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  • Talent Development, Existential Philosophy and Sport

    On Becoming an Elite Athlete

    by Kenneth Aggerholm ...
    Series series Ethics and Sport
    'Why don’t young athletes in sport just quit?’ Starting with this question and drawing on existential philosophy, phenomenology and hermeneutics, Talent Development, Existential Philosophy and Sport seeks a deeper understanding of the experience of being a talented young sportsperson striving to become an elite athlete.As an alternative to conventional approaches to talent development governed by ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Don't Stop Me Now

    26.2 Tales of a Runner’s Obsession

    by Vassos Alexander ...
    This is a celebration of running, and what lots of us think about when we run. Part escape, part self-discovery, part therapy, part fitness. Part simple childlike joy of running when you could be walking.Vassos Alexander shares the highs and lows of falling in love with running, from his first paltry efforts to reach the end of his street to completing ultra marathons and triathlons in the same ... Read more

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  • LEARN HOW TO PLAY CHESS

    by V.GURU PRASAD ...
    Chess is a game played between two opponents on opposite sides of a board containing 64 squares of alternating colors. Each player has 16 pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns. The goal of the game is to checkmate the other king.If you play it right, you can feel how attractive the game is. But, still many people does not know how to play chess. For them I have ... Read more

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  • Run to the Roar

    Coaching to Overcome Fear

    by Paul Assaiante, James Zug ...
    The winningest coach in NCAA history shares his lessons on building and coaching teams of champions.For 202 consecutive dual matches over the past eleven years, the Trinity men's squash team has gone unbeaten. No other team in any collegiate sport has achieved the same sustained level of greatness. Run to the Roar is the story of a coach who succeeds in recruiting young men from around the world, ... Read more

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  • Physical Literacy

    Throughout the Lifecourse

    Edited by Margaret Whitehead ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport
    What is physical literacy?What are the benefits of being physically literate?The term ‘physical literacy’ describes the motivation, confidence, physical competence, understanding and knowledge that individuals develop in order to maintain physical activity at an appropriate level throughout their life. Physical literacy encompasses far more than physical education in schools or structured sporting ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • The Most Expensive Game in Town

    The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families

    by Mark Hyman ...
    Building on the eye-opening investigation into the damaging effects of the ultra-competitive culture of youth sports in his previous book, Until It Hurts, Mark Hyman's new book looks at the business of youth sports, how it has changed, and how it is affecting young Americans. Examining the youth sports economy from many sides--the major corporations, small entrepreneurs, coaches, parents, and, of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Podium

    What Shapes a Sporting Champion?

    by Ben Oakley ...
    What does it really take to make the podium? Which of the biological, environmental and psychological factors really shape a champion's route to the top?To answer these questions, Ben Oakley has taken the original step of combining existing research with a study of leading athletes' autobiographies. Looking at the early histories and initial challenges of serial champions in their own words, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Strength and Conditioning for Endurance Running

    by Richard Blagrove ...
    Endurance runners and coaches have tended to neglect weight training and conditioning techniques, often in the belief that they don't benefit performance, add unwanted muscle bulk, or cause excessive soreness. But as standards at elite level have improved, so coaches and runners have become increasingly keen on learning about the latest new training techniques or ways to stay injury free. No ... Read more

    $24.19 USD

  • Revolution in the Bleachers

    How Parents Can Take Back Family Life in a World Gone CrazyOver Youth Sports

    by Regan McMahon ...
    A journalist and mother of two athletic kids exposes the physical and emotional dangers of our over-the-top youth sports culture—and offers practical solutions for positive change.A decade ago, Joan Ryan’s exposé, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes, changed the way we look at elite sports, namely figure skating and gymnastics. Today, there is another crisis in youth sports. It may affect any child, from ... Read more

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  • Routledge Handbook of Sports Coaching

    Edited by Paul Potrac, Wade Gilbert, Jim Denison ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Over the last three decades sports coaching has evolved from a set of customary practices based largely on tradition and routine into a sophisticated, reflective and multi-disciplinary profession. In parallel with this, coach education and coaching studies within higher education have developed into a coherent and substantial field of scholarly enquiry with a rich and sophisticated research ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Leadership in Sports Coaching

    A Social Identity Approach

    by Paul Cummins, Ian O'Boyle, Tony Cassidy ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sports Coaching
    The professionalisation of sports coaching has demanded higher standards of leadership in order to improve performance and effectiveness. This book focuses on leadership in sports coaching, exploring key concepts and principles underpinned by a presentation of new empirical research. Placing social identity theory at its centre – a theory not previously applied to sports coaching – this book ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Women in Sports Coaching

    Edited by Nicole M. LaVoi ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sports Coaching
    Women in many Westernized countries encounter a wider variety of career opportunities than afforded in previous decades, and the percentage of women leaders in nearly every sector is on the rise. Sport coaching, however, remains a domain where gender equity has declined or stalled, despite increasing female sport participation. The percentage of women who coach women are in the minority in most ... Read more

    $67.99 USD