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 Rhodri S. Lloyd, Jon L. Oliver

Strength and Conditioning for Young Athletes: Science and Application offers an evidence-based introduction to the theory and practice of strength and conditioning for young athletes. Fully revised and updated, this second edition draws on leading research to offer a holistic approach to training…

Paperback – 2019-09-03
Routledge

By Kristoffer Henriksen, Jakob Hansen, Carsten Hvid Larsen

Mindfulness- and acceptance-based approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness Acceptance Commitment (MAC) are gaining momentum with sport psychology practitioners who work to support elite athletes. These acceptance-based, or third wave, cognitive behavioral…

Paperback – 2019-08-28
Routledge

Edited by Jim Parry, Pete Allison

This book adds to the theoretical development of the emerging fields of experiential learning and outdoor education by examining the central concept, 'experience', and interrogating a central claim of experiential learning: whether, and if so how, a short-term singular experience can transform a…

Hardback – 2019-08-27
Routledge