Somatotyping
Somatotyping

Author: J. E. Lindsay Carter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990-06-28

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9780521351171

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Somatotyping is a method of description and assessment of the body on three shape and composition scales: endomorphy (relative fatness), mesomorphy (relative musculoskeletal robustness), and ectomorphy (relative linearity). This book (the first major account of the field for thirty years) presents a comprehensive history of somatotyping, beginning with W. J. Sheldon's introduction of the method in 1940. The controversies regarding the validity of Sheldon's method are described, as are the various attempts to modify the technique, particularly the Heath-Carter method, which has come into widespread use. The book reviews present knowledge of somatotypes around the world, how they change with growth, ageing and exercise, and the contributions of genetics and environment to the rating. Also reviewed are the relationships between somatotypes and sport, physical performance, health and behaviour. Students and research workers in human biology, physical and biological anthropology and physical education will all find valuable information in this book.

American Sports in an Age of Consumption
American Sports in an Age of Consumption

Author: Cory Hillman

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 0786498889

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Sports are not what they used to be. New publicly funded stadiums resemble shopping malls. Fans compete for cash prizes in fantasy sports leagues. Sports video games are now marketing and public relations tools and team logos have become fashionable brands. The larger social meanings sports hold for fans are being eclipsed by their commercial function as a means to sell merchandise and connect corporate sponsors with consumers. This book examines how the American consumer culture affects professional and collegiate sports, reducing fans to consumers and trivializing sports themselves. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Football, Corruption and Lies
Football, Corruption and Lies

Author: John Sugden

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-12-04

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1134811675

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World football is in crisis. The corruption scandal engulfing FIFA is arguably the biggest story in the history of modern sport and a watershed for sport governance. More than a decade ago, John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson laid the foundations for subsequent investigations with the publication of Badfellas, a groundbreaking work of critical sport sociology that exposed the systematic corruption at the heart of world football. It was a book that FIFA and Sepp Blatter tried to ban. Now re-issued to combine the original contents of Badfellas with new chapters covering the current crisis, this book points to the ways in which FIFA’s new administration can learn from the Blatter story. The prequel traces the course of Sugden and Tomlinson’s game-changing investigation into FIFA, while the sequel updates the FIFA story from 2002 onwards and provides a chronology of crises and scandals within the FIFA narrative. Demonstrating the vital importance of critical investigative methods in sport studies, Football, Corruption and Lies: Revisiting Badfellas, the book FIFA tried to ban is essential reading for anybody looking to understand Blatter’s rise and fall.

Knute Rockne
Knute Rockne

Author: Michael R. Steele

Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781571672551

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A tragic aeroplane crash in 1931 cut short the amazing life of Knute Kenneth Rockne, the famous football coach at the University of Notre Dame. His 12 years as the Flighting Irish head coach left a legacy that, to this day, still rates as the national record for winning percentage among college coaches. Knute Rockne: A Portrait of a Notre Dame Legend delves into the intriguing facets of Rockne's life and ends with the original interviews with Irish players who survived him some sixty years later. Augmented by dozens of rare photographs, this fascinating book furnishes readers with a superb understanding of one of American sports' most unique individuals.

Law & Amateur Sports
Law & Amateur Sports

Author: Ronald J. Waicukauski

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780253137302

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This text considers such topics as the constitutional problem of due process when an athlete, coach, or team is excluded from competition; the primary issues arising in sports injury litigation; legal approaches to sex discrimination in athletics; the regulation of academic standards in intercollegiate athletics; and others.

Physical Therapies in Sport and Exercise
Physical Therapies in Sport and Exercise

Author: Gregory Kolt

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2007-08-22

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 0443103518

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Physical Therapies in Sport and Exercise provides a truly comprehensive source of the latest evidence-based approaches to the assessment, management, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries related to sport and exercise. Written by an international, multidisciplinary team of contributors, all of whom are leaders in their fields, it has been expertly compiled and edited by two experienced and well-respected practitioners from Australia/New Zealand and the USA. Fully referenced and research based International team of experts are contributors Applied/practical approach New chapters on Cartilage, Prevention of Injury, and Rehabilitation of lower limb muscle and tendon injuries Authors are world leading experts in their fields representing 10 countries

The Pride of Minnesota
The Pride of Minnesota

Author: Thom Henninger

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2021-05

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1496225600

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Thom Henninger provides a nostalgic look at the era’s elite Minnesota Twins teams and the turbulent times in which they competed in four dramatic American League pennant races between 1965 and 1970.