Individual Sports category: 1455 books

Many sports operate in a single dimensional contact world, for example road runners generally run on flat tarmac. However off-road running, in common with sports such as climbing, work in a more multi-dimensional world based on the ever changing surface with which they are in contact with.'Terrain Training...

Over the past fifteen years, the extreme sport of kiteboarding has developed from an unlikely concept into a worldwide phenomenon. Kiteboarding: Where it's at... tracks these changes and looks at the various tangents that the sport has taken. With stunning photography, each part reviews one...

Crowood Sports Guides are the perfect tool for anyone wanting to improve their performance, from beginners learning the basic skills to more experienced participants working on advanced techniques. These practical, no-nonsense guides will help you give you that all-important advantage. Archery - Crowood...

It's the first thing they think about every morning and the last thing before bed. Their days, weeks, months and years revolve around it. They are champions on their most difficult, rewarding path that separates them from all competition. Self-perfection burns in their hearts. They aim to be...

Transfer of training may be defined as the degree to which trainees apply to their jobs the knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes they gained in training. In the field of education, concept of transfer of training is not a new one. It is being used in all kinds of learning and it plays important...

Eat Right, Swim Faster is the ultimate nutrition resource for competitive swimmers of all ages. It is a smartly written book of highly practical and very accessible information for swimmers interested in what food can do for them in their pursuit of maximum performance in the water. Rather than insisting...

The texts are critically arranged in such a manner that a learner feels ease while reading the texts and learning the skills, tactics, strategies, rules etc. of Discus Throw. The language used while composing the texts are basically simple colloquial English.

Table of contents Introduction Warm up as well as stretch out Games Footwork Ballwork The Chest Move The Bounce Move Training plans and basic abilities Developing abilities For example Constructing strength Measuring outcomes Strike concepts and strategies Attack methods Attack improvement Determining...

this book, any aspirant learner may definitely understand and sharp his bowling skills which is integral part of the game of cricket. It includes all the essentials ingredients of Bowling viz., skills, techniques, latest rules and court measurements and dimensions along with relevant illustrations

Generally, the word Training is commonly used term in human language but in broad sense training may be define as an organised and systematic instructional process which aim is to improve the individuals physical, psychological and intellectual performance capacity.

A modern biomechanical perspective of traditional judo This book explains the principles behind judo and other grappling sports. As a judo expert and veteran coach, Steve Scott merges traditional martial wisdom with modern kinesiology, the study of human anatomy and movement. This new biomechanical...

Reviews for the print edition of Anatomy of Exercise (in the same series): Fascinating ... useful for anyone interested in enhancing their fitness routine as well as fitness instructors who want to visually show their customers the benefits of each exercise. --American Reference Book Annual One...

The present book Playing Field Measurement Manual is a painstaking effort by the author in the field of physical education and sports. All the measurement, court dimensions of various famous sports popularized all over the world are described in a lucid from with relevant illustrations for better understand the texts.

"After more than forty years coaching, I still found new information I will be using with my athletes." - Renowned coach John Thrush on Exo-Kinetics. Exo-kinetics: A Guide to Explosive Performance and Training… This book will change your entire perspective on explosiveness in sports....