Sport

This book examines the phenomenon of 'digital guru media' (DGM), the self-styled online influencers, life coaches, experts and entrepreneurs who post on the themes of wellness, health and fitness.

This book introduces the fundamentals of sport business governance, assuming no prior knowledge on the part of the reader. It explains to students and practitioners alike why governance matters and how it can be better practiced in sport organisations.

This book looks at how sport, and sports organisations, have had to innovate during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This powerful new book looks at how private institutions governing and organising sport restrict political expression. Uniquely, it makes a case for the freedom of expression for athletes, spectators and audiences built upon philosophical foundations.

This is the first book to introduce flipped learning in the context of physical education. It is a timely exploration of pedagogical approaches that draw on digital technologies that can allow learning online and at a distance to support important learning time for physical activity.

This book examines the role that research plays in pedagogical practices when teaching disabled children and young people in physical education classes. It scrutinises the practices that are commonly used by teachers and coaches, and advocated by academics, and explores the evidence base that supports them.

This is the first volume to examine and shed significant light on the issues, challenges and prospects presented by foreign direct investment (FDI) in tourism - a topic of increasing relevance in light of the covid-19 pandemic and economic consequences.

Although sport participation decreases on average for women once they become mothers, athletes have demonstrated that motherhood does not signal the end of sport engagement and athletic identities, or career roles. This is the first book to offer an in-depth examination of the nexus of women, sport and culture within the context of motherhood.

This book addresses the major forms of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in children's sport, including sexual, physical, and psychological violence and neglect. It reviews the historical, sociocultural, and political influences on violence towards children, and sets out future agendas for research and practice to eliminate GBV in sport.

Football attracts people from all walks of life - but very few can match the story of Paul Montgomery, the flamboyant Geordie who went from running a floating nightclub to spotting some of the greatest British footballing talent of the last 40 years.

This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the question of esports and their role in society. It will be of great interest to scholars, students, and anyone working in game studies, new media, leisure, sport studies, communication studies, transmedia literacy, and digital culture.

Visitor Experience at Holocaust Memorials and Museums is the first volume to offer comprehensive insights into visitor reactions to a wide range of museum exhibitions, memorials, and memory sites.

Bringing together leading match-fixing researchers from different fields, this book offers new theoretical and applied perspectives on this persistent problem in sport and wider society.

Coach Education in Football is the first book to explicitly explore social, cultural, and historical aspects, by providing critical insight into football coach education programmes from across the globe.

The History of the European Championship tells the tale of each tournament, highlighting the key events and providing an in-depth account of every final.This book also provides a detailed preview of EURO 2024, which is being staged in Germany across 10 state-of-the-art stadiums.

This book tells the inspiring story of the 1984 U.S. men's Olympic volleyball team. After many years playing as underdogs, a maverick coach would take over and push the players to their physical and emotional limits. Their journey to the Olympics reveals the value of teamwork, never giving up, and trusting in an innovative style of leadership.

A convenient A2 format chart pack of The Solent and Isle of Wight provided in a sturdy plastic wallet.

In fairy tales and movies, in comic books and novels, everyone loves cheering for the underdog - and people's affection for the underdog carries over into sport. The thrill of an unexpected triumph by those given no chance to win makes our hearts beat faster and sends our voices soaring with roars of joy and yelps of disbelief.The power of these victories goes beyond the playing fields upon and the stadiums they take place in. This book celebrates the athletes and teams who defied expert opinion, turned history on its head and shocked the sporting world. From the teenage girl who won one of the biggest tournaments in tennis just months after suffering a sporting disaster in front of millions of viewers to the record-breaking NFL kicker who was born without toes, there are stories here that will set your pulse racing and your mind running. Who knows, perhaps one day you too will live your own underdog story that inspires the world.

American Football für Dummies ist ein umfassender Leitfaden für Fans des Footballs und seiner vielen Komponenten. In diesem Buch erfahren Sie das wichtigste zu Aufstellung, Regeln und Strategien. Die Football-Legende Howie Long und der Football-Analyst John Czarnecki präsentieren mit ausführlichen Erklärungen zu jeder Position, Analysen von Angriff und Verteidigung und detaillierten Spielstrategien die Grundlagen des Footballs für Fans jeden Alters und jeder Erfahrung. Verschaffen Sie sich das Wissen, das Sie brauchen, um dem Footballspiel zu folgen und es mit Freunden und Familie zu genießen. Das Buch enthält alles, was Sie brauchen, um der sachkundigste Zuschauer vor dem Fernseher zu sein!

A comprehensive guide to some of the top 100 links golf courses in Great Britain and Ireland. The book is written by an unabashed links lover who believes that the congress of sea, ocean and duneland, places links golf in an elevated echelon.

A celebration in essays and photography of the contribution of Arsenal football club to Black British cultural history

The book offers a critical exploration of the integration of AI, blockchain, and metaverse technology in the hospitality and tourism industry to investigate the potential of these technologies in revolutionizing the industry.