Bloomsbury Sport imprint: 203 books
by MS Anita Bean
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Young athletes, parents, coaches and PE teachers want to know how good
nutrition can help young sportsmen and women fulfill their potential.
As the government focuses on healthy eating for children, this is
becoming even more important with the growing threat to their
well-being from inactivity and...
by Ellen Parnavelas
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Roller derby is a unique, fast-paced, female-dominated sport that is taking the world by storm. It originated in the USA in the 1930s but it is the revival that began in 2001 that has inspired this new book. Roller derby has become one of the world's fastest-growing new sports and there are now more...
The Oval World
A Global History of Rugby
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Rugby has always been a sport with as much drama off the field as on it. For every thrilling last-minute Jonny Wilkinson drop-goal to win the world cup or Jonah Lomu rampage down the touchline for a try, there has been a split, a feud or a controversy.
The Oval World is the first full-length...
First Aid for Sport
A Kit Bag Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
First Aid for Sport: A Kit Bag Guide is a practical, clear guide to dealing with first aid in sports situations. Designed to be durable and weather-resistant, and spiral-bound so that it stays open easily during on-the-spot use on the pitch/running track/playground, it will withstand being kept in...
Practical Fitness Testing
Analysis in Exercise and Sport
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
This is an indispensible guide for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for clients or groups. Fitness tests are crucial to measure current fitness and then monitor progress to check the effectiveness of a training programme.
The theory and practice of fitness testing, in both exercise...
Losing It
A lifetime in pursuit of sporting excellence
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
To understand Anna Karenina, Mellors, Molly Bloom, Dante, Romeo, Juliet and Bridget Jones you must also have loved and lost and won. To understand sport in the greatest arenas of them all you too must have played and lost and won, known shame, hope, joy, horror and glory.
Simon Barnes has taken...
Touch Rugby
Everything You Need to Play and Coach
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2014
Touch Rugby is a rapidly growing game and an attractive sport to rugby coaches and players because of the core skills it develops and the high levels of fitness it encourages. The absence of contact, the high value placed on developing foundational Rugby skills, and the game's capacity to be played...
Swell
A Waterbiography The Sunday Times SPORT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
SHORLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017
A funny and bold account of how women fought their way into the water, and of what they did once they got there
These days, swimming may seem like the most egalitarian of pastimes, open to anyone with a swimsuit – but this...
Reckless
The Life and Times of Luis Ocana
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Luis Ocaña seemed doomed to live in the shadow of cycling's greatest ever rider, Eddy Merckx – 'The Cannibal'. Their rivalry defined Ocaña's entire career, yet he was the one rider capable of beating the all-conquering Merckx in his prime. After an impoverished upbringing he flourished at the...
The Title
The Story of the First Division
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Some folk will tell you the FA Premier League is the greatest show on earth. They may even have a point. But to build something so successful, so popular, so inescapable, you've got to have mighty strong foundations.
Prior to 1992, the old First Division was England's premier prize. Its rich...
The Mountain Bike Skills Manual
Fitness and Skills for Every Rider
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
More riders than ever are heading to the country on their mountain bikes. It's a sport that has exploded over the last twenty years, as people of all ages and walks of life are drawn to the thrill of the ride.
Written by rider, racer and trainer Clive Forth, The Mountain Bike Skills Manual...
The Lost Boys
Inside Football’s Slave Trade
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
From South America and Africa, kids as young as 13 are leaving poverty-stricken families for a new life in Europe, having been sold the vision of untold riches and the trappings of professional football. This is football's slave trade – the beautiful game turned ugly.
Talent-spotted by scouts,...
Tag Rugby
Everything You Need to Know to Play and Coach
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Tag rugby, the RFU's official version of the game for under-7s and under-8s, is the perfect entry into the world of rugby. A non-contact sport, using Velcro-attached tags on a tag belt, it can be played safely by girls and boys together as young as five years old.
The second edition of this...
Golden Kicks
The Shoes that Changed Sport
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Many iconic shoes, such as the adidas Stan Smith, Nike Air Jordan and Puma Suede are worn by millions as everyday footwear, but were originally born to bring victory on court, track and field. Golden Kicks reveals the stories behind some of the greatest shoes in sporting history, the roles they played...