Sports and Physical Fitness

Performance analysis has become an essential tool for coaches, athletes, sports organisations and academic researchers. Collecting and interpreting...

Introducing the core concepts, issues and debates in the study of gender and sport, this is an accessible, engaging and thought-provoking textbook ...

The athlete development process spans from initial sport engagement to elite-level performance to effective career transition out of sport. This is...

Training and Supervision in Sport and Exercise Psychology presents a labyrinth of choices and challenges for trainees and supervisors, such as trai...

Counselling Skills in Applied Sport Psychology is a new text that provides a ‘how to’ in basic counselling skills for sport psychology students and...

Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, Managing Sport Development is a complete introduction to sport development, covering key concept...

Fatigue is an important concern for athletes at all levels, recreational sport and exercise participants, athletic coaches, personal trainers, and ...

Written by internationally known experts The Psychology of Sport Injury and Rehabilitation draws on the latest research in sport psychology and spo...

Nutrition for Sport, Exercise, and Performance offers a clear, practical, and accessible guide to building a comprehensive understanding of sport a...

Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Introduction to Sport Marketing is a clear, straightforward, and concise introduction to the theo...

This second edition of Exercise Physiology: For Health and Sports Performance brings together all the essential human anatomy and applied physiolog...

This book introduces the fundamentals of sport governance, assuming no prior knowledge on the part of the reader. It explains to students and pract...

This is the first book to explore fully the connections between sport studies and criminology, opening up critical new frontiers in the study of sp...

Written by a team of leading international experts, this book explores key factors and issues in contemporary sport, including the current state of...

This book presents a critical assessment of evaluation theory and practice in sport and leisure. It considers established and emerging forms of eva...

Within the Sport and Exercise Sciences (SES) and allied disciplines, reflective practice has become firmly established as a fundamental aspect of e...

Evolving from the concept of coach education, which is generally accepted to be the more formal, didactic mode of transmitting information to coach...

The Applied Sport and Exercise Practitioner is designed to help all developing sport and exercise practitioners navigate the world of applied work....

Coaches, practitioners and medical staff working in the worldwide sport of rugby will frequently apply scientific principles to their programmes to...

This book analyses the essential aspects of sports psychology by throwing light on issues related to the upkeep of athletes’ mental state and impro...

Strength and Conditioning in Sports: From Science to Practice is unique in that it covers, in a comprehensive manner, both of these areas. This tex...

An effective strength and conditioning program is an essential component of the preparation of any athlete or sportsperson. Strength and Conditioni...

An understanding and working knowledge of the basic principles of statistics are of central importance in understanding the sport and health scienc...

This is the clearest and most straightforward biomechanics textbook currently available. By breaking down the challenging subject of sport and exer...

Ever since the evolution of human civilization, people have developed some or the other self-defense skills. Karate is one such skill that is growi...