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Product Description: The Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is an authoritative and comprehensive account of the worldâs greatest sporting and cultural event. It tells the complete story of the 2012 Games from inception, through the successful bidding process and the planning and preparation phase, to delivery, the post-Games period and legacy...read more
Hardcover:
9780415671941 | Routledge, November 9, 2012, cover price $150.00 | About this edition: The Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is an authoritative and comprehensive account of the worldâs greatest sporting and cultural event.
Product Description: World Sports: A Reference Handbook covers a wide variety of sports-related controversies, including ethical, political, technological, business, and social issues related to the phenomenon of sports. Many of the larger topics are covered from multiple angles, often providing both a global and American perspective...read more
Hardcover:
9781598847789 | Abc-Clio Inc, July 19, 2012, cover price $64.00 | About this edition: World Sports: A Reference Handbook covers a wide variety of sports-related controversies, including ethical, political, technological, business, and social issues related to the phenomenon of sports.
As sport has become more intense, professional and commercialized so have the debates grown about what constitutes acceptable behaviour and fair play, and how to encourage and develop ‘good’ sporting behaviour, particularly in children and young people. This book explores the nature and function of values in youth sport and establishes a framework through which coaches, teachers and researchers can develop an understanding of the decision-making processes of young athletes and how they choose between playing fairly or cheating to win. The traditional view of sport participation is that it has a beneficial effect on the social and moral development of children and young people and that it intrinsically promotes cultural values. This book argues that the research evidence is more subtle and nuanced. It examines the concept of values as central organizing constructs of human behaviour that determine our priorities, guide our choices, and transfer across situations, and considers the value priorities and conflicts that are so useful in helping us to understand behaviour in sport. The book argues that teachers and professionals working with children in sport are centrally important agents for value transmission and change and therefore need to develop a deeper understanding of how sport can be used to encourage pro-social values, and offers suggestions for developing a curriculum for teaching values through sport in differing social contexts. Spanning some of the fundamental areas of sport practice and research, including sport psychology, sport pedagogy, practice ethics, and positive youth development through sport, and including useful values and attitudes questionnaires and guidance on their use and interpretation, this book is important reading for any student, researcher, coach or teacher with an interest in youth sport or physical education.
Hardcover:
9780415533065 | Routledge, January 21, 2014, cover price $145.00 | About this edition: As sport has become more intense, professional and commercialized so have the debates grown about what constitutes acceptable behaviour and fair play, and how to encourage and develop ‘good’ sporting behaviour, particularly in children and young people.
Paperback:
9781138940123 | Routledge, July 16, 2015, cover price $53.95
Take a Shot! is the incredible true story of how three unlikely partnersâworld-famous fitness icon Jake Steinfeld, former Princeton University lacrosse star Dave Morrow, and son of a TV preacher Tim Robertsonâbroke all the rules and beat all the odds to create Major League Lacrosse. This book will take you on a roller-coaster ride through the ups and downs of starting a businessâand not just any business, but a professional sports league built around Americaâs oldest and most tradition-bound game. Today, Major League Lacrosse is entering its 12th season, and the sport has exploded into the fastest-growing game in the U.S. But it wasnât always that way . . . not even close. For four crazy, chaotic years, from 1998 to 2001, Jake, Dave, and Tim faced enormous obstacles and endless challenges in their lonely battle to make their lacrosse dream come true.From the earliest inspirationâJakeâs chance reading of a magazine article that got the ball rollingâto the wild search for investors and owners, to the insane setbacks that nearly derailed the league time and time again, to the emotional and triumphant debut of Major League Lacrosse, Take a Shot! is an action-packed, thrill-a-minute adventure story.But this book is also about friendship under fire. It tells the tale of three men from vastly different worldsâJake, the brash Hollywood icon and driving force behind Major League Lacrosse; Dave, a shy Ivy Leaguer from blue-collar Detroit and the ultimate fish out of water; and Tim, the son of TV evangelist Pat Robertson and a multimedia mogulâwho teamed up to try the impossible: start a professional sports league from scratch at a time when other leagues were crashing and burning around them.When Jake recruited Dave to be his partner, neither had any idea what was in store for them, nor what it took to start something like this (after all, who does?). But they had something more important: a gut instinct that, from day one, they could always trust each other. And so, with only a handshake, they ignored all the naysayers who warned them that they were doomed to fail and together built Major League Lacrosse, weathering every crisis and shrugging off each disaster along the way. And in the process, their partnership evolved into an enduring friendship, as Jake helped Dave blossom into a big-time entrepreneur, and Daveâat a crucial moment with everything on the lineâcame out of his shell and justified Jakeâs relentless faith in him.
Hardcover:
9781401940270 | Hay House Inc, August 15, 2012, cover price $24.95
CD/Spoken Word:
9781401941949, titled "Take a Shot!: A Remarkable Story of Perseverance, Friendship, and a Really Crazy Adventure" | Unabridged edition (Hay House Audio, August 15, 2012), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Take a Shot!
Product Description: This in-depth exploration of the history and culture of the sometimes illegal activity of BASE jumping provides historical and current information as well as a glimpse into the incredible adrenaline rush of the sport.⢠A history of early attempts at human flight as well as a chronology of fixed object jumping⢠Illustrations of jumpers, BASE jumping points, and equipment⢠A glossary of key terms such as "burnt object" and "object strike"⢠A resource guide with additional information such as numerous films and websites for BASE organization...read more
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9780313383977 | Greenwood Pub Group, August 3, 2012, cover price $41.00 | About this edition: This in-depth exploration of the history and culture of the sometimes illegal activity of BASE jumping provides historical and current information as well as a glimpse into the incredible adrenaline rush of the sport.
Hardcover:
9780415572156 | Routledge, December 5, 2012, cover price $145.00
Paperback:
9780415572163 | Routledge, December 4, 2012, cover price $53.95
Product Description: Research methods courses have become a compulsory component of most degree programs in sport management. This is the first introductory research methods textbook to focus exclusively on sport management. Through the use of examples, cases and data taken from the real world of sport management it opens up a traditionally dry area of study, helping the student to understand the vital importance of sound methodology in their studies and subsequent professional practice...read more
Hardcover:
9780415572552 | Routledge, November 11, 2014, cover price $170.00 | About this edition: Research methods courses have become a compulsory component of most degree programs in sport management.
Paperback:
9780415572569 | Routledge, November 11, 2014, cover price $67.95 | About this edition: Research methods courses have become a compulsory component of most degree programs in sport management.
Hardcover:
9780415591409 | 2 edition (Routledge, August 28, 2012), cover price $155.00
Paperback:
9780415591416 | 2 edition (Routledge, August 29, 2012), cover price $60.95
Product Description: Now in paperback: gold medal-winning Olympic speed skater Apolo Ohno shares the inspiring personal story behind his enduring success as an elite athlete and reveals the universal life lessons he has learned through his training and competition...read more
Hardcover:
9781451609066 | Atria Books, October 26, 2010, cover price $26.00 | also contains Zero Regrets
Paperback:
9781451609073 | Reprint edition (Atria Books, August 16, 2011), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Now in paperback: gold medal-winning Olympic speed skater Apolo Ohno shares the inspiring personal story behind his enduring success as an elite athlete and reveals the universal life lessons he has learned through his training and competition.
CD/Spoken Word:
9781442339637 | Unabridged edition (Simon & Schuster, October 26, 2010), cover price $29.99 | also contains Zero Regrets, Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday | About this edition: âZero regrets.
Product Description: In this fearless and half-crazy story, Howard Megdal decides that simply rooting isn't enough-it's time for fans to stand up and take charge. A lifelong and feverish New York Mets fan, he has been there through thick and (more often) thin...read more
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9781608195794 | Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, May 10, 2011, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: In this fearless and half-crazy story, Howard Megdal decides that simply rooting isn't enough-it's time for fans to stand up and take charge.
Hardcover:
9780313386909 | Greenwood Pub Group, April 7, 2011, cover price $39.00
Hardcover:
9780760342220 | 3 edition (Motorbooks Intl, April 26, 2011), cover price $30.00
Hardcover:
9780062005984 | Harpercollins, April 26, 2011, cover price $25.99
Hardcover:
9781439194836 | Atria Books, March 29, 2011, cover price $35.00
Miscellaneous:
9781439194959 | Atria Books, April 5, 2011, cover price $14.99
The text provides an introductory study of motor learning and control for students who aspire to become practitioners in exercise science, physical education, and other movement-oriented professions. Magill opens with an introduction to motor skills and control, continues through attention, memory, and learning, and ends with a discussion of instruction, feedback, and practice methods. The text's strong research base, clear presentation and practical applications will help students build a solid foundation in motor skills and prepare them for further exploration on their own.
Hardcover:
9780073523804 | 9 edition (McGraw-Hill Humanities Social, January 27, 2010), cover price $236.10 | About this edition: The text provides an introductory study of motor learning and control for students who aspire to become practitioners in exercise science, physical education, and other movement-oriented professions.
Paperback:
9780078022678 | 10 unbnd edition (McGraw-Hill Humanities Social, March 1, 2013), cover price $236.10
The Best Game Ever is a revealing look at the University of North Carolina Tar Heelsâ 1956â57 season, one of the most storied in college basketball history. From the first day of practice, when forward Lennie Rosenbluth predicted a winning season, to the final game, a triple-overtime victory over Wilt Chamberlainâs legendary Kansas team, the season was later acknowledged to have been the start of college basketball hysteria not only on Tobacco Road, but nationwide. The 1956 - 57 Tar Heels finished a perfect 32 - 0. The only previous team in Carolina history to achieve perfection was the 1924 team, years before the NCAA Tournament was created.
Hardcover:
9781592289820 | 1 edition (Lyons Pr, October 1, 2006), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: The Best Game Ever is a revealing look at the University of North Carolina Tar Heelsâ 1956â57 season, one of the most storied in college basketball history.
Paperback:
9780762774272 | Reprint edition (Lyons Pr, October 18, 2011), cover price $14.95
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