Sports Books

The Warriors Way is designed for coaches and teachers who are looking for fully planned netball sessions to bring out the best in their netballers.The book aims to provide a complete season of sessions covering essential technical skills, attacking and...

One of the most important objectives of classical Jujutsu was undoubtedly training in all distances and positions to kill, subdue or capture an enemy. Techniques performed on the ground were often preceded by standing combat, either with weapons or...

Coach Max Bass was a head football coach for thirty-two years; two years at the Boles School in Jacksonville, Florida, and twenty-nine years at Newnan High School in Newnan, Georgia. For eleven years, he also coached baseball, track, and golf. During his...

Want to win more?Tired of Losing?Are you seeking the mental advantage that separates winning from losing? Keep this book with you in your racket bag. Read a tip a day to feed your brain.366 Days of Tennis will give you the mental edge to turn a...

Tenshinkan is a Martial Art that combines Karate with Goshin Jitsu and Kobujutsu.(Goshin Jitsu = a combination of Aikido and Jui-Jitsu with Karate)(Kobujutsu = Traditional Japanese Weapons)This Book is VOLUME 1 - of Tenshinkan KarateThis Book is written...

This Dive Log notebook is a great way to keep track of all your dives. Each interior page includes prompts and space to record:Dive NumberDate, Location, OceanTime In & OutBAR/ PSI Start & EndSI, PG, Computer DiveBottom Time & DepthRNT, ABT,...

The Greatest Expedition Rescue in HistoryExperience one of the most unexpected survival stories in modern history. Read the first-hand account of Sir Ernest Shackleton as he takes you through the grand trials and tribulations of being marooned in the...

The Ultimate Sports Trivia Book is your all-access pass to the wild, weird, and wonderful world of sports!Packed with jaw-dropping facts, mind-bending stats, and hilarious moments from the biggest games and underdog stories, this book is every sports...

If you want to learn how to airsoft like a pro, then get the "How to Airsoft" guide.In this step-by-step guide, you will discover the best airsoft tips and secrets.- You will learn strategies and techniques to improve your airsoft skills.- You...

Looking for the perfect day hike in the Portland and Seattle regions? This guidebook of the Pacific Northwest provides avid hikers with full-color photographs and maps, detailed information on every trail's elevation, distance, difficulty, and duration,...

A Special Self Defense System for Seniors... The older population--persons 65 years or older--numbered 39.6 million in 2009. We represent about 13% of the U.S. population, about one in every eight Americans. By 2030, there will be about 72.1 million,...

In their early years, the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Cardinals-- the two oldest teams in the National Football League --travelled the country with only rare mention in the newspapers. Both teams later saw their official records destroyed by fire...

This unique take on boxing instruction takes its cues from the best fights of the early 1900s with the likes of Kid Lewis, Billy Wells and Carpentier. The guide uses slow motion stills from boxing film, and breaks down the techniques and tips of the...

The guide has clear and helpful illustrations, alongside top tips from some of the best fighters of the day when it comes to technique and ring-generalship.The guide is designed to be an easy-to-follow introduction into the art of boxing, the rules,...

Corporal William J. Underwood was a Canadian soldier, veteran of WW1, a WW2 reservist and a world-renown Ju Jitsu instructor.In this 1944 guide for women, he showcases his art of 'Combato' as a means to help keep ladies safe from the typical attacks and...

As the Amateur Wrestling Champion of England, Ernest Gruhn takes the reader through the essential skills and attributes needed to compete in various wrestling styles (such as Freestyle, Greco-Roman and Catch-As-Catch-Can).The volume is replete with clear...

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on the crossbow, being a historical account of its development and evolution throughout the centuries. The crossbow was a revolutionary advancement in ballistic weaponry which was arguably the forerunner to...

This antiquarian book contains a collection of popular articles on trolling for fish, with tips on how to start trolling and information on equipment needed, where to troll, boat handling, and bait. Written in clear, simple language and full of useful...

Bringing together many of the most influential scholars in sport and media studies, this book examines the diverse ways that media influences our understanding of the world's most important sport events, dubbed sports mega-events. It sheds new light on...

The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport, disability and society. The Paralympic Games Explained is the first complete introduction to...

Science and Football VII showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as 'football'. These include soccer, the national codes (American football, Australian rules football and Gaelic football), and the rugby codes (union...

Sport Management in the Middle East is the first book to offer a serious and in-depth analysis of the business and management of sport in the region. Written by a team of world leading researchers in Middle Eastern sport, the book examines the importance...

Filling an important gap in performance analysis literature, this book introduces the key concepts and practical applications of performance analysis for team sports. It draws on cutting-edge research to examine individual and collective behaviours...

The last two decades have witnessed a proliferation of qualitative research in sport and exercise. The Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise is the first book to offer an in-depth survey of established and emerging qualitative...

The Athletic Skills Model offers an alternative to dominant talent development theories in the form of holistic broad-based movement education, focusing on health and wellbeing. It places the emphasis on 'physical intelligence' - including attributes...

The Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality brings together important new work from 68 leading international scholars that, collectively, demonstrates the intrinsic interconnectedness of sport, gender and sexuality. It introduces what is, in...

Over the last twenty years or so there has been a sharp increase in interest from national sports federations and governments in the development of effective elite sport systems, particularly focused on achieving success in the summer and winter Olympic...

Mindfulness- and acceptance-based approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness Acceptance Commitment (MAC) are gaining momentum with sport psychology practitioners who work to support elite athletes. These...

Comprehensive Applied Sport Psychology propesl applied sport psychology and mental training forward with examination of everything psychological, emotionally, and socially that the athletic community contends with in pursuit of athletic success and that...

In an increasingly turbulent, insecure and fast-changing world, this book presents case studies of crisis management that help the reader to understand what best practice looks like and how to guide sport organizations through the crises that are an...

This book delves into the complex, yet fascinating evolution of football - from being a relatively unruly mob game played on festival days, to getiing adopted, codified and 'civilised' by the major English Public Schools, then diffused into the wider...

This book explores the meanings, significances, and impacts of the complex identities that soccer fans, especially those of men's soccer, represent worldwide. The chapters in this volume construct and reconstruct fandom in terms of diverse fan...

This book explores continental perspectives on football's new geopolitical economy, examining how sport, politics, and the global economy have emerged in different parts of the world.

This book presents cutting-edge perspectives on communication in sport management, a core component of contemporary sport business.

This book presents a new perspective on skateboarding, centred on the senses, skill acquisition, embodiment, and the concept of 'city craft'. Skateboarding and the Senses traces how skaters use their skilled bodies to bring vitality to contested spaces.

This book provides a contemporary collection of studies that advances the understanding of agency in institutions through sport. In doing so, the chapters in this book bridge the theoretical divide between mainstream management and sport management to...

This is the first book to offer in-depth analysis of the 'Against Modern Football' movement through the comparison of two AMF clubs. The movement has emerged in opposition to the rampant commercialisation of football and the lack of supporters' influence...

This is a concise introduction to leadership and governance theory and how they are applied in sport. Presenting a series of case studies from around the world, the book offers a detailed guide to best practice in the leadership of sport boards and...

This thesis presents experimental research on the interaction between the optical field and the mechanical oscillator in whispering-gallery mode microcavities. It demonstrates how optomechanical interactions in a microresonator can be used to achieve...

This edited book delves into several aspects of sports and sports management from a vantage of uncertainty and turbulence unleashed initially by COVID-19. The book, divided into three broad sections, deals in strategy and governance of sports...

This book is a culmination of sustained research work on the evaluation of cricket and its management to imbibe a balance between its various formats by using data and analytics. The book has identified three primary stakeholders-administrators, players...

This book establishes a bridge between exercise-mediated functional status of autophagy and non-communicable chronic diseases for elucidating and clarifying the corresponding signal pathways and underlying mechanisms. The book consists of 13 chapters...

This brief highlights the use of various Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to evaluate training and competitional strategies in Volleyball, as well as to identify high-performance players in the sport. Several psychological elements/strategies coupled...

Drawing on 15 years of experience in the development and use of wearable sensors in sports science, this book bridges the gap between technical research and the widespread adoption of inertial sensors in biomechanical assessment and ambulatory...

This brief highlights the association of different performance variables that influences archery performance and the employment of different machine learning algorithms in the identification of potential archers. The sport of archery is often associated...