Sports & Leisure Studies

Edited by A. Mark Williams, Robin C. Jackson

The ability to anticipate and make accurate decisions in a timely manner is fundamental to high-level performance in sport. This is the first book to identify the underlying science behind anticipation and decision making in sport, enhancing our scientific understanding of these phenomena…

Paperback – 2019-03-01
Routledge

By Ian Renshaw, Keith Davids, Daniel Newcombe, Will Roberts

For the last 25 years, a constraints-based framework has helped to inform the way that many sport scientists seek to understand performance, learning design and the development of expertise and talent in sport. The Constraints-Led Approach: Principles for Sports Coaching and Practice Design…

Paperback – 2019-02-20
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Constraints-Based Methodologies in Sport

By George B. Cunningham

Diversity and Inclusion in Sport Organizations: A Multilevel Perspective is a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which people differ—including race, gender, age, mental and physical ability, appearance, religion, sexual orientation, and social class—and the importance of these…

Paperback – 2019-02-18
Routledge

Edited by Robert J. Lake

Tennis is one of the world’s most popular sports, as levels of participation and spectatorship demonstrate.　 Moreover, tennis has always been one of the world’s most significant sports, expressing crucial fractures of social class, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity - both on and off court.…

Hardback – 2019-02-12
Routledge
Routledge International Handbooks

By Daniel Covell, Sharianne Walker, Curt Hamakawa

Now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, Managing Sport Organizations introduces the fundamentals of sport management across every industry sector, from youth and intercollegiate sport to professional leagues. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, it covers every key topic, issue…

Paperback – 2019-02-12
Routledge

By Paul Grimshaw, Michael Cole, Adrian Burden, Neil Fowler

This is the clearest and most straightforward biomechanics textbook currently available. By breaking down the challenging subject of sport and exercise biomechanics into short thematic sections, it enables students to grasp each topic quickly and easily, and provides lecturers with a flexible…

Paperback – 2019-01-14
Garland Science

Edited by Leeja Carter

With an emphasis on women and transwomen athletes and exercisers of color, Feminist Applied Sport Psychology: From Theory to Practice introduces the reader to feminist, black feminist, and womanist sport psychology, offering an alternative and powerful approach to working with athletes.　 Covering…

Paperback – 2019-07-16
Routledge

By Russell Hoye, Graham Cuskelly, Chris Auld, Pam Kappelides, Katie Misener

Volunteers are central to sport at all levels, from mega-events to grassroots clubs. Sport Volunteering is a definitive guide to the issues associated with managing volunteers in sport. The book focuses on the psychology of the voluntary experience, the challenges inherent in managing a…

Paperback – 2019-07-15
Routledge

Edited by Tom Gibbons, Stuart Braye

There has been a dramatic increase in academic research activity and practical initiatives on the topic of sports and Christianity, and its cultural significance during the past decade. The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at York St John University, York, UK, hosted the Inaugural Global…

Hardback – 2019-06-25
Routledge
Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives