At a time when our sporting heroes are as likely to appear on the front pages of our newspapers as on the back and and when cheating by players and coaches has become a part of the daily discourse, sportsmanship has never been a more timely topic.
Sport and Character: Reclaiming the Principles of Sportsmanship can help those involved in sport tackle the important lessons of sportsmanship by encouraging them to practice and teach respect for opponents, coaches, officials, teammates and the game.
In Winning Women’s Lacrosse, renowned coach Kelly Amonte Hiller shares the expertise that has enabled her to develop some of the game’s premier players and made her team a perennial powerhouse.
Winning Women’s Lacrosse covers it all. Through expert instruction, coaching tips and one-of-a-kind insights into the sport, you’ll learn to develop the individual attacking and defensive skills of the game and master the speciality skills of field players and goalkeepers.
Learn to train like champions with sport-specific conditioning drills.
Sharpen individual and team execution with situational drills and
maximize potential by making the most out of practice time.
The Epsom Derby and the Rugby League Cup Final are rumoured to be among the victims in a shake up of the Listed Events ruling, which governs which sporting events must be broadcast on a free-to-air channel
According to media reports, the independent panel currently undertaking the review is set to recommend that the list be shortened but should include the Ashes, Wimbledon and international football qualifying matches.
Learn the fundamentals of squash and enjoy competing in this fast-paced, tactical game.
Whether you already play squash or are just starting out, Squash: Steps to Success teaches the skills and strategies needed in order to play and win.
13 progressive instructional steps, teach all aspects of the game and detailed descriptions, illustrations and photo sequences demonstrate essential on-the-court movement, volleys, serves, returns and drop shots.
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at Monash University, Victoria, Australia, has found that anti-oxidants commonly touted for their health-promoting benefits, could contribute to the early onset of Type 2 diabetes.
The team, led by Professor Tony Tiganis from the Monash Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has found that Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) may play a protective role in the early stages of Type 2 diabetes by enhancing insulin action and that anti-oxidants prevent the beneficial effects of ROS.
Just in case you missed it, an article in Times Online on Monday 19th October, created quite a stir when hackette Helen Rumbelow quoted recent studies that purport to show that the benefits of exercise for weight loss have been overstated.
This prompted a truly British response in the form of ‘a letter to the Times’ not from angry of Tunbridge Wells but from FIA Chief Operating Officer, David Stalker who took up the cudgels on behalf of his members, Human Kinetics included.
Parkinson’s disease, the most prevalent hypokinetic movement disorder, is expected to occur with increasing frequency among aging populations worldwide.
While we await the discovery of a cure, combining physical interventions with traditional medical interventions can significantly improve overall quality of life. Health Professionals’ Guide to Physical Management of Parkinson’s Disease fills a void in this area of clinical management by comprehensively addressing the physical management of Parkinson’s disease in a single volume.
Written for clinicians, Health Professionals’ Guide to Physical Management of Parkinson’s Disease will prove to be a useful resource for physical therapists as well as other health care professionals who manage patients with Parkinson’s disease.
The text expertly distills and blends diverse research-based sources with the author’s own extensive clinical experience. The result is a concise manual that provides not just the science but also the clinical application necessary in the selection of physical interventions.
The simple act of exercise and not fitness itself can convince you that you look better, a new University of Florida study finds.
People who don’t achieve workout milestones such as losing fat, gaining strength or boosting cardiovascular fitness, feel just as good about their bodies as their more athletic counterparts, said exercise psychologist Heather Hausenblas, in a study published in the September issue of the Journal of Health Psychology.
“Body dissatisfaction is a huge problem in our society and is related to all sorts of negative behaviour including yo-yo dieting, smoking, taking steroids and undergoing cosmetic surgery,” she said. “It affects men and women and all ages, starting with kids who are as young as five years old saying they don’t like how their bodies look.”
Half of all Swedish elite volleyball players suffer at least one injury per season. One important reason may be that most players perform injury-preventing strength training unsupervised.
This is shown in a new thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
All Swedish elite-level teams were invited to participate in the study and 158 players returned the questionnaire that had been mailed out near the end of the volleyball season.
The responses show that about half of the players had been injured at least once during the season. Almost everybody performed some kind of injury-prevention activity, but a majority did it without supervision.
Following the third staging of an annual exhibition game at The O2 Arena, the NBA has revealed that it could stage a competitive regular-season match in London from as early as next season.
The O2 Arena in Docklands hosted a pre-season match earlier this month between Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz and NBA chiefs want to use the venue again but this time for a competitive fixture.
The benefits of strength training for young people are clearly documented, but many teachers, fitness instructors and youth coaches are unsure how to proceed.
As a result they often end up adapting unsuitable adult versions of strength-training programmes.
However this new book is set to change all this as it guides you in the development of safe, effective and enjoyable training programmes for 7 to 18 year olds.
It covers the latest thinking on nutrition, hydration and recovery to maximize the effects of strength training and minimize the risks of overtraining.
At least that is the belief of one in five children interviewed as part of a survey undertaken by The British Heart Foundation to launch its Food4Thought campaign.
They surveyed more than 1,000 children aged 8 to 15 and one in five (20 per cent) said exercise was “a chore” that was only needed by people who are overweight.
Motivating kids to exercise just got lot easier thanks to this innovative DVD that incorporates rap with lessons about basic anatomy, healthy lifestyles and fitness.
Hip-Hop Health offers six five-minute health raps in a format that allows teachers to use each segment of physical activity as a short activity break, or all the segments together as a full 30-minute workout without the worry of instruction time or equipment.
The incorporated health raps teach children about muscles, bones, nutrition, flexibility and stretching.
Dr Costas Karageorghis, calls music sport’s “legal drug”, capable of increasing performance by 20 per cent while reducing an athlete’s perception of effort by 10 per cent.
As head of Brunel University’s music in sport research department and the author of more than 100 academic papers on the subject including several published in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Karageorghis is well qualified to make these pronouncements.
Sport risk management is a key component of any sport and recreation programme and to run it successfully entails looking after the safety and well-being of your participants and the need to protect the best interests of your organisation.
Managing Risk in Sport and Recreation: The Essential Guide for Loss Prevention provides all the tools you need in order to design a bespoke comprehensive risk management plan to meet the specific needs of your organisation.
Written specifically for sport and recreation professionals by a lawyer with over 20 years of experience in insurance defence litigation, the book combines information on law, insurance and sports to give you a complete view of all of the issues involved in assessing, controlling and financing your risks.
At a time when our sporting heroes are as likely to appear on the front pages of our newspapers as on the back and and when cheating by players and coaches has become a part of the daily discourse, sportsmanship has never been a more timely topic.
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Following the third staging of an annual exhibition game at The O2 Arena, the NBA has revealed that it could stage a competitive regular-season match in London from as early as next season. 
At least that is the belief of one in five children interviewed as part of a survey undertaken by The British Heart Foundation to launch its 
Dr Costas Karageorghis, calls music sport’s “legal drug”, capable of increasing performance by 20 per cent while reducing an athlete’s perception of effort by 10 per cent. 
