Sports category: 37872 books
Developing Sport Expertise
Researchers and Coaches put Theory into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2007
An athlete’s development from ‘ordinary’ talent to elite accomplishment in sport is a long one. The emergence and fine tuning of high level sport skills takes place in increments over many years and is a journey that fascinates sport scientists, sports coaches and sports fans alike.
Developing...
by Jonathan Bales
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Some people play fantasy sports with family and friends. Some do it for entertainment on a Sunday afternoon. And with the advent of daily fantasy sports, some people are attacking the game from an entirely new angle: to make a living. Fantasy Football (and Baseball) for Smart People: How to Turn Your...
by Tucker Elliot
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
Three full-length sports history and trivia books from Black Mesa Publishing and author Tucker Elliot.Atlanta Braves IQ: The Ultimate Test of True FandomThink you know Braves baseball? Think again. You're about to find out how smart you really are about the Atlanta Braves. Are you...
Pittsburgh Sports
Stories From The Steel City
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2000
Summer afternoons at Forbes Field, playoff Sundays with the Steelers, winter nights at the Igloo cheering for Mario and the Penguins: Pittsburgh Sports captures all that and more. With stories from sports fans, historians, and former athletes, Pittsburgh Sports mixes personal experiences with team...
Child's Play
Sport in Kids' Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Is sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health, whether condemning contact sports for their concussion risk or prescribing athletics as a cure for the childhood obesity epidemic. Child’s Play presents a more nuanced...
Powerful Moments in Sports
The Most Significant Sporting Events in American History
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics. Billie Jean King takes on Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes. Title IX is passed. Some moments in sports—whether they take place on a track, on a tennis court, or in a courtroom—transcend the event itself. Some have helped America live...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
The proceedings of the Second World Congress of Science and Racket Sports and Fifth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress contain six keynote lectures which provide the latest research on a range of sport science topics as applied to tennis, table tennis, squash and badminton.
The...
Sport as History
Essays in Honour of Wray Vamplew
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Published to mark the career of one of sports history’s pioneers, this book traces the evolution of sport across three continents. It brings together some of sports history’s leading scholars to investigate not only the history of sport but also how that history is written.
This Festschrift...
Raising Champions
Helping Your Child Grow Through Sports
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
American families have doubled down on their commitment to kids’ sports. More children are competing—nearly 50% more than 25 years ago and a tenfold increase in high school girls participation between 1970-2000! More children start earlier. More kids focus year round on one sport. More is...
Sport in the City
The Role of Sport in Economic and Social Regeneration
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2002
Cities now seek to attract major sporting events and activities to re-image themselves, and frequently invest in community sports development to fund economic growth and regeneration.
Including a range of case-studies from global (the Sydney Olympics) to local (urban school sports), this book looks...
Pharmacology, Doping and Sports
A Scientific Guide for Athletes, Coaches, Physicians, Scientists and Administrators
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2008
The work of dope testers is constantly being obstructed by the development of ever harder-to-trace new forms of banned substances. Organisations such as the World Anti-Doping Association and the United States Anti-Doping Agency are pioneering cutting-edge techniques designed to keep competition...
Playing Like a Girl
Transforming Our Lives Through Team Sports
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
More and more women and girls are discovering the joy and relishing the fierce competition of team sports. Their increasing participation in sports is influencing all aspects of women’s—and men’s—lives. Playing Like a Girl explores the ramifications of this sports revolution, such as the change...
More than a Game
The Best of Alf Van Hoose
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
The best work of one of Alabama's longest-serving and most beloved sports journalists.
Although he spent 43 years at the same job, Alf Van Hoose was not a man limited by the boundaries of his profession. As Birmingham News sports editor for 21 years and a columnist for a decade before that,...
Sports Chaplaincy
Trends, Issues and Debates
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2016
This ground-breaking book provides an in-depth analysis of the theory and practice of sports chaplaincy in a global context. Written in an accessible style, yet based on academic evidence and theory, the contributors include those leading major national chaplaincy organisations located in the UK,...