Lifestyle, sport & leisure
Sports & outdoor recreation
Acquiring Skill in Sport: An Introduction by John Honeybourne
Format: Hardback, 160 pagesPublished by: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415349352
This user-friendly, accessible text will enable new students to understand the basic concepts of sport skills acquisition. Read More...
Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School by J. A. Mangan
Format: Paperback, 408 pagesPublished by: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780714680439
Games obsessed the Victorian and Edwardian public schoools. Read More...
Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming VII by A.P. Hollander
Format: Hardback, 296 pagesPublished by: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780419204800
Following on from the successful Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming VI proceedings which covered the conference held in Liverpool, this book contains all twelve of the keynote addresses and selected, edited and revised papers presented at the Swimming Science VII conference in Atlanta. Read More...
Boxing, Masculinity and Identity by Kath Woodward
Format: Hardback, 192 pagesPublished by: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415367707
Drawing on ethnographic research as well as popular representations of boxing in the media, this book considers the relationships between the portrayal of the sport and its practice, alongside complex sociological constructs of identity and gender. Read More...
Capoeira by Matthias Röhrig Assunção
Format: Paperback, 224 pagesPublished by: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780714680866
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art now spreading over the rest of the world and this book, the only complete history of the art in the English language, traces the history of the martial art and examines its influence. Read More...