyalties lie with their commercial agents instead of teams and that game rules exist to be tested and broken in the pursuit of a win, what does our regard for sport...
Tales from the West Virginia Mountaineers Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Mountaineers Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
No one knows Mountaineers football better than Don Nehlen, head coach of the Mountaineers from 1980 until 2001. Now fans of this dynamic collegiate powerhouse will relive the greatest moments in West Virginia football through the eyes of its most successful coach.
When Coach Nehlen arrived...
YOUTH LEAGUE UMPIRE
A behind the SCENES LOOK at the GAMES OUR CHILDREN PLAY
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Youth travel baseball represents one of the few remaining, recession-proof industries in America. The promise of scholarship offers and professional contracts, though fleeting and infrequent, fuel the phenomenon. It has spawned the rise of travel team competitions and venues in youth sports everywhere....
by Dr. Ramesh Bhardwaj
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2011
Successful coaches often become as well or even better-known than the athletes they coach, and in recent years have come to command high salaries and have agents of their own to negotiate their contracts with the teams. Often the head coach of a well-known team has his or her own radio and television programs and becomes the primary face associated with the team.