Sports and Leisure Books

New and Published Books

1. The Psychology of Sport Injury and Rehabilitation

   Edited by Monna Arvinen-Barrow, Natalie Walker

   Athletes routinely use psychological skills and interventions for performance enhancement but, perhaps surprisingly, not always to assist in recovery from injury. This book demonstrates the ways in which athletes and practitioners can transfer psychological skills to an injury and rehabilitation...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Sport in Capitalist Society

   A Short History

   By Tony Collins

   Why are the Olympic Games the driving force behind a clampdown on civil liberties? What makes sport an unwavering ally of nationalism and militarism? Is sport the new opiate of the masses? These and many other questions are answered in this new radical history of sport by leading historian of...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Sport Management in the Middle East

   A Case Study Analysis

   Edited by Mohammed Ben Sulayem, Sean O'Connor, David Hassan

   The Middle East is one of the fastest growing and significant markets in world sport, as well as a powerful source of investment in sport. Bids for the Olympics in 2020 and the soccer World Cup in 2022, as well as remarkable investments in Formula One motor racing, horse racing and English Premier...

   Published April 2nd 2013 by Routledge
4. Workplace Learning in Physical Education

   By lisahunter, Richard Tinning, Tony Rossi, Erin Flanagan, Doune Macdonald

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   Pre-service and beginning teachers have to negotiate an unfamiliar and often challenging working environment, in both teaching spaces and staff spaces. Workplace Learning in Physical Education explores the workplace of teaching as a site of professional learning. Using stories and narratives from...

   Published March 30th 2013 by Routledge
5. Martial Arts and the Body Politic in Meiji Japan

   By Denis Gainty

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   In 1895, the newly formed Greater Japan Martial Virtue Association (Dainippon Butokukai) held its first annual Martial Virtue Festival (butokusai) in the ancient capital of Kyoto. The Festival marked the arrival of a new iteration of modern Japan, as the Butokukai’s efforts to define and popularise...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
6. Science and Golf II

   Proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf

   Edited by Alastair J. Cochran, Martin Farrally

   This book contains the papers presented at the second World Scientific Congress of Golf. The overall theme of the congress is the application of science, scientific method and scientific research in golf. The congress is intended to provide a forum for scientists of different disciplines to meet...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Taylor & Francis
7. Science and Racket Sports I

   Published March 21st 2013 by Taylor & Francis
8. Science and Football IV

   Edited by Aron Murphy, Thomas Reilly, Warwick Spinks

   This edited collection brings together the latest research into the range of sports known as football.With contributions by a large number of the leading international researchers in the field, the book aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice in football, and to raise the awareness of...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
9. Science and Football II

   Edited by Jan Clarys, Thomas Reilly, A. Stibbe

   This book includes all the papers presented at a second World Congress of Science and Football (Liverpool 1987) (Eindhoven)....

   Published March 21st 2013 by Taylor & Francis
10. The Philosophy of Play

    Edited by Emily Ryall, Wendy Russell, Malcolm MacLean

    Play is a vital component of the social life and well-being of both children and adults. This book examines the concept of play and considers a variety of the related philosophical issues. It also includes meta-analyses from a range of philosophers and theorists, as well as an exploration of some...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge