Sports category: 37872 books
Sports, Virtues and Vices
Morality Plays
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2008
Sports have long played an important role in society. By exploring the evolving link between sporting behaviour and the prevailing ethics of the time this comprehensive and wide-ranging study illuminates our understanding of the wider social significance of sport.
The primary...
Introduction to Sports Biomechanics
Analysing Human Movement Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2007
Introduction to Sports Biomechanics provides a genuinely accessible and comprehensive guide to all of the biomechanics topics covered in an undergraduate sports and exercise science degree.
Now revised and in its second edition, Introduction to Sports Biomechanics is full of visual aids to...
Playing as if the World Mattered
An Illustrated History of Activism in Sports
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
The world of sports is often associated with commercialism, corruption, and reckless competition. Liberals have objected to sport being used for political propaganda, and leftists have decried its role in distracting the masses from the class struggle. Yet, since the beginning of organized sports,...
by Robert W. Battle, MD
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
A sports cardiologist evaluates affected athletes and suggests the most appropriate treatment options that may allow them to stay active in sports. This issue will discuss the following topics: Cardiovascular Adaptation and Remodeling to Rigorous Athletic Training, The Historical Perspective of Athletic...
Gender and Genre in Sports Documentaries
Critical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Nonfiction films about sports have been around for decades, but the previously neglected subgenre of the documentary has become increasingly popular in the last several years. Despite such recent successes as Senna, Undefeated, and ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, however, few scholarly articles have been...
by Kate Delaney
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2011
Boost your sports IQ!Based on the popular radio segment “Sports Shorts,” talk show host and “Sports Princess” Kate Delaney offers a book chock-full of fascinating, little-known sports facts. Did you know that a young girl bouncing a super ball gave her father the idea for the biggest...
Sporting Capital
Transforming Sports Development Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
In a world of competing public policy priorities, economic challenges and political uncertainty, sports development organisations and initiatives need to adapt to survive. This book makes the case for 'Sporting Capital' as a new conceptual model of sports participation with the potential to transform...
The Fix Is Still In
Corruption and Conspiracies the Pro Sports Leagues Don't Want You To Know About
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
The sports entertainment complex generates 73 billion dollars per year for owners, players, investors, and advertisers. With that much money at stake, do you really think that the sports profiteers are leaving anything to chance? Brian Touhy, the renegade expert sports watchdog, has once again gathered...
Cool Sports Dad
75 Amazing Sporting Tricks to Teach and Impress Your Kids
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Kids look up to their dads. Dads have to be able to break in a new baseball glove (and to know which glove is age-appropriate), to answer every question imaginable (why is a football called a pigskin?), to teach their child how to throw a knuckleball, skate backwards on hockey skates, or spin a basketball...
by John Shepherd
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The Complete Guide to Sports Training is the definitive
practical resource for anyone wishing to improve their performance and
for coaches looking to get the best out of their athletes. It
demystifies sports science and provides athletes and coaches with the
basic building blocks they need to maximise...
Sports Officials and Officiating
Science and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Sports officials (umpires, referees, judges) play a vital role in every sport, and sports governing bodies, fans, and players now expect officials to maintain higher professional standards than ever before. In this ground-breaking book, a team of leading international sport scientists and top level...
by Dr Catherine Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
"Lifts the analysis out of the nuts and bolts of sports policy and into some really thought-provoking areas which will equip the policy maker for the challenges of the 21st century"
- Dominic Malcolm, Loughborough University
"This is an excellent analysis of the significance...
Sport Philosophy Now
The Culture of Sports after the Lance Armstrong Scandal
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
In today’s media-driven world, it seems there is always a scandal in the news involving athletes. Whether it’s performance-enhancing drugs in cycling, domestic violence in football, or sexual assault in college athletics, new problems pop up as soon as old issues disappear. As we struggle to understand...
by E. Achten, T. Buisseret, P.-P. Casteleyn
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Throughout the twentieth century, interest in sport has evidenced a major increase worldwide and a new field of sports medicine has emerged. Sport spectators hip has been stimulated in part by the increased ease of international travel and the intro duction of new means of communication. Interest...