Strategic Sport Communication

Paul M. Pedersen , Pamela C. Laucella , Edward (Ted) M. Kian , Andrea N. Geurin

Sport continues to experience unprecedented popularity, with growth driven by the evolving ways in which sport teams, athletes, and media communicate with their audiences and fan bases. In turn, the dynamic world of sport communication offers burgeoning career...

Sports Psychology

Concepts and Applications

S. K. Mangal , Shubhra Mangal

This book analyses the essential aspects of sports psychology by throwing light on issues related to the upkeep of athletes’ mental state and improving their performance in sports activities. On one hand, it covers topics like anxiety, stress, conflicts, ove...

Nutrition for Sport, Exercise, and Health

Marie Spano , Laura Kruskall , D. Travis Thomas

Nutrition for Sport, Exercise, and Health, Second Edition With HKPropel Access, blends applied content with updated research-based guidelines to help students distinguish between nutrition recommendations backed by science and the plethora of misinformation av...

Organizational Behavior in Sport Management

Eric Macintosh , Laura Burton

Organizational Behavior in Sport Management provides numerous real-life examples from organizations and immerses students in the key behavioral issues that those in sport organizations face today. The text comes with an instructor guide that offers many useful...

The Youth Athlete

A Practitioner’s Guide to Providing Comprehensive Sports Medicine Care

Brian J. Krabak , M. Alison Brooks

The Youth Athlete: A Practitioner’s Guide to Providing Comprehensive Sports Medicine Care includes topics that provide the most comprehensive and holistic understanding of the youth athlete. The foundation of the book focuses on the growth and development of...

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Physical Education, Sport, and Health (ICoPESH 2022)

I Gede Suwiwa , Setya Chendra Wibawa , Made Agus Dharmadi , I Made Agus Wijaya , Ketut Candra Adinata Kusuma , Gede Doddy Tisna

This is an open access book. The second ICOPESH is a forum for researchers, lecturers, teachers, and practitioners to develop sports science, physical education and health through sharing insights, knowledge, and ideas. This conference seeks to solve the curre...

Statistics Meets Sports

What We Can Learn from Sports Data

Yves Dominicy , Christophe Ley

This book inscribes itself in the growing context of sports analytics and the combination of data science with sports medicine, which deeply impact the world of sports. Today, ever-more data are being collected and lead to ground-breaking and game-changing new...

Die Rezeption des Sports in den Medien

Holger Schramm

Primäres Ziel des Bandes ist es, die bisherigen Erkenntnisse zur medialen Sportrezeption überblicksartig und systematisch darzustellen. Aufbauend auf einführenden Beiträgen zu Angebot und Nutzung von Mediensport erklären die weiteren Beiträge, warum sich...

Sport

Antiquity and Its Legacy

Peter J. Miller

Modern sport cannot be understood without ancient sport. Sport saturates contemporary society and the global reach of sport and its intense popularity characterizes the modern world. But, at the same time, sport is one of the most ancient human pursuits. In th...

Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine For The Primary Care Practitioner, Fourth Edition

Richard B. Birrer , Francis G. O'Connor , Shawn F. Kane

Primary care practitioners are often the first medical professionals to see patients after an injury, making it critical for them to stay up to date on the latest developments in sports medicine. Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Practit...

Sports Marketing

Fundamentals - Strategies - Instruments

Manfred Bruhn , Peter Rohlmann

This book provides the basic knowledge ("basics") for professional sports marketing and gives suggestions for management practice. In the course of social and economic development, sports marketing has grown from rudimentary beginnings into a highly profession...

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Enlightenment

Rebekka von Mallinckrodt

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1650 to 1800, a period often seen as a time of decline in sporting practice and literature. In fact, a rich sporting culture existed and sports were practised by both men and women at al...

Sports Law in India

Mohammad Naseem , Saman Naseem

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of sports law in India deals with the regulation of sports activity by both public authorities and private sports organizations. The growing internationalizatio...

Talent Development in Paralympic Sport

Nima Dehghansai , Ross A. Pinder , Joe Baker

Identifying and developing talented athletes to their fullest potential is a central concern of sports scientists, sports coaches, and sports policymakers. However, there is very little practical and theoretical knowledge for those working in Paralympic sport....

EA Sports FIFA

Feeling the Game

Raiford Guins , Henry Lowood , Carlin Wing

If there is anything close to a universal game, it is association football, also known as soccer, football, fussball, fútbol, fitba, and futebol. The game has now moved from the physical to the digital - EA's football simulation series FIFA - with profound im...

Sports in American History

From Colonization to Globalization

Gerald R. Gems , Linda J. Borish , Gertrud Pfister

Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization, Third Edition With HKPropel Access, helps students grasp the compelling evolution of American sporting practices. This text examines sports history as a social and cultural phenomenon, generates a...

Latin American Sport Media

The Making Of A Political History of Sport

Bernardo Buarque de Hollanda , Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui

This book provides an historical overview of the formation of sports media in Latin America and its role in the construction of the political history of Latin American sport. The sports press was a privileged observer of the development of modern sports, but i...