Sports and outdoor recreation Books

Book SynopsisIn Seeing Stars, Dennis J. Frost traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. Frost explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena.

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Book SynopsisSets out to show how Richard Nixon's passion for sports, more than policy positions or partisan politics, engaged the American people - and how Nixon used this passion to his political advantage. Fan in Chief takes place in the realm of political theatre, a theatre in which the president's role was perfectly genuine.Trade ReviewJust when it appeared that the cottage industry that revolves around Richard Nixon and historians had run its course, Sarantakes has produced a remarkable and original book about one of our most controversial presidents. In his fair-minded and very well-researched study, the author not only skillfully explores the relationship between the president and sports but demonstrates the powerful connection between sports and politics, a connection virtually invented by the Nixon administration." - Melvin Small, author of The Presidency of Richard Nixon"In Fan in Chief, Nicholas Evan Sarantakes presents the Richard Nixon we never knew. Through his love of sports like baseball and football, we see how ordinary Nixon was--even as president of the United States. The book is packed with Names fans will recognize, and Sarantakes shows us how a shared love of sports is a universal Language that brings people together." - Luke A. Nichter, coauthor of The Nixon Tapes: 1973"Sarantakes takes a serious look at President Richard Nixon's employment of sport for his political purposes and demonstrates that Nixon attempted to utilize the attributes of sport such as hard work, personal resiliency, and a commitment to following the rules and norms of society as a means to shape American core values and beliefs, epitomize democratic ideals, and promote a sense of community. Nixon believed that youthful voters primarily looked to the White House to define American identity rather than a Set of particular policies." - Steven A. Riess, Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, Northeastern Illinois University, and author of City Games: The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports"Richard Nixon loved politics, and he loved sports. In this excellent book, Nicholas Sarantakes shows how the president fused these passions to win favorable publicity but also to promote his conception of traditional American values. Embedding his narrative in great events and forgotten games, Sarantakes shows us a Nixon we have never seen before." - Allen Matusow, author of Nixon's Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars, and Votes"No modern president has used sports as a political metaphor so effectively as Richard Nixon. And few moments match the Nixon presidency as a time when issues like race, players’ rights, and feminism muscled their way onto the sports pages. Sarantakes breaks fresh ground in this intriguing study of how an awkward president employed his genuine love for sporting competition to demonstrate to his ‘great silent majority’ that he shared their values." - John A. Farrell, author of Richard Nixon: The LifeTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Welcome to Washington2. The Second Centennial: The Texas-Arkansas Game and Other Football-Related Matters3. The Olympics and the All-Star Game4. Sport and the Midterm Elections of 19705. The Final Death of the Washington Senators6. Of Redskins and Dolphins7. The Election 1972: The First Half8. The Election of 1972: The Second Half9. The Second Term, 1973-1974ConclusionAftermathAppendix AAppendix BAppendix CAppendix DAppendix ENotesBibliographic EssaySourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisExercise balls have taken the workout world by storm. They're inexpensive and uncomplicated, and they can turn an ordinary workout into a super workout that builds strength, increases flexibility, and sculpts a great-looking body. But unless people have a personal trainer, getting the hang of these exercise aids can sometimes be tricky.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Rolling Exercise Balls into Your Fitness Program 7 Chapter 1: Having a Ball Getting Fit 9 Chapter 2: Choosing the Right Ball for You 25 Chapter 3: Feeding and Caring for Your Ball 39 Chapter 4: Gathering Your Gear and Getting Ready 47 Part II: Workouts to Have a Ball With 67 Chapter 5: Warming Up Your Body 69 Chapter 6: A Swimmer’s Body: Shoulders and Upper Back 87 Chapter 7: Shapely, Sexy Arms 95 Chapter 8: Walking Tall: Chest, Abdominals, and Lower Back 109 Chapter 9: Booty Patrol: Working the Butt, Legs, and Hips 127 Chapter 10: Cool It! Wrapping Up Your Workout with Easy Moves and Stretches 143 Chapter 11: Total Body Workout-in-One 155 Part III: Variety Is the Spice of Life: Doing Different Activities on the Ball 177 Chapter 12: Core Values: Pilates on the Ball 179 Chapter 13: Gaining Muscle Power: Weight Training 195 Chapter 14: Easy Stretch Workout on the Ball 211 Chapter 15: Cardio and Go: Aerobic Exercise with the Ball 231 Chapter 16: Adding Accessories to Your Workout on the Ball 251 Chapter 17: Bending Over Backward: Yoga on the Ball 265 Part IV: Using Exercise Balls in Special Circumstances 275 Chapter 18: Come On, Mama! Pregnancy Workout 277 Chapter 19: Senior Citizens Get on the Ball 293 Chapter 20: Every Kid Loves a Ball 305 Part V: The Part of Tens 317 Chapter 21: Ten Changes You Can Expect to See in Your Body 319 Chapter 22: Ten Groups That Can Use the Ball 325 Chapter 23: Ten Activities That Complement Your Ball Workout 333 Chapter 24: Ten Things You Can’t (Or at Least Shouldn’t) Do with Your Ball 339 Index 343

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Book SynopsisThe Cheers and the Tears offers parents and coaches sensible advice and healthy alternative approaches to the competitive and stressful world of youth sports. Full of practical and helpful ideas for parents who want their child''s youth sports experience to be a success. . . . Refreshing, honest, and down to earth. --Joan Ryan, author, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes; columnist, San Francisco Chronicle Shane Murphy understands parents and helps them help their children. His guidance is immensely practical. This book is essential reading for anyone who works with children in sports. --Christy Ness, Olympic figure skating coach, coached Kristi Yamaguchi to the 1992 Olympic Gold Medal in Women''s Figure Skating The Cheer and the Tears is terrific! Shane Murphy provides excellent solutions to tough issues. If your child is involved in organized sports at any level, read this book! --Sean McCann, sport psychologist, United States OlympicTrade Review"Full of practical and helpful ideas for parents who want their child's youth sports experience to be a success. . . . Refreshing, honest, and down to earth." --Joan Ryan, author, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes "Shane Murphy understands parents and helps them help their children. His guidance is immensely practical. This book is essential reading for anyone who works with children in sports." --Christy Ness, Olympic figure skating coach, coached Kristi Yamaguchi to the 1992 Olympic Gold Medal in Women's Figure Skating "The Cheer and the Tears is terrific! Shane Murphy provides excellent solutions to tough issues. If your child is involved in organized sports at any level, read this book! --Sean McCann, sport psychologist, United States Olympic Committee "Shane Murphy has done a great job of identifying and summarizing the key issues of this important component of millions of kids' lives. Not only that, but he does it in an enjoyable and readable fashion. You can tell he writes as both a sports expert and a Dad." --Tom Crawford, director of coaching, United States Olympic Committee "This is a book for people who care about children and sports. Murphy uses nearly two decades of experience as a sport psychologist to provide a caring, critical, and constructive look at the problems and prospects of youth sports. His insights are timely, insightful, and immediately useful for parents and coaches in interested in a sound foundation for participating positively in the lives of children." --Jay Coakley, sociologist and author of Sport in Society: Issues and ControversiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. The Crisis in Youth Sports. How Did We End Up in This Predicament? What Do Parents Want? What Do Kids Want? Escaping the Parent Trap: Pushing Your Own Dreams or Encouraging the Young Athlete? The Family's Journey: Nurturing Safe and Healthy Young Athletes. How Do Children Become Competitive. How Competition Affects Children. Positive Approaches to Youth Sports. Notes. For Further Reading. For More Information. About the Author. Index.

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Book SynopsisSports Movies covers a broad spectrum of baseball, basketball, football, and boxing films. Describing the traditional formulas that have made these movies such crowd-pleasers, it also explores how the genre’s attitudes have changed over the years, especially regarding key issues like class, race, masculinity, and women in sports.Trade Review"This compact book packs a huge punch! Engaging and illustrative, Sports Movies deftly tackles the widely popular genre of sports films. Lester Friedman skillfully unpacks the history, themes, and cultural significance of the genre while attending to the consequential ways race, class, gender, and sexuality come into play on and off the field." -- Samantha Noelle Sheppard * co-editor of From Madea to Media Mogul: Theorizing Tyler Perry *"In this readable and insightful book, Lester Friedman invites readers to consider how movies about sport bring winners and losers into focus on the playing field and beyond.” -- Thomas P. Oates * author of Football and Manliness: An Unauthorized Feminist Account of the NFL *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Baseball Movies Basketball Movies Football Movies Boxing Movies The Sporting Life: Conclusion Acknowledgments Further Reading Works Cited Selected Filmography Index

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Book SynopsisSports Movies covers a broad spectrum of baseball, basketball, football, and boxing films. Describing the traditional formulas that have made these movies such crowd-pleasers, it also explores how the genre’s attitudes have changed over the years, especially regarding key issues like class, race, masculinity, and women in sports.Trade Review"This compact book packs a huge punch! Engaging and illustrative, Sports Movies deftly tackles the widely popular genre of sports films. Lester Friedman skillfully unpacks the history, themes, and cultural significance of the genre while attending to the consequential ways race, class, gender, and sexuality come into play on and off the field." -- Samantha Noelle Sheppard * co-editor of From Madea to Media Mogul: Theorizing Tyler Perry *"In this readable and insightful book, Lester Friedman invites readers to consider how movies about sport bring winners and losers into focus on the playing field and beyond.” -- Thomas P. Oates * author of Football and Manliness: An Unauthorized Feminist Account of the NFL *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Baseball Movies Basketball Movies Football Movies Boxing Movies The Sporting Life: Conclusion Acknowledgments Further Reading Works Cited Selected Filmography Index

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Book SynopsisContains more than 70 job profiles, each carefully reviewed and updated to reflect the duties, requirements, and salary ranges. This title features job profiles for: Aerobics instructor; Boxing manager; Pro baseball umpire; Professional football player; Sports industry attorney; and, Sportswriter.Trade Review"...a good addition to career literature...highly recommended..." - American Reference Books Annual"

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume shows how the function of sport as a historical and cultural marker is particularly relevant in Latin America.Trade Review“This collection showcases an impressive array of scholarship that employs new and traditional sources to highlight the importance of athletes, who often find themselves at the intersection of discussions about race, gender, nation, civic identity, and public space. Seamlessly weaves national identity, gendered discourse, civic life, and ethnicity from one chapter to the next. This volume privileges the human body over organized sports and presents physicality as a connective tissue. Across eight chapters, authors imbue athletes with symbolic and social significance as mediators of longstanding dichotomies across the region. This compilation will be welcomed by Latin Americanists searching for an accessible and varied collection to use in undergraduate courses on popular culture, as well as by sports scholars seeking to deepen their breadth of coverage of sports in the Global South.” —Journal of Social History|“Sports Culture in Latin American History captured my attention and expanded my sense of Latinidad by exposing under-analyzed, vastly hybrid histories and sporting practices. Extending key works in sport studies, each chapter offers a broad geopolitical lens on the role of sport in nation building, settlement, community activism, and social hierarchies. The collection offers a much-needed corrective to a U.S. practice of over-reliance on European-centered historical and cultural landscape for theorizing sport.” —Katherine Jamieson, University of North Carolina-Greensboro|“For those looking to expand their knowledge of sports as social phenomena, this book exposes the complex and diverse foundations of physical culture in today's Latin America. From the cholitas luchadoras bringing their indigenous roots to wrestling rings in Bolivia to the transformation of once repressed Afro-Brazilian capoeira into a highlighted national sport, the chapters in this collection illustrate the ever emerging connection between sports and culture.” —Jay Coakley, professor emeritus of sociology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs|“Sport offers a window to examine different aspects of identity. This multidisciplinary collection helps us understand the complexity and gray zones of Latin American sports as more than a simple diffusion, assimilation, and adoption of European sports. These thought-provoking essays raise new questions about the definition of sports in relation to the body, culture, and space.” —Jose Alamillo, California State University Channel Islands

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Book SynopsisIncluding an array of distinguished contributors, this novel book fills a gap in the literature by addressing an important yet under researched issue in the field of sports economics.Trade Review‘The reading of the book is stimulating and equally informative; engaging in sport activities appear to really matter for overall labour productivity market outcomes and the readers are told, individual life satisfaction is reportedly three times higher when participating in physical activity than happiness associated with employment. . . highly innovative and insightful, having the merit of filling a gap in the literature of the, yet under-researched, field of sports economics.’ -- Constantin Oprean, Management of Sustainable DevelopmentTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Plácido Rodríguez, Stefan Késenne and Brad R. Humphreys 1. Participation in Physical Activity and Health Outcomes: Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey Jane E. Ruseski and Brad R. Humphreys 2. An Economic Analysis of the Subjective Health and Well-being of Physical Activity Paul Downward and Simona Rasciute 3. Physical Activity and Obesity in Spain: Evidence from the Spanish National Health Survey Jaume García Villar, Sonia Oreffice and Climent Quintana-Domeque 4. Does Physical Exercise Affect Demand for Hospital Services? Evidence from Canadian Panel Data Nazmi Sari 5. Leisure Sports Participation in Switzerland Michael Lechner 6. Do Sporty People Have Access to Higher Job Quality? Charlotte Cabane 7. Team Success, Productivity and Economic Impact Michael C. Davis and Christian M. End 8. Sports Participation and Happiness: Evidence from US Micro Data Haifang Huang and Brad R. Humphreys 9. Subjective Well-being and Engagement in Sport: Evidence from England David Forrest and Ian G. McHale 10. High School Sports and Teenage Births Joseph Price and Daniel H. Simon 11. Physical Activity and Subjective Well-being: An Empirical Analysis Georgios Kavetsos 12. Sport Opportunities and Local Well-being: Is Sport a Local Amenity? Tim Pawlowski, Christoph Breuer and Jorge Leyva Index

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Book SynopsisPlanning an Applied Research Project in Hospitality, Tourism and Sports provides a comprehensive and carefully structured treatment of all the aspects involved in planning a research project. Instead of being a statistically oriented book,this textprovides a conceptual and process-oriented approach to planning and conducting research. Written for both students and professionals, it iseasy to read, short, and to the point, i.e., practical.Table of ContentsPreface x Chapter 1 Reading and Analyzing Research 1 Introduction 1 Industry Articles and Reports 1 White Papers 2 Definition of a Scholarly Journal Article 4 Sport Management Memos 8 Locations of Scholarly Articles 8 Quantitative versus Qualitative Research 10 Structure of Scholarly Articles 12 Structure of Quantitative Articles 14 Structure of Qualitative or Theoretical Articles 14 Structure of Research Reports or Studies 15 Evaluating Scholarly Articles 16 Summary 21 Key Terms 21 Works Cited in This Chapter 21 Chapter 2 Developing an Interest or Topic 23 Introduction 23 Ways to Find Topics: Your Manager or Your Professor 23 Ways to Find Topics: Review of Past Reading 24 Ways to Find Topics: New Reading 24 Ways to Find Topics: Interviewing 25 Ways to Find Topics: Brainstorming 26 Ways to Find Topics: Conversing 26 Ways to Find Topics: Faculty Suggestions 26 Clarifying and Selecting Areas of Interest 27 Cognitive Mapping 28 Purpose Statements 30 Types of Research 31 Importance of a Purpose Statement 32 Developing Research Questions 32 Purpose Statements and Problem Statements 36 Criteria for Effective Purpose Statements 37 Summary 38 Key Terms 38 Works Cited in This Chapter 38 Chapter 3 Conducting a Literature Review 39 Introduction 39 Definition of a Literature Review 39 Purposes of a Literature Review 42 Finding Scholarly Articles 44 Order of Reading Scholarly Journal Articles 46 What to Look for When Reading Articles 48 Research Methods 49 Taking Notes as You Read 50 Evaluating Articles 52 Preparing an Annotated Bibliography 53 Making a Literature Review Effective and Interesting to Do 55 Summary 56 Key Terms 57 Works Cited in This Chapter 57 Chapter 4 Reviewing and Revising your Purpose Statement 60 Introduction 60 Reasons for Revising Purpose Statements 60 Importance and Significance of a Purpose Statement 62 Purpose Statement and Supporting Dimensions 62 Process of Reviewing and Revising 64 Criteria for a Good Purpose Statement 66 Refocusing the Research 67 A Flexible Process 67 Doping in the Tour De France—Changing Impossible to Attainable 68 Locally Grown Food—from Behavior to Modifi cation 69 Servicescape to Self-Service Technology 70 Product Placement in Video Games 71 Final Thoughts 72 Summary 73 Key Terms 73 Works Cited in This Chapter 73 Chapter 5 Writing a Literature Review 74 Introduction 74 Purposes of a Completed Literature Review 75 Audience 78 Voice and Tone 79 The Perspective of a Literature Review 80 Constructing the Written Literature Review 82 Criteria for a Good Literature Review 83 Summary 84 Key Terms 85 Works Cited in This Chapter 85 Chapter 6 Forms of Qualitative Research 87 Introduction 87 Differences Between Qualitative and Quantitative Research 87 Purposes of Qualitative Research 89 Primary and Secondary Data 90 Types of Qualitative Research 91 Biographies and Histories 92 Case Studies 92 Conceptual Overviews or Reports of the Field 93 Content Analysis 94 Ethnographical Studies 95 Grounded Theory 95 Phenomenology 96 Program Evaluations 97 Advocacy Paper or Feasibility Study 98 Analyzing Information in Qualitative Research 98 Summary 99 Key Terms 100 Works Cited in This Chapter 100 Chapter 7 Forms of Quantitative Research 102 Introduction 102 Purposes of Quantitative Research 103 Types of Quantitative Research 105 Survey Research 105 Experimental Research 106 Post-Hoc Research 108 Developmental Research 109 Forecasting 110 Role of Hypotheses 112 Overcoming Confounding Variables 114 Determinations of Signifi cance 115 Mixed Methods 116 The Research Hourglass 118 Summary 119 Key Terms 120 Works Cited in This Chapter 120 Chapter 8 Sampling Issues in Research 122 Introduction 122 Reasons for Sampling 123 Strategies for Selecting a Sample 124 Sample Selection Process 125 Sampling Strategies 125 Probability Sampling Strategies 126 Non-Probability Sampling Strategies 128 Sources of Sampling Bias: Systemic Bias 131 Sources of Sampling Bias: Respondent Bias 132 Sources of Sampling Bias: Interviewer Bias 133 Sample Size 135 Summary 136 Key Terms 136 Works Cited in This Chapter 137 Chapter 9 Validity, Reliability, and Credibility in Research 138 Introduction 138 Credibility 138 Validity 139 Dependent and Independent Variables 140 Internal Validity 142 Forms of Instrument Validity 143 External Validity 146 Threats to External Validity 147 Reliability 148 Selecting a Research Design 149 Suggestions to Ensure Validity and Reliability 150 Summary 151 Key Terms 151 Works Cited in This Chapter 151 Chapter 10 Research Techniques—Interviews 153 Introduction 153 Using Interviews 153 Formats of Interviews 156 The Interview Protocol 157 Contacting the Interviewee 160 Preparing for the Interview 161 Stages of a Research Interview 163 Unusual Interview Formats 166 Group Interviews 166 Door-to-Door Interviews 167 Follow Up Interviews 168 Summary 168 Key Terms 169 Works Cited in This Chapter 169 Chapter 11 Research Techniques—Questionnaires 171 Introduction 171 Purposes of Questionnaires 171 Types of Questionnaires 173 Advantages and Disadvantages 175 Developing Questionnaires 176 Types of Questions 178 Electronic Questionnaires 181 Sequencing Questions 182 Demographic Data 182 Questionnaire Administration 183 Questionnaire Presentation 185 Privacy and Permission 186 Incentives 188 Summary 188 Key Terms 188 Works Cited in This Chapter 189 Chapter 12 Research Techniques: Observations, Focus Groups, and Other Techniques 191 Introduction 191 Benefits of Observational Research 191 Bias in Conducting Objective Observations 193 Challenges and Recommendations for Conducting Objective Observations 194 Observational Roles 196 Focus Groups 199 Benefits of Focus Groups 199 Challenges and Recommendations for Conducting Focus Groups 200 Size of Focus Groups 202 Expert Panels 202 Benefits of Expert Panels 203 Challenges and Recommendations in Conducting Expert Panels 204 Content Analysis 205 Benefits of Content Analysis 206 Challenges and Recommendations in Using Content Analysis 207 Coding in Content Analysis 209 Summary 210 Key Terms 211 Works Cited in This Chapter 211 Chapter 13 Analyzing Data and Other Information 213 Introduction 213 Steps in Analyzing Information 213 Collecting the Information 214 Immersing Yourself in the Data 215 Coding Data for Privacy and Record Keeping 217 Reviewing the Research Questions or Objectives 218 Organizing and Sorting Information 218 Identifying Relationships and Patterns 219 Quantitative Analysis of Patterns 221 Qualitative Analysis of Patterns 222 Reviewing the Data 223 Interpreting the Findings 224 Displaying Information 226 Significance 228 Summary 229 Key Terms 229 Works Cited in This Chapter 229 Chapter 14 Writing a Research Proposal 231 Introduction 231 Reasons for a Proposal 231 Elements of a Proposal 233 Audience and Point of View 237 Prefatory Documents 238 Executive Summary 238 Tips for Writing an Executive Summary 239 Other Supporting Documents 240 Introduction and Conclusion 241 Criteria for a Good Research Proposal 242 Summary 244 Key Terms 245 Works Cited in This Chapter 245 Appendix A Writing an Annotated Bibliography 246 The following Appendices are available at www.wiley.com/college/mayo Appendix B Refereed Scholarly Journals Appendix C Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Websites Appendix D Bibliographical Tools Appendix E Popular Databases Index 255

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Book SynopsisGlobalization and Sport is a unique collection which places sport at the heart of debates on global processes.Trade Review“The most intriguing parts of the book are where historical details of specific sports—cricket, soccer, Gaelic football, hurling, speed skating, baseball—are offered as evidence for the essayists' arguments on how the local interacts with outside forces, whether protecting, mimicking or influencing.” (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, May 2009)Table of Contents1. Sport and Globalization: Transnational Dimensions: Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson. 2. Not Playing Around: Global Capitalism, Modern Sport and Consumer Culture: Barry Smart. 3. The Grobal in the Sporting Glocal: David L. Andrews and George Ritzer. 4. Steps to an Ecology of Transnational Sports: Thomas Hylland Eriksen. 5. Recovering the Social: Globalization, Football and Transnationalism: Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson. 6. Is Baseball a Global Sport? America’s ‘National Pastime’ as Global Field and International Sport: William W. Kelly. 7. More Than a Game: Globalization and the Post-Westernization of World Cricket: Chris Rumford. 8. Imagined Communities in the Global Game: Soccer and the Development of Dutch National Identity: Frank J. Lechner. 9. The Global Footballer and the Local War-Zone: George Weah and Transnational Networks in Liberia, West Africa: Gary Armstrong

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Book SynopsisSporting Cultures, 16501850 is a collection of essays that charts important developments in the study of sport in the eighteenth century.Trade Review"This collection of essays, edited and introduced by O’Quinn and Tadié, highlights continuities between physical activities of the early modern period and contemporary pursuits…While erudite and useful, this collection is best for upper-division or graduate studies." -- E. A. Sanabria * Choice Connect October 2018 vol. 56 # 2 *"Viewed together, [the essays collected in this book] argue persuasively that by continuing to scrutinize sports in the long eighteenth century, we will enhance our understanding of the period’s most significant social forces and trends." -- Alexander H. Pitofsky, Appalachian State University * European Romantic Review, vol 30 no 4 *"This Olympian volume charts the rise of modern sports in British and French culture over a very long eighteenth century…Individual essays tackle not only specific sports and athletes but athleticism’s place in philosophy, bodily discipline, and medicine." -- Jayne Lewis * Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Alexis Tadie and Daniel O'Quinn I Classical Lineages Chapter 1: "What Is Sport? Arts of Rural Sport and the Art of Poetry, 1650-1800" Frans De Bruyn, Universite d'Ottawa Chapter 2: "Funeral Games: Ludic Events, Imperial Violence, Authorial Encounters" Daniel O'Quinn, University of Guelph Chapter 3: "Fencing and the Market in Aristocratic Masculinity" Ashley Cohen, Georgetown University II Sporting Animals and their Uses Chapter 4: "Turf Wars: Violence, Politics and the Newmarket Riot of 1751" Richard Nash, University of Indiana-Bloomington Chapter 5: "Animals as Heroes of the Hunt" Sarah R. Cohen, University at Albany, State University of New York Chapter 6: "Horse Racing in Early Colonial Algeria: from Anglophilia to Arabomania" Philip Dine, National University of Ireland, Galway III The Mediation of Sports Chapter 7: "Sport and the Body Politics: Athletic Competitions in Rousseau's Republican Theory" Ourida Mostefai, Brown University Chapter 8: "Writing Fighting/Fighting Writing: Jon Badcock and the Conflicted Nature of Sports Journalism in the Regency" John Whale, University of Leeds Chapter 9: "At Play in the Mountains: The Development of British Mountaineering in the Romantic Period" Simon Bainbridge, Lancaster University IV The Sporting Body Chapter 10: "Sports, Recreation and Medicine in 16th to 18th Century Italy and France" Laurent Turcot, Universite de Quebec a Trois-Rivieres Chapter 11: "Healing Hysteric Bodies: Women and Physical Exercise in the 17th and 18th Cneturies" Sylvie Kleiman-Lafon, Universite Paris 8 Chapter 12: "The Physical Powers of Man:" The Emergence of Physical Training in the Eighteenth Century" Alexis Tadie, Universite Paris-Sorbonne Chapter 13: "What is training?" Alexander Regier, Rice University Coda "Pilgrim, Pundit, Photographer, Spy: the ambiguous origins of mountaineering in India" Supriya Chaudhuri, Jadavpur University Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTechnology for Physical Educators, Health Educators, and Coaches guides instructors and coaches in taking full advantage of current technology to help them enhance their instruction, assessment, management, communication, professional development, and advocacy.Trade Review“If you can learn about and implement one third of the resources mentioned in this text, you will be way ahead of the average teacher. You will set yourself apart and stand out as a knowledgeable educator who knows how to motivate and engage students, and you will increase your productivity and effectiveness at your job.”—Ben Landers, NBCT, Elementary Physical Education Teacher and Founder of The PE Specialist“At last a book has been written that guides educators toward the best, most effective way to incorporate technology into all aspects of their professional life. While a teacher’s tech tool of choice will change over time, best practices will remain a constant, and this is the book to empower all teachers.”—Andrew Milne, 2017 SHAPE America Health Education Teacher of the Year and Creator of the SlowChatHealth Blog“Some coaches may be hesitant to add new technology to their coaching practice, but this book eases that fear. I highly recommend this textbook to coaches and coach educators.”—Dr. Scott Douglas, Board Member for the United States Center for Coaching Excellence (USCCE) and Sport Coaching Program Coordinator at the University of Northern Colorado“This is a text that embraces the current professional expectations of health educators, physical educators, and coaches within a 21st century classroom.”—Collin Brooks, PhD Candidate, Former Elementary Physical Education Teacher, and Cocreator of PhysEdagogy“The chapter Meeting Special Needs and Abilities Through Technology provides an excellent overview of a wide range of assistive technologies and guides the reader on how to incorporate specific equipment, devices, and apps in order to help students with disabilities engage with the health and physical education curriculum in a meaningful way.”—Dr. Scott McNamara, CAPE, Professor of Adapted Physical Education at the University of Northern Iowa“More than a how-to manual, the text presents a student-centered model for engaging the current generation of digital natives in exciting ways. It is an excellent resource for today’s educators and coaches committed to healthy lifestyles.”—Dr. Joanne Leight, Chair of the Department of Health and Physical Education at Slippery Rock University and Author of Technology for Fitness and Wellness ProfessionalsTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction to Technology in Physical Education, Health Education, and CoachingChapter 1. IntroductionPart II. Technology for Class and Team Management and CommunicationChapter 2. Management TechnologyChapter 3. Communication TechnologyPart III. Technology for InstructionChapter 4. Technology for Health Education Classroom InstructionChapter 5. Technology for MotivationChapter 6. Technology for Lifelong Health and FitnessChapter 7. Meeting Special Needs and Abilities Through TechnologyChapter 8. Online Instruction and Remote SupervisionPart IV. Technology for AssessmentChapter 9. Wearable Technology for AssessmentChapter 10. Other Forms of Technology for AssessmentChapter 11. Basic Digital Video Recording and EditingPart V. Technology for Professional Development and AdvocacyChapter 12. Technology for Professional DevelopmentChapter 13. Technology for AdvocacyChapter 14. Technology ResourcesPart VI. Legal and Financial Aspects of TechnologyChapter 15. Legal Aspects of Technology UseChapter 16. Technology Opportunities and Ideas for Acquiring Funding

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Book SynopsisRather than focusing on the Western Hemisphere, this collection of some of world sport’s most heralded celebrities (including stars of Motocross, surfing, distance running, and more) serves as a sort of passport to many places that make up our global sporting environment.

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Book SynopsisFor at least a century, across the United States, Mexican American athletes have actively participated in community-based, interscholastic, and professional sports. The people of the ranchos and the barrios have used sport for recreation, leisure, and community bonding. Until now, though, relatively few historians have focused on the sports participation of Latinos, including the numerically preponderant Mexican Americans. This volume gathers an important collection of such studies, arranged in rough chronological order, spanning the period from the late 1920s through the present. They survey and analyze sporting experiences and organizations, as well as their impact on communal and individual lives. Contributions spotlight diverse fields of athletic endeavor: baseball, football, soccer, boxing, track, and softball. ""Mexican Americans and Sports"" contributes to the emerging understanding of the value of sport to minority populations in communities throughout the United States. Those interested in sports history will benefit from the book's focus on under-studied Mexican American participation, and those interested in Mexican American history will welcome the insight into this aspect of the group's social history.

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Book SynopsisMaking the Connection: Data-Informed Practices in Academic Support Centers for College Athletes is practical and ideal for those who seek to use research to inform their individual and organizational practices. This volume is primarily intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, though scholars, researchers, teachers, practitioners, coaches, athletics administrators, and advocates of intercollegiate athletics will also find it useful. It comprises a series of chapters that cover a wide range of evidence-based approaches designed to enhance the practices of those who work closely with college athletes. Given the breadth of the field overall, this single volume is not exhaustive, but the current concerns, challenges, and themes of relevance to higher education researchers, practitioners, and others are well addressed.The intent of the text is to spark conversation about how college and university constituents can reframe their thinking about the importance of innovative research to careful, informed practice. Likewise, the contributors hope that it will inspire greater awareness and action among practitioners, as well as advance scholarship in the area of athletics. Each chapter includes current research, and in some cases theoretical perspectives, which should assist practitioners enhance the well-being of college athletes. Each chapter also offers guided discussion questions that are ideal for use as the basis of further conversation in the classroom setting.Adopters of this text will benefit from leading voices in the field who delve into complex issues, shedding new light and presenting unique opportunities for understanding a diversity of perspectives on evidence-based practices in support centers for athletes. In all, this volume provides a rich portrait of data-driven practices designed to assist practitioners and others who work closely with college athletes, and lays the groundwork for an ambitious and long overdue agenda to further develop innovative research that informs the practices of athletics stakeholders and improves the quality of experiences for college athletes.

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Book SynopsisMaking the Connection: Data-Informed Practices in Academic Support Centers for College Athletes is practical and ideal for those who seek to use research to inform their individual and organizational practices. This volume is primarily intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, though scholars, researchers, teachers, practitioners, coaches, athletics administrators, and advocates of intercollegiate athletics will also find it useful. It comprises a series of chapters that cover a wide range of evidence-based approaches designed to enhance the practices of those who work closely with college athletes. Given the breadth of the field overall, this single volume is not exhaustive, but the current concerns, challenges, and themes of relevance to higher education researchers, practitioners, and others are well addressed.The intent of the text is to spark conversation about how college and university constituents can reframe their thinking about the importance of innovative research to careful, informed practice. Likewise, the contributors hope that it will inspire greater awareness and action among practitioners, as well as advance scholarship in the area of athletics. Each chapter includes current research, and in some cases theoretical perspectives, which should assist practitioners enhance the well-being of college athletes. Each chapter also offers guided discussion questions that are ideal for use as the basis of further conversation in the classroom setting.Adopters of this text will benefit from leading voices in the field who delve into complex issues, shedding new light and presenting unique opportunities for understanding a diversity of perspectives on evidence-based practices in support centers for athletes. In all, this volume provides a rich portrait of data-driven practices designed to assist practitioners and others who work closely with college athletes, and lays the groundwork for an ambitious and long overdue agenda to further develop innovative research that informs the practices of athletics stakeholders and improves the quality of experiences for college athletes.

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Book SynopsisWomen's sports have received much less attention from economists than from other social scientists. This Handbook fills that gap with a comprehensive economic analysis of women's sports. It also analyzes how the behavior and treatment of female athletes reflect broad economic forces.Contributors to this volume use current theoretical models and econometric tools to examine the legal, social, and economic forces that affect the experiences of female athletes. They address such traditional topics as discrimination against female athletes and coaches and the effect of athletic events on the economies of host countries. They also apply theory and estimation to new settings, such as how women respond to tournaments in skiing and figure skating or how the growing dominance of Korean women on the LPGA tour is a form of immigration.This groundbreaking book is a valuable resource for professors, students, and researchers in sports economics, sports management, and women's studies.Contributors: S.L. Averett, D.J. Berri, R. Booth, R.W. Brown, X. Che, D. Coates, J. Congdon-Hohman, S.M. Estelle, B.E. Fairweather, B. Frick, K.F. Gilsdorf, B.R. Humphreys, R.T. Jewell, J.-H. Kang, A.C. Krautmann, Y.H. Lee, Y. Lee, E.M. Leeds, M.A. Leeds, R. Levy, V.A. Matheson, S.S. Montgomery, I. Park, M.D. Robinson, R.M. Rodenberg, F. Scheel, S. Shmanske, J. Stull, V.A. Sukhatme, J. Treber, P. von AllmenTrade ReviewLeeds and Leeds have filled a gaping hole in sports economics with this revealing collection of essays. The economics of women in sports has been too long neglected. By covering everything from women as sports spectators, to women as participants in individual and team sports at the collegiate and professional levels, to women's sports internationally, Title IX, and women's differential response to incentives, this volume not only demonstrates that there is much fertile ground to be studied, but also that the subject matter is both interesting and important. --Andrew Zimbalist, Smith CollegeIn the Handbook on the Economics of Women in Sports, Leeds and Leeds put together an impressive list of heavy hitters in the sociology and economics literature on sports to produce a tour de force volume. The entire spectrum of international perspectives is covered, from US, Korean, and Australian sports to world competition at the highest level of the Olympics and international championships. Whether your interest is attendance at women's events, performance and rewards in women's pro sports, gender issues in US college sports, or international performance and how women compete, this handbook is a must read for any serious fan, and for all serious scholars interested in the impacts of being female on sports performance and competitiveness. --Rodney Fort, University of MichiganTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Women, Sports, and Economics Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds PART I: WOMEN AND SPORT IN CONTEXT 1. Women’s Attendance at Sports Events Sarah S. Montgomery and Michael D. Robinson 2. Participation in Women’s Sport in Australia Ross Booth and Michael A. Leeds 3. Individual Decision-making in a Social Context: The Sociological Determinants of Female Sports Participation Judith Stull PART II: PERFORMANCE AND REWARDS IN WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 4. Gender and Skill Convergence in Professional Golf Stephen Shmanske 5. Gender Differences in Responses to Incentives in Sports: Some New Results from Golf Keith F. Gilsdorf and Vasant A. Sukhatme 6. Earnings and Performance in Women’s Skiing XiaoGang Che and Brad R. Humphreys 7. Understanding the WNBA On and Off the Court David J. Berri and Anthony C. Krautmann 8. The Goals and Impacts of Age Restrictions in Sports Ryan M. Rodenberg PART III: WOMEN IN INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS 9. The Economics of Title IX Compliance in Intercollegiate Athletics Susan L. Averett and Sarah M. Estelle 10. Revenues and Subsidies in Collegiate Sports: An Analysis of NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Robert W. Brown and R. Todd Jewell 11. The Impact of Increased Academic Standards of Proposition 16 on the Graduation Rates of Women and Men in Division IA Intercollegiate Athletics B. Erin Fairweather 12. Gender Differences in Competitive Balance in Intercollegiate Basketball Jaret Treber, Rachel Levy and Victor A. Matheson 13. Coaching Women and Women Coaching: Pay Differentials in the Title IX Era Peter von Allmen PART IV: WOMEN IN OLYMPIC AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTS 14. Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Empirical Evidence from 100m Races Bernd Frick and Friedrich Scheel 15. Do Men and Women Respond Differently to Economic Contests? The Case of Men’s and Ladies’ Figure Skating Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds 16. International Women’s Soccer and Gender Inequality: Revisited Joshua Congdon-Hohman and Victor A. Matheson 17. The Economic Impact of the Women’s World Cup Dennis Coates 18. An Economic Analysis of the Sudden Influx of Korean Female Golfers into the LPGA Young Hoon Lee, Ilhyeok Park, Joon-Ho Kang and Younghan Lee 19. Media Coverage and Pay in Women’s Basketball and Netball in Australia Ross Booth Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book examines how sports betting markets function. Charting recent international developments, expert contributors consider how both bookmakers and stakeholders view these changes, their prime areas of concern and the potential methods for addressing them. Providing a rigorous economic analysis throughout, this book examines the informational efficiency of betting markets and the prevalence of corruption and illegal betting in sports. Against this background, chapters explore pertinent questions such as: should gambling markets be privatized? Is the `hot hand' hypothesis real or a myth? Are the `many' smarter than the `few' in estimating betting odds? How are prices set in fixed odds betting markets? Chapters also review important policy concerns such as the health implications posed by the potential link between the accelerating popularity of sports betting and the decline in sports participation. Academics and students studying economics, sports economics and, more specifically, sports betting will find this book an engaging companion. Contemporary and up to date, it will also appeal to stakeholders looking to widen their professional insight.Contributors include: B. Buraimo, X. Che, S. Dobson, A. Feddersen, D. Forrest, J. García, J. Goddard, K. Grote, B. Humphreys, V. Matheson, R. Paul, D. Peel, L. Pérez, P. Rodríguez, J. Ruseski, R. Simmons, P. Westmoreland, A. Weinbach, R. Wheeler, J. YangTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Consumer Spending on Spectator Sports, Physical Activity, and Sports Betting: Evidence from Canada Brad R. Humphreys, Jane E. Ruseski and Jie Yang 2. Should Gambling Markets be Privatized? An Examination of State Lotteries in the United States Kent R. Grote and Victor A. Matheson 3. Price Setting and Competition in Fixed Odds Betting Markets Xiaogang Che, Arne Feddersen and Brad R. Humphreys 4. Evaluating Probabilities for a Football In-play Betting Market Stephen Dobson and John Goddard 5. Forecasting Football Match Results: Are the Many Smarter Than the Few? Jaume García, Levi Pérez and Plácido Rodríguez 6. New Empirical Evidence on the Tote-SP Anomaly and its Implications for Models of Risky Choice in Gambling Markets Babatunde Buraimo, David Peel and Robert Simmons 7. Market Efficiency and the Favorite-longshot Bias: Evidence from Handball Betting Markets Arne Feddersen 8. Hot Arms and the Hot Hand: Bettor and Sportsbook Reaction to Team and Pitcher Streaks in Major League Baseball Rodney Paul and Andrew Weinbach 9. Investigating the “Hot hand” Hypothesis: An Application to European Football Rob Simmons and Rhys Wheeler 10. Sports Corruption and Developments in Betting Markets David Forrest Index

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Book SynopsisFootball is more than just a sport. The pitch reveals emotion in the extreme: from the glory of goals, the rollercoaster of club loyalty, through to the immense pressure of expectation, fear of injury, and crushing defeat. Fans, players, managers, coaches and even those new to the sport can’t help but be swept up by the drama of the beautiful game. But when players at the peak of their physical fitness commit suicide, or poor mental health derails careers, there can still be a stunned silence in the community, a lack of connection. Dominic Stevenson, a writer, player, coach and lifelong football obsessive, interviews a diverse cross-section of characters in the football world to try to understand this lost connection between the sport and the mind. This book contains contributions from internationally renowned players such as Sam Hutchinson, Chris Kirkland, Ella Masar, John Harkes and Iffy Onoura. From voices at top clubs around the globe including Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and DC United, to the stories of smaller clubs and unsung heroes behind the scenes, Dominic reveals personal battles both on and off the pitch, touching on anxiety, depression, discrimination, trauma, identity and recovery. Trade Review"A heartfelt, poignant and thoughtful work on a topic that truly matters." - Daniel Gray, author of Saturday, 3pm"A must-read for fans of the beautiful game" - Nancy Frostick, The Athletic"Brilliant and important" - Doug Johnstone, author of The Jump"Emotionally intelligent, devastatingly real and carefully constructed Get Your Head in The Game is an absolute must read." - Hannah Albery, host of the Mind Matters podcast

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Book SynopsisThis state-of-the-art Research Handbook provides a challenging and critical examination of the complex issues surrounding sports in contemporary societies. Featuring contributions from world-leading scholars, it focuses upon the impact of their research, together with significant social issues and controversies in sport.International and comprehensive, the Research Handbook is organised around the key themes of governance, economics, events, the athletes and the future. Chapters examine the various theoretical and methodological approaches undertaken by the contributors and outline the current state of knowledge, to demonstrate the social and economic impact of academic research, as well as the constraints on research influence. Written during the global coronavirus pandemic, chapters also reflect on the way in which the public health crisis has exposed social issues and fragilities.The Research Handbook on Sports and Society will be a beneficial read for students of all levels studying sports science, sociology and public policy. The insights offered by established researchers will aid students in further understanding key methodologies, and opportunities and challenges for research. They also include recommendations for future policy and practice grounded in substantial research evidence.Trade Review'As the social significance of sport seemingly grows unabated, an understanding of the issues affecting our diverse societies is essential. This Research Handbook draws together an internationally distinguished set of authors and brings these issues to life through a distinctive approach. By exploring the personal research journeys of researchers in the field, and the social activism which brings these issues to the forefront of public debate, the Research Handbook is set to become compulsory reading for students and researchers alike.' -- Dominic Malcolm, Loughborough University, UK'A recognised leader in the sociology of sport, Professor Elizabeth Pike offers us a scholarly collection that makes a strong and original contribution to the field. Drawing upon the expertise and versatility of both established and emerging scholars, the Research Handbook on Sports and Society is framed in relation to three key themes: scholarship, activism and impact. Overall, the topics covered are far ranging, examine some of the most important topics within contemporary sport, and, are addressed with critical theoretical analysis that provides readers with unique insights.' -- Steve Jackson, University of Otago, New ZealandTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to sports and society: scholarship, activism and impact 1 Elizabeth C.J. Pike PART I THE GOVERNANCE 2 Sport, politics and the public intellectual 9 David Hassan 3 Sport organisations, politics and gender policies 22 Jorid Hovden 4 Researching and working in sport policy and development 38 Andy Smith 5 Sport, social movements and digital media 53 Simon C. Darnell, Sabrina Razack and Janelle Joseph PART II THE ECONOMICS 6 Economic determinants of sport performance 69 Wladimir Andreff and Nicolas Scelles 7 The industry of gambling on sport: deconstructing sports betting as a market, a product and a public health issue 83 Hibai Lopez-Gonzalez 8 Sport, advertising and promotional culture 97 Andrew Grainger 9 Media, sports, and society 111 Lawrence A. Wenner PART III THE EVENTS 10 Sports mega-events 128 John Horne 11 Fandom and well-being 143 Yuhei Inoue PART IV THE WORKPLACE 12 Gender and social inequity in and through sport leadership 159 Lucy V. Piggott 13 Renaming and reshaping the challenge of improving gender equity in sport coaching 174 Leanne Norman 14 Respecting referees? An analysis of abuse, support, retention and policy 188 Jamie Cleland 15 Volunteering within sport for development and peace (SDP) projects 202 Megan Chawansky PART V THE ATHLETES 16 Social perspectives on athlete pathways 213 Outi Aarresola, Jari Lamsa and Astrid Schubring 17 Foreign-born sportspeople in the Olympics and the Football World Cup: migration, citizenship and nationhood 227 Gijs van Campenhout and Joost Jansen 18 From fascination to revelation: my research journey with older Masters/ Veteran athletes 244 Rylee A. Dionigi PART VI THE ISSUES 19 Living in the along: reflections on inquiring into experiences of women in sport 261 Lombe A. Mwambwa and Elizabeth C.J. Pike 20 For a sociology of women’s sports on the African continent 276 Anima Adjepong 21 Disability inclusion in sport for all: ‘Baskin’ as a best practice model 291 Florian Kiuppis 22 Filing the podium: cheating, doping and corruption 307 James Connor 23 Researching pain and injury in sport 321 Ivan Waddington 24 Non-accidental violence in sports 337 Kari Fasting 25 Mental illness in sport 352 Michael Atkinson 26 Terrorism and sport 366 Ramón Spaaij PART VII THE FUTURE 27 The future of sports and society: a reflection and call to action 380 Jay Coakley Index

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Book SynopsisThe economics of sport exploded onto the academic teaching and research scene in the 1990s. This decade of intellectual effervescence is encapsulated in this state-of-the-art collection which reprints both classic work and more recent papers which may achieve classic status in the future. Andrew Zimbalist - widely recognised to be the leading authority in the field - has prepared a selection of articles which mark an important milestone in the development of sports economics. It will be an essential source of reference to a rapidly growing and widely dispersed literature.Trade Review‘The Economics of Sport pulls together the key contributions to this growing sub-discipline over the last fifty years. The sports industry has a peculiar economics, first recognised by Rottenberg in his path-breaking article on the labour market in baseball published in 1956. Since then a number of economists have analysed the various aspects of the sports industry but their work has not received the attention it deserves. This two-volume collection will help redress the balance and put the economics of sport in its rightful place as an important sub-discipline in economics. The Economics of Sport is a one-stop guide to understanding one of the most important industries in the modern economy.' -- Bill Gerrard, Leeds University Business School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Acknowledgements Introduction Andrew Zimbalist PART I THEORY OF SPORTS LEAGUES 1. Simon Rottenberg (1956), ‘The Baseball Players’ Labor Market’ 2. Walter C. Neale (1964), ‘The Peculiar Economics of Professional Sports’ 3. J.C.H. Jones (1969), ‘The Economics of the National Hockey League’ 4. Peter J. Sloane (1971), ‘The Economics of Professional Football: The Football Club as a Utility Maximizer’ 5. Mohamed El-Hodiri and James Quirk (1971), ‘An Economic Model of a Professional Sports League’ 6. George Daly and William J. Moore (1981), ‘Externalities, Property Rights and the Allocation of Resources in Major League Baseball’ 7. Rodney Fort and James Quirk (1995), ‘Cross-subsidization, Incentives, and Outcomes in Professional Team Sports Leagues’ 8. John Vrooman (1995), ‘A General Theory of Professional Sports Leagues’ 9. Daniel R. Marburger (1997), ‘Gate Revenue Sharing and Luxury Taxes in Professional Sports’ 10. Stefan Késenne (2000), ‘Revenue Sharing and Competitive Balance in Professional Team Sports’ PART II ANTITRUST ANALYSIS AND SPORTS LEAGUES 11. Daniel E. Lazaroff (1984), ‘The Antitrust Implications of Franchise Relocation Restrictions in Professional Sports’ 12. Gary R. Roberts (1986), ‘The Single Entity Status of Sports Leagues Under Section 1 of the Sherman Act: An Alternative View’ PART III LABOR MARKETS: GENERAL 13. Gerald W. Scully (1974), ‘Pay and Performance in Major League Baseball’ 14. Andrew Zimbalist (1992), ‘Salaries and Performance: Beyond the Scully Model’ 15. James R. Chelius and James B. Dworkin (1980), ‘An Economic Analysis of Final-Offer Arbitration as a Conflict Resolution Device’ 16. Lawrence M. Kahn (2000), ‘The Sports Business as a Labor Market Laboratory,’ 17. Kenneth Lehn (1982), ‘Property Rights, Risk Sharing, and Player Disability in Major League Baseball’ 18. Philip K. Porter and Gerald W. Scully (1982), ‘Measuring Managerial Efficiency: The Case of Baseball’ 19. Kenneth Lehn (1984), ‘Information Asymmetries in Baseball’s Free Agent Market’ 20. Philip K. Porter and Gerald W. Scully (1996), ‘The Distribution of Earnings and the Rules of the Game’ 21. Frank A. Scott, Jr., James E. Long and Ken Somppi (1985), ‘Salary vs. Marginal Revenue Product Under Monopsony and Competition: The Case of Professional Basketball’ 22. J.C.H. Jones and William D. Walsh (1988), ‘Salary Determination in the National Hockey League: The Effects of Skills, Franchise Characteristics, and Discrimination’ 23. Lawrence M. Kahn (1993), ‘Free Agency, Long-Term Contracts and Compensation in Major League Baseball: Estimates from Panel Data’ 24. Lawrence M. Kahn (1993), ‘Managerial Quality, Team Success, and Individual Player Performance in Major League Baseball’, 25. Anthony C. Krautmann and Margaret Oppenheimer (1994), ‘Free Agency and the Allocation of Labor in Major League Baseball’ 26. Kevin B. Grier and Robert D. Tollison (1994), ‘The Rookie Draft and Competitive Balance: The Case of Professional Football’ 27. Bradley T. Ewing (1995), ‘High School Athletics and the Wages of Black Males’ 28. Timothy R. Hylan, Maureen J. Lage and Michael Treglia (1996), ‘The Coase Theorem, Free Agency, and Major League Baseball: A Panel Study of Pitcher Mobility from 1961 to 1992’ 29. John Vrooman (1996), ‘The Baseball Players’ Labor Market Reconsidered’ 30. Jerry A. Hausman and Gregory K. Leonard (1997), ‘Superstars in the National Basketball Association: Economic Value and Policy’ 31. Todd L. Idson and Leo H. Kahane (2000), ‘Team Effects on Compensation: An Application to Salary Determination in the National Hockey League’ Name Index Volume II: Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I LABOR MARKETS: DISCRIMINATION 1. James Gwartney and Charles Haworth (1974), ‘Employer Costs and Discrimination: The Case of Baseball’ 2. Marshall H. Medoff (1975), ‘Racial Discrimination in Professional Baseball’ 3. Lawrence M. Kahn and Peter D. Sherer (1988), ‘Racial Differences in Professional Basketball Players’ Compensation’ 4. Clark Nardinelli and Curtis Simon (1990), ‘Customer Racial Discrimination in the Market for Memorabilia: The Case of Baseball’ 5. Lawrence M. Kahn (1992), ‘The Effects of Race on Professional Football Players’ Compensation’ 6. Neil Longley (1995), ‘Salary Discrimination in the National Hockey League: The Effects of Team Location’ 7. David W. Findlay and Clifford E. Reid (1997), ‘Voting Behavior, Discrimination and the National Baseball Hall of Fame’ 8. Barton Hughes Hamilton (1997), ‘Racial Discrimination and Professional Basketball Salaries in the 1990s’ 9. Matthew S. Dey (1997), ‘Racial Differences in National Basketball Association Players’ Salaries: A New Look’ 10. F. Andrew Hanssen and Torben Andersen (1999), ‘Has Discrimination Lessened Over Time? A Test Using Baseball’s All-Star Vote’ 11. Joseph McGarrity, Harvey D. Palmer and Marc Poitras (1999), ‘Consumer Racial Discrimination: A Reassessment of the Market for Baseball Cards’ PART II DEMAND ESTIMATION 12. Roger G. Noll (1974), ‘Attendance and Price Setting’ 13. John J. Siegfried and C. Elton Hinshaw (1979), ‘The Effect of Lifting Television Blackouts on Professional Football No-Shows’ 14. Andrew M. Welki and Thomas J. Zlatoper (1994), ‘US Professional Football: The Demand for Game-Day Attendance in 1991’ 15. Glenn Knowles, Keith Sherony and Mike Haupert (1992), ‘The Demand for Major League Baseball: A Test of the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis’ 16. Mark Baimbridge, Samuel Cameron and Peter Dawson (1996), ‘Satellite Television and the Demand for Football: A Whole New Ball Game?‘ 17. David W. Boyd and Laura A. Boyd (1998), ‘The Home Field Advantage: Implications for the Pricing of Tickets to Professional Team Sporting Events’ 18. Campbell Cowie and Mark Williams (1997), ‘The Economics of Sports Rights’ 19. David Peel and Dennis Thomas (1997), ‘Handicaps, Outcome Uncertainty and Attendance Demand’ PART III ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SPORTS TEAMS AND FACILITIES 20. John Siegfried and Andrew Zimbalist (2000), ‘The Economics of Sports Facilities and their Communities’ 21. John L. Crompton (1995), ‘Economic Impact Analysis of Sports Facilities and Events: Eleven Sources of Misapplication’ 22. Robert A. Baade (1996), ‘Professional Sports as Catalysts for Metropolitan Economic Development’ 23. Dennis Coates and Brad R. Humphreys (1999), ‘The Growth Effects of Sport Franchises, Stadia, and Arenas’ 24. Philip K. Porter (1999), ‘Mega-Sports Events as Municipal Investments: A Critique of Impact Analysis’ PART IV ANALYSIS OF COLLEGE SPORTS 25. James V. Koch (1983), ‘Intercollegiate Athletics: An Economic Explanation’ 26. Michael T. Maloney and Robert E. McCormick (1993), ‘An Examination of the Role that Intercollegiate Athletic Participation Plays in Academic Achievement: Athletes’ Feats in the Classroom’ 27. Robert W. Brown (1993), ‘An Estimate of the Rent Generated by a Premium College Football Player’ 28. Dale S. Bremmer and Randall G. Kesselring (1993), ‘The Advertising Effect of University Athletic Success: A Reappraisal of the Evidence’ 29. Robert W. Brown (1994), ‘Measuring Cartel Rents in the College Basketball Player Recruitment Market’ 30. Lawrence DeBrock, Wallace Hendricks and Roger Koenker (1996), ‘The Economics of Persistence: Graduation Rates of Athletes as Labor Market Choice’ 31. E. Woodrow Eckard (1998), ‘The NCAA Cartel and Competitive Balance in College Football’ 32. Daniel A. Rascher and Andrew D. Schwarz (2000), ‘Neither Reasonable nor Necessary: "Amateurism" in Big-Time College Sports’ PART V MISCELLANEOUS 33. Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Michael L. Bognanno (1990), ‘Do Tournaments Have Incentive Effects?’ 34. Jonathan M. Orszag (1994), ‘A New Look at Incentive Effects and Golf Tournaments’ 35. Angelo Cocco and J.C.H. Jones (1997), ‘On Going South: The Economics of Survival and Relocation of Small Market NHL Franchises in Canada’ 36. Stefan Szymanski and Ron Smith (1997), ‘The English Football Industry: Profit, Performance and Industrial Structure’ 37. Brian L. Goff, William F. Shughart II and Robert D. Tollison (1997), ‘Batter Up! Moral Hazard and the Effects of the Designated Hitter Rule on Hit Batsmen’ 38. Gregory A. Trandel, Lawrence H. White and Peter G. Klein (1998), ‘The Effect of the Designated Hitter Rule on Hit Batsmen: Pitcher’s Moral Hazard or the Team’s Cost–Benefit Calculation? A Comment’ 39. Brian L. Goff, William F. Shughart II and Robert D. Tollison (1998), ‘Moral Hazard and the Effects of the Designated Hitter Rule Revisited’ 40. Roger C. Vergin and John J. Sosik (1999), ‘No Place Like Home: An Examination of the Home Field Advantage in Gambling Strategies in NFL Football’ 41. Thomas Hoehn and Stefan Szymanski (1999), ‘The Americanization of European Football’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to examine, from an EU perspective, the numerous developments which have taken place in the regulation of sporting activity in the last decade.Uniquely, in addressing these developments, the book adopts an inter-disciplinary approach, involving law, economics and sociology. The chapters place the regulation of sport in the context of the EU regulatory structure which hitherto has emerged in a piece-meal fashion and thus warrants a more holistic approach. The chapters bring together several key themes which arise from the question of whether sport is special? This addresses a growing argument that sporting activity displays unique properties which require a distinct form of regulation that existing competition or free movement rules cannot provide. The book is divided into three parts which reflect the current policy, legislative and judicial discourses that exists in the regulation of sport.The Regulation of Sport in the European Union provides both an academic and practical review of EU law and policy as applied to sport, and as such, this comprehensive overview will be of great interest to EU law academics, economists and political scientists. It will also appeal to legal practitioners and to those with an interest in regulatory processes in the EU.Trade Review'Globalization not only means fans watching distant contests and leagues exporting their products elsewhere; it also means the ability of knowledgeable academics and policy-oriented fans to learn about how others confront similar challenges. North Americans who realize on reflection that the way we do things is not necessarily "natural" or "the only way" will enjoy and profit from the insightful comparative essays in this book. The so-called "European Model of Sport" is quite different than our own. There are significant parallels between the European effort to distinguish sport and commerce and our own efforts in regard to big-time collegiate sports. The unusual (for North American fans of typical sports leagues) issues with regard to auto racing are quite instructive. A truly horizon-expanding work.' -- Stephen F. Ross, Penn State Institute for Sports Law, Policy and Research, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THE REGULATION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN SPORT 1. Is Sport Special? Erika Szyszczak 2. Free Movement of Persons and Sport Robin C.A. White 3. On Overlapping Legal Orders: What is the ‘Purely Sporting’ Rule? Stephen Weatherill 4. Competition and Free Movement Issues in the Regulation of Formula One Motor Racing Adam Cygan PART II: THE REGULATION OF ‘LABOUR’ MARKETS 5. Disciplinary Regulation of Sport: A Different Strand of Public Law? Tim Kerr 6. The Regulation of Sport in the European Union: Courts and Markets Luca Barani 7. Remuneration of Sports Stars: Implications for Regulation Richard Disney PART III: SPORT IN THE MULTI-MEDIA AGE 8. Commercial Freedom and Sport: Has Sport Lost its Sporting Edge? Barbara Bogusz 9. Fame and its Exploitation: The Legal Protection of Celebrity in the United Kingdom Jennifer Davis 10. Exploitation of Databases, Intellectual Property, Competition Law and the Sport Industry: A Missed Goal? Estelle Derclaye Index

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Book SynopsisWomen's sports have received much less attention from economists than from other social scientists. This Handbook fills that gap with a comprehensive economic analysis of women's sports. It also analyzes how the behavior and treatment of female athletes reflect broad economic forces.Contributors to this volume use current theoretical models and econometric tools to examine the legal, social, and economic forces that affect the experiences of female athletes. They address such traditional topics as discrimination against female athletes and coaches and the effect of athletic events on the economies of host countries. They also apply theory and estimation to new settings, such as how women respond to tournaments in skiing and figure skating or how the growing dominance of Korean women on the LPGA tour is a form of immigration.This groundbreaking book is a valuable resource for professors, students, and researchers in sports economics, sports management, and women's studies.Contributors: S.L. Averett, D.J. Berri, R. Booth, R.W. Brown, X. Che, D. Coates, J. Congdon-Hohman, S.M. Estelle, B.E. Fairweather, B. Frick, K.F. Gilsdorf, B.R. Humphreys, R.T. Jewell, J.-H. Kang, A.C. Krautmann, Y.H. Lee, Y. Lee, E.M. Leeds, M.A. Leeds, R. Levy, V.A. Matheson, S.S. Montgomery, I. Park, M.D. Robinson, R.M. Rodenberg, F. Scheel, S. Shmanske, J. Stull, V.A. Sukhatme, J. Treber, P. von AllmenTrade ReviewLeeds and Leeds have filled a gaping hole in sports economics with this revealing collection of essays. The economics of women in sports has been too long neglected. By covering everything from women as sports spectators, to women as participants in individual and team sports at the collegiate and professional levels, to women's sports internationally, Title IX, and women's differential response to incentives, this volume not only demonstrates that there is much fertile ground to be studied, but also that the subject matter is both interesting and important. --Andrew Zimbalist, Smith CollegeIn the Handbook on the Economics of Women in Sports, Leeds and Leeds put together an impressive list of heavy hitters in the sociology and economics literature on sports to produce a tour de force volume. The entire spectrum of international perspectives is covered, from US, Korean, and Australian sports to world competition at the highest level of the Olympics and international championships. Whether your interest is attendance at women's events, performance and rewards in women's pro sports, gender issues in US college sports, or international performance and how women compete, this handbook is a must read for any serious fan, and for all serious scholars interested in the impacts of being female on sports performance and competitiveness. --Rodney Fort, University of MichiganTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Women, Sports, and Economics Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds PART I: WOMEN AND SPORT IN CONTEXT 1. Women’s Attendance at Sports Events Sarah S. Montgomery and Michael D. Robinson 2. Participation in Women’s Sport in Australia Ross Booth and Michael A. Leeds 3. Individual Decision-making in a Social Context: The Sociological Determinants of Female Sports Participation Judith Stull PART II: PERFORMANCE AND REWARDS IN WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 4. Gender and Skill Convergence in Professional Golf Stephen Shmanske 5. Gender Differences in Responses to Incentives in Sports: Some New Results from Golf Keith F. Gilsdorf and Vasant A. Sukhatme 6. Earnings and Performance in Women’s Skiing XiaoGang Che and Brad R. Humphreys 7. Understanding the WNBA On and Off the Court David J. Berri and Anthony C. Krautmann 8. The Goals and Impacts of Age Restrictions in Sports Ryan M. Rodenberg PART III: WOMEN IN INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS 9. The Economics of Title IX Compliance in Intercollegiate Athletics Susan L. Averett and Sarah M. Estelle 10. Revenues and Subsidies in Collegiate Sports: An Analysis of NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Robert W. Brown and R. Todd Jewell 11. The Impact of Increased Academic Standards of Proposition 16 on the Graduation Rates of Women and Men in Division IA Intercollegiate Athletics B. Erin Fairweather 12. Gender Differences in Competitive Balance in Intercollegiate Basketball Jaret Treber, Rachel Levy and Victor A. Matheson 13. Coaching Women and Women Coaching: Pay Differentials in the Title IX Era Peter von Allmen PART IV: WOMEN IN OLYMPIC AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTS 14. Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Empirical Evidence from 100m Races Bernd Frick and Friedrich Scheel 15. Do Men and Women Respond Differently to Economic Contests? The Case of Men’s and Ladies’ Figure Skating Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds 16. International Women’s Soccer and Gender Inequality: Revisited Joshua Congdon-Hohman and Victor A. Matheson 17. The Economic Impact of the Women’s World Cup Dennis Coates 18. An Economic Analysis of the Sudden Influx of Korean Female Golfers into the LPGA Young Hoon Lee, Ilhyeok Park, Joon-Ho Kang and Younghan Lee 19. Media Coverage and Pay in Women’s Basketball and Netball in Australia Ross Booth Index

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Book SynopsisWhile previous writing on the philosophy of sport has tended to see sport as a kind of testing ground for philosophical theories devised to deal with other kinds of problems - of ethics, aesthetics or logical categorization - here Steven Connor offers a new philosophical understanding of sport in its own terms. In order to define what sport essentially is and means, Connor presents a complete grammar of sport, isolating and describing its essential elements, including the characteristic spaces of sport, the nature of sporting time, the importance of sporting objects like bats and balls, the methods of movement in sport, the role of rules and chance, and what it really means to cheat and to win. Defined as games that involve bodily exertion and exhaustion, sports simultaneously require constraint and the ability to overcome it. Sport, argues Connor, is a fundamental feature of modern humans. It is shown to be one of the most powerful ways in which we negotiate the relationship between the human and natural worlds. Encompassing a huge range of different sports, and enlisting the help of Hegel, Freud, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Adorno, Sartre, Ayer, Deleuze and Serres, A Philosophy of Sport will inform, surprise and delight thoughtful athletes and sporty philosophers alike.Trade Review'Connor muses interestingly on the football pitch as a palimpsest of geometries; on why to be in the lead is to have an advantage in time, "to have wound the clock forward"; on the extreme demands made on the too-easily-mocked sports commentator; on sprinting as "the enraptured attempt to escape the capturing drag of mass"; on the utility of magical thinking in the "follow-through" of bat or club; and on how one does things with balls.' - The Guardian

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Book SynopsisChess Rules of Thumb gives you the winning principles of chess in clear, short statements. Three-time US Champion Lev Alburt and World Chess Hall of Fame Curator Al Lawrence have put together three centuries of insights from the masters. Fun to browse or to read from cover-to-cover, it's a book that all chess playersfrom beginners to grandmasterslwiull enjoy for a lifetime. Like life, chess has its rules. The difference that your parents probably didn't tell you about chess. Never cross the street before looking both ways. Never discuss portable explosives in the airport security line. Never overthrow the cut-off man. Never download email from someone you don't know. Never take the queen's knight pawn. Save hours of head-scratching and uncertainty in your own games and understand why the masters make the moves they do: The worst square for a White knight is b.2. With rook vs. two knights, exchanging queens is worth a pawn. Never capture the b.2 pawn with the queen. Rooks united on the seventh are blind pigs. The winner is the one who commits the next-to-last mistake. Backed up with diagrams and illustrations to help you remember key principles, a glossary of essential chess terms and a rundown on all major openings, Chess Rules of Thumb will improve your chess play. And it's great fun to read! Never buy a chess book that isn't fun!

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Book SynopsisThe sequel to Bowling Enchanted Woods. This is an anthology of short essays on sport - serious and satirical, sad and funny. There are pieces on players, matches and soccer hooligans, and also on the weather.

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Book SynopsisThis book looks at the potential of sport to contribute to wide-ranging development outcomes, which have been recognized across international policy declarations, most significantly in the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development. It provides a theoretical approach to sport and development. It begins by addressing the basic concepts of sport development and sustainability and then discusses the potential contribution of sport to five prioritized SDGs (SDGs 3, 4, 5, 8 and 16) and the environment as one of the sustainable development pillars that may contribute to SDGs 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. This academic resource provides a macro view to students and researchers of sports sciences to know more about the fundamental concepts of sustainable development goals, and to enhance their knowledge about sport as a conduit that can help achieve wider development outcomes rather than being an end in itself. This book is of interest to students and researchers of sports studies, from sociology to management, and researchers and policy makers interested in sport and sustainable development.Table of ContentsConceptual and Theoretical perspectives.- Sport for Health and Well-being.- Sport for Inclusive and Equitable Education.- Sport for Gender Equality and Empowerment.- Sport for Sustainable Economic Growth.- Sport for Sustainable Environment.- Sport for Peace and Integration.

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Book SynopsisIn this open access book the cost and revenue overruns of Olympic Games from Sydney 2000 to PyeongChang 2018 from eight years before the Games to Games‐time are investigated to provide a base for future host cities. The authors evaluated the development of expenditure and revenues of the organizing committees to operate the event, and the investment of taxpayers’ money for Olympic venues (non‐OCOG budget). The study is based on data collected worldwide and is currently the most advanced study on cost and revenue changes of Olympic Games.Table of ContentsCost and Revenue Overruns of Olympic Organizing Committees.- Cost Overruns of Olympic Sport Venues.- Reflection on Reasons That Cause Cost and Revenue Overruns.

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Book SynopsisSport ist ein Spiegelbild der Gesellschaft. Die heutige Arena der Profis ist von Kommerzialisierung und Mediatisierung bestimmt. Diese Entwicklung seit den 1970er Jahren ist eng mit dem Aufstieg des Neoliberalismus verbunden und hat skandalöse Zustände hervorgebracht: Feudalisierung und Machtmissbrauch, Korruption und Manipulation, Doping und Umweltdesaster, sozial unverantwortliche Geldströme. Wie steht es um den Sport in der gegenwärtigen Gesellschaft? Dieses Buch bietet eine umfassende und aktuelle Antwort auf diese Frage.Table of Contents1. 16 Kilometer vom Neoliberalismus zum Sportfeudalismus.- 2. Kommerzsieg in Politik und Sport.- 3. Geopolitik der Arena: Der Sport der Macht, die Macht des Sports und der Profit der Non-Profit-Organisationen.- 4. Von zwei Bürgermeistern, die auszogen Olympia fürchten zu lernen: ein Lehrstück.- 5. Finanzgrößen und Werbeflächen, Werte und Wertigkeiten.- 6. Missbrauch, Betrug, Gewalt.- 7. Pistenrausch im Umweltdesaster.- 8. Sieg der Fassade.- 9. Die Show geht weiter. Geht die Show weiter?.- Epilog.- Bibliographie.

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Book SynopsisMit Geleitwort von Fredi Bobic und Exklusivinterview mit Martin Kind!Das Buch skizziert die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung im Spitzenfußball: Ausufernde Spielergehälter und Ablösesummen lassen Vereine zunehmend wirtschaftlich defizitär agieren, um sich bei der Jagd nach begehrten Titeln wie in der Champions League Vorteile zu verschaffen. Diese Spirale veranlasste die UEFA, ein umstrittenes Reglement – Financial Fairplay – im europäischen Fußball zu installieren, das als gescheitert gilt und durch Financial Sustainability ersetzt wurde. Das Autorentrio stellt Alternativkonzepte für mehr sportliche Ausgeglichenheit (Competitive Balance) in den Wettbewerben vor. Eine Chronik zeichnet den Weg des Geldes in den Profifußball seit dem 19. Jahrhundert nach und beleuchtet, wie Vereine durch Aktienausgaben, den Verkauf von Vereinsanteilen an Investoren oder die Gründung einer Super League liquide Mittel generieren. Ferner werden wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie erläutert. Vereinsübernahmen durch staatsnahe Unternehmen (Paris Saint-Germain durch Katar oder Newcastle United durch Saudi-Arabien), um Sportswashing zu betreiben, oder die Gründung von Holding-Gesellschaften (City Football Group), um weltweit Fußballclubs unter sich zu vereinen, markieren Ansätze, sich gegen die Konkurrenz zu behaupten.Table of ContentsHistorische Entwicklung.- Die Ich-AG: Gehalt und Marke.- Beispiele von Vereinen mit verschiedenen Rechtsformen.- Interview mit Martin Kind.- Wirtschaftlicher Vergleich der Vereine der UEFA,Lizenzierungsverfahren und Ligastatuten.- Sportlicher Vergleich der europäischen Top-5-Ligen.- Eindämmung der „finanziellen Unvernunft“: Financial-Fairplay-Reglement (FFP) der UEFA.- Regulationsmöglichkeiten für einheitliche Rahmenbedingungen.

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Book SynopsisWissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, Trainerinnen und Trainer und alle am Sport interessierte stehen heutzutage vor der zentralen Herausforderung bewegungs-, sport- und gesundheitsbezogene Daten adäquat zu analysieren und deren Potentiale bestmöglich zu nutzen. Mit dem essential wird anschaulich gezeigt, warum Methoden aus dem Bereich der Künstlichen Intelligenz in den Sport und gesundheitsassoziierte Bereiche Einzug gefunden haben und wie diese dazu beitragen können, die vorliegende Datenflut im sportlichen Kontext zu bewältigen. Darüber hinaus werden Potentiale, Limitationen und zukünftige Entwicklungen der Künstlichen Intelligenz in Sport und Sportwissenschaft diskutiert und aktuelle Anwendungsbereiche skizziert.Table of ContentsProlog.- Eine kurze Einführung in die Künstliche Intelligenz.- KI-Anwendungen im Sport.- Zentrale Herausforderungen, Limitationen und offene Forschungsfelder.- Ausblick und Fazit.- Epilog.

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Book SynopsisNiederlagen, Rückschläge und Krisen gehören im Leistungssport dazu. Lange Zeit galt jedoch das Motto: „Was mich nicht umbringt, härtet mich ab“ und in Krisenzeiten wurde noch härter trainiert. In diesem Sachbuch erfahren Sie, wieso diese Denkweise aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht veraltet ist und für die sportliche Karriere schädlich sein kann. Selbstfreundlichkeit, Achtsamkeit und das Gefühl, in der Niederlage nicht allein zu sein, sind die drei Säulen des Selbstmitgefühls und Schlüsselkonzepte, um in krisenhaften sportlichen Situationen zu bestehen. Dieses Sachbuch vermittelt die theoretischen Grundlagen des Selbstmitgefühls und hebt insbesondere die Bedeutung der Arbeiten zum Selbstmitgefühl im Sport hervor. Die Theorie wird durch praktische Übungen und durch Experteninterviews aus den unterschiedlichen sportlichen Bereichen ergänzt. Ein Selbstmitgefühlstraining bietet so viel mehr als andere sportpsychologische Trainings, weil es mit einer warmherzigen Atmosphäre einhergeht. Werden Sie Ihr eigener mitfühlender Couch, der Sie liebevoll durch die Wellen der sportlichen Leistungsfähigkeit begleitet und Ihnen hilft, in sportlichen Krisen nicht unterzugehen.Table of ContentsWarum ist Selbstmitgefühl im Sport wichtig.- Grundlagen des Selbstmitgefühls.- Wissenschaftliche Studien zum Selbstmitgefühl im Sport.- Die Selbstmitgefühls-Praxis.- Alternativen: Weitere sportpsychologische Trainingsverfahren.- Expertenmeinung zum Selbstmitgefühl im Sport.- Ein Blick in die Zukunft: Potentiale und Limitationen des Selbstmitgefühls im Sport.- Das wichtigste zum Schluss: Selbstmitgefühl oder Selbstliebe?.

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Book SynopsisIm Fußballtraining kann es sich als äußerst schwierig gestalten, passende Spiel- und Übungsformen für die unterschiedlichen Altersgruppen und Erfahrungsstufen in Verein, Schule oder Freizeit zu finden. Dieses praxisnahe Lehrbuch enthält daher 49 Spiel- und Übungsformen, die mithilfe der beschriebenen Steuerungsmöglichkeiten um ein Vielfaches erweitert werden können. Alle sind mit einem Bild, dem genauen Ablauf, möglichen Variationen, hilfreichen Trainer*innen-Tipps sowie der Einschätzung der Schwierigkeit aufbereitet worden. Ergänzend werden 15 ausgewählte Spiel- und Übungsformen als abrufbare Videos angeboten, um ein unterstützendes Verständnis der einzelnen Trainingsformen zu ermöglichen. Abseits dieser praktischen Aspekte zum Sportspiel Fußball erläutern die beiden Autoren grundlegende Begrifflichkeiten – z. B. Taktik vs. Technik oder Spiel vs. Übung – und gehen auf wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse, beispielsweise zum Kinderfußball, ein. Dieses praktische Wissen soll dabei helfen, Dozierenden Anregungen für die universitäre Fußball-Ausbildung zu liefern, Trainer*innen viele Ideen zur konkreten Umsetzung in der Trainingspraxis bereit zu stellen, Lehrer*innen Hilfestellung für den Unterricht in größtenteils heterogenen Gruppen zu geben sowie Freizeitsportler*innen ihr Repertoire an Fußball-Spielformen zu erweitern.Table of ContentsI Fußball für Anfänger*innen und Fortgeschrittene – Eine Einordnung des Sportspiels Fußball.- Einführung zum Sportspiel Fußball.- Spielphilosophie vs. Strategie vs. Taktik vs. Prinzipien.- Grundlagen zum Erwerb von Taktik und Technik.- Leistungsbestimmende Faktoren im Fußball.- II Spiel -und Wettkampfformen.- Klassische Formen.- Alternative Formen.- III Spiel- und Übungsformen.- Einführung zu Spiel- und Übungsformen im Fußball.- Ich habe den Ball.- Wir haben den Ball.- Ich gewinne den Ball.

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Book SynopsisEl deporte escolar es una cuestión que preocupa a la mayoría de los profesionales de la Educación Física y del Deporte; por ello, tiene un lugar preferente y como tal nos sentimos obligados a seguir trabajando y adaptarnos a los cambios que suceden.

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