If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, then Sports Science is for you! From basketball to biking to snowboarding and more, you'll discover the science behind all your favorite sports. Dozens of fun-filled activities help you see for yourself how a batter can hit a 90-mile-an-hour pitch, why a "spiral" is the best way to throw a football, how the surface of a ball affects its bounce, and much, much more. All of the projects are safe and easy to do, and all you need is everyday stuff from around the house. So take the plunge and get ready for Sports Science fun!

This invaluable reference for anyone interested in the fascinating world of sport contains more than 5,000 terms relating to sport and sports science. Among the included subjects are anatomy, physiology, physiotherapy, biology, sports medicine, sporting rules and regulations, governing bodies, health and fitness, and banned substances.
A & C Black Publishers, owned by Bloomsbury, publishes books from reference to the fine arts. They are based in London.

This textbook for sports science students and coaches contains chapters written by international experts on a wide range of disciplines relating to soccer, both from the research and practical side of the game. As the first book dedicated to applying science to soccer, it provides the reader with a wealth of information including how: * nutrition affects performance * psychology affects players * injury can be avoided The text is divided into four parts: biology, biomechanics and soccer medicine, behavioural science and soccer, and match analysis.

This book is a collection of summarized papers and poster presentations from the 4th International Congress Rehabilitation: Mobility, Exercise & Sports, which will be of interest to all those involved in the field of human movement sciences and the rehabilitation professions. Rehabilitation medicine is a relatively young discipline, as is the science of human movement, but both have progressed rapidly from their inception in the latter half of the 20th century to take their current place as important, multi-disciplinary

Longman Science for AQA GCSE Science is the perfect accompaniment to the AQA Science GCSE specifications. The components work seamlessly together to offer you a fully supported and differentiated solution to help you deliver AQA Science GCSE specifications successfully from your first day of teaching.

The Complete Book of Learning with Sports takes the young learner through lessons and activities which help develop important basic skills using popular sports themes. It includes lessons and activities in reading, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, spelling and writing, and thinking skills.

In a clear, simple language. noted science educator George Barr presents physical concepts that can help youngsters improve their athletic skills while making them more knowledgable spectators of sports. Inertia vs. motion, gravity, speed, trajectory, and action vs. reaction are among the topics covered in M.r. Barr's well illustrated presentation.

Sports Illustrated is the most successful and enduring multi-sport magazine in South Africa. It excites, enthuses and entertains sports lovers, while providing in-depth, well-researched coverag