Organizational Behavior in Sport Management

Eric MacIntosh , Laura Burton

The desire of any organization is to have the entire staff working from the same playbook toward a common goal (i.e., “the championship”). Given individuals’ varying attitudes, beliefs, skills, and motivations, it’s a goal not easily achieved. Organiza...

Strategic Sport Communication

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

"Strategic Sport Communication explores the multifaceted segment of sport communication. This text presents a standard framework that introduces readers to the many ways in which individuals, media outlets, and sport organizations work to create, disseminate, ...

Sideline Management in Sports

Sérgio Rocha Piedade , Mark R. Hutchinson , David Parker , João Espregueira-Mendes , Philippe Neyret

This book is a comprehensive reference guide for team physicians to manage common or rare clinical issues that may occur on the sidelines and field of play in recreational, professional or elite sports. Musculoskeletal injuries and health-related clinical issu...

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...

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...

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...

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 Kenya

Felix Majani

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

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...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Sport

Ellen Staurowsky , Algerian Hart

As the topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion continues to be of growing importance across all businesses, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Sport provides a comprehensive examination of DEI issues across the sport industry. This text’s emphasis on appl...

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...

Be Your Own Equine Sports Coach

A Practical Guide to French Classical Equitation and Horsemanship

Alison Lincoln

As riders, we often spend many hours training independently without regular access to high quality coaches, sport psychologists, biomechanic specialists or exercise physiologists. This can be the difference between performing well and performing to the best of...

Sports Psychology

Dr. Rajwant Singh

Sports psychology is an interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from the fields of Kinesiology and Psychology. It involves the study of how psychological factors affect performance and how participation in sport and exercise affect psychological and ...

Sports Broadcasting

Kevin Hull

"This undergraduate textbook provides students with the information and skills needed to be a well-rounded sports television or radio broadcaster. Students will learn how to write for broadcast, shoot and edit video, and prepare for all the additional tasks ne...

Contemporary Sport Management

Paul M. Pedersen , Lucie Thibault

"Short, factual description of the book (summary of what it includes, without subjective or promotional language.) This classic but thoroughly updated introductory text is designed so students will understand sport management as a field of study and a vibrant ...

Sports Didactics in Europe

History, Current Trends and Future Developments

Brigitta Höger , Konrad Kleiner

During the past decades, the scientific discipline of Sports Didactics has developed in a heterogenous manner across national borders and individual university locations in Europe. Its position and situatedness has been characterised by its relation to and dif...

Sport Marketing

Windy Dees , Patrick Walsh , Chad D. McEvoy , Stephen McKelvey , Bernard James Mullin , Stephen Hardy , William A. Sutton

"This book helps students prepare for careers in the fast-paced world of sport marketing, as well as provides a resource for practitioners looking for the latest information in the field. The book offers abundant examples of the latest issues in the competitiv...

Netter's Sports Medicine

Netter's Sports Medicine, E-Book

Christopher Madden , Margot Putukian , Eric McCarty , Craig Young

With comprehensive, highly visual coverage designed for sports clinicians, team physicians, sports medicine fellows, primary care physicians, and other health care professionals who provide care to athletes and active individuals, Netter’s Sports Medicine, 3...

SBAs in Sport, Exercise, and Musculoskeletal Medicine

Robin Chatterjee

Candidates can prepare with confidence for postgraduate exams in sports and exercise medicine (SEM) with this revision guide. Containing over 400 SBA questions the content is carefully mapped to the Membership of Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine UK (MFS...

Home Advantage in Sport

Causes and the Effect on Performance

Miguel Gómez-Ruano , Richard Pollard , Carlos Lago-Peñas

The book examines the new and popular topic of home advantage in sport The text is well structured and broad in its scope covering both the theory and psychological effects of home advantage, as well as giving detailed and applied examples across many sports. ...

Understanding Sport Psychology

Gavin Breslin , John Kremer , Aidan Moran , Cathy Craig , Stephen Shannon

Sports Psychology is a popular area that has grown dramatically over the past few decades due to an increasing emphasis on the importance of psychology for athletic performance, engagement in exercise and in the business and industry of sport. This text is a c...

The Sociology of Sports

An Introduction, 3d ed.

Tim Delaney , Tim Madigan

This third edition takes a fresh approach to the study of sport, presenting key concepts such as socialization, race, ethnicity, gender, economics, religion, politics, deviance, violence, school sports and sportsmanship. While providing a critical examination ...