Sports category: 37872 books
Sports Nation
Contemporary American Professional Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
The book focuses on, identifies, and analyzes various divisions and conferences of four professional sports leagues and their teams' historical regular season and postseason performances, and also provides a recent financial profile of them while being competitive, profitable or unprofitable, and...
Sports Analytics
Analysis, Visualisation and Decision Making in Sports Performance
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
As the analysis of big datasets in sports performance becomes a more entrenched part of the sporting landscape, so the value of sport scientists and analysts with formal training in data analytics grows. *Sports Analytics: Analysis, Visualisation and Decision Making in Sports Performance * provides...
by Kevin Krein
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Nature sports such as skiing, climbing, and surfing have had a significant influence on Western popular culture since the mid-twentieth century and participation in such sports continues to grow. Written in a clear and accessible style, this important book provides a comprehensive philosophical analysis...
Ego Vs. Soul in Sports
Essays on Sport at Its Best and Worst
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Imagine. Imagine the world of sports without ego. No more trashtalking, showboating, cheating, cheap shots, or running up the score. No more wackadoo parents and coaches ruining youth sports. No more prima donna athletes with an inflated view of their own importance. The win-at-all-costs mentality?...
by Kirk Wakeland
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2007
Some might argue that sports marketing is a mere subfield of marketing, meaning that there are theoretical and practical dimensions that apply only to sports marketing and are only of interest to those involved in sports. In Team Sports Marketing, author Kirk Wakefield dispels this argument by demonstrating...
by Margot Nacey
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2017
Dr. Margot Nacey’s lifetime of experience as a horse person and more than 30 years as a clinical and sports psychologist has given her a front row seat into the equestrian world. In her revolutionary book, Dr. Dyslexia’s Guide to Sports Psychology for Equestrians, Nacey explains the psychological...
Blood and Guts to Glory--a History of Sports
Sport Science Series
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
Dr. Gerald Gems is one of the premier sports historians in the world. In this book, the first video text in sport history, we can see videos of how ancient and modern games have been played. But he goes beyond the sport, looking at the cultural background in which the sports have been played. We see...
Sports Talk
A Journey Inside the World of Sports Talk Radio
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
A Journey inside the World of Sports Talk Radio
Their voices explode over the airwaves -- with names like Mike and the Mad Dog, the Stinkin' Genius, Hacksaw, and JT the Brick. They broadcast in drive time and downtime, from rush hour to the dead of night. And yet, millions of fans tune in around...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
For twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the past year, culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and digital publications. Wright Thompson, many times included in this volume over the...
by Tony Cisella
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
The Secret To Making Consistent Profits
Betting On Sports
How To Start Making
Serious Cash In Sports Right Away
Almost every person that bets on sports knows all about sports betting systems. There are tons and tons of sports betting systems out there, the hard part is just finding...
Sports Publicity
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Effective communications skills are essential for any organization. In this fully revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking guide to communications in sports, Joe Favorito introduces the skills, knowledge and techniques needed to become a successful communicator. Drawing on nearly thirty years...
Spanning the World
The Crazy Universe of Big-Time Sports, All-Star Egos, and Hall of Fame Bloopers
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Go Spanning the World with Len Berman in this wildly entertaining, insightful, and often hilarious book that takes sports fans behind the scenes and inside locker rooms.
One of the most popular television sports personalities—known for his "Spanning the World" segments on NBC's...
Establishing A Career In Sports Medicine
Plan Your Career In Sports Medicine Now And Enjoy The Many Possibilities For Personal Advancement It Offers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Sports medicine is a sub specialty of the medical field that is somewhat confusing to some people. Because of the fact that sports is not medicine, it is a bit of a misleading term, but the term is intended to represent the doctors and other medical staff who are in the practice of treating...
Sports Training Principles
An Introduction to Sports Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
This is the new, fully revised, sixth edition of this ultimate reference tool for all coaches responsible for training athletes to fulfill their performance potential. Written by world-renowned and highly sought after coach and President of the European Athletics Coaches Association, Frank W. Dick,...