Individual Sports Books

New and Published Books

1. Adventure Therapy

   Theory, Research, and Practice

   By Michael A. Gass, H.L. "Lee" Gillis, Keith C. Russell

   The evolution and history of adventure therapy, as chronicled in the second chapter of this book, well demonstrates how far this field has evolved from a “divergent therapy” into an efficacious form of therapy that engages clients on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels. Adventure Therapy is...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
2. South Africa and the Global Game

   Football, Apartheid and Beyond

   Edited by Peter Alegi, Chris Bolsmann

   Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives

   Firmly situating South African teams, players, and associations in the international framework in which they have to compete, South Africa and the Global Game: Football, Apartheid, and Beyond presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how and why South Africa underwent a remarkable transformation...

   Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
3. Science and Football (Routledge Revivals)

   Proceedings of the first World Congress of Science and Football Liverpool, 13-17th April 1987

   Edited by Tom Reilly, Adrian Lees, Keith Davids, W. J. Murphy

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1988, this book contains edited and revised papers presented at the first World Congress of Science and Football. Held under the auspices of the International Council of Sport, Science, and Physical Education, the Congress was a unique gathering of international scientists...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
4. The Visual in Sport

   Edited by Mike Huggins, Mike O'Mahony

   Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives

   This comprehensive, novel and exciting interdisciplinary collection brings together leading international authorities from the history of sport, social history, art history, film history, design history, cultural studies and related fields to explore the ways in which visual culture has shaped, and...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
5. Science and Racket Sports III

   The Proceedings of the Eighth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress and The Third World Congress of Science and Racket Sports

   Edited by Jean-Francois Kahn, Adrian Lees, Ian Maynard

   Science and Racket Sports III introduces the edited papers and keynote addresses presented at the combined Third World Congress of Science and Racket Sports and Eighth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress, in February 2003. The papers are brought together by world-class...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
6. Routledge Companion to Sports History

   Edited by S. W. Pope, John Nauright

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The field of sports history is no longer a fledgling area of study. There is a great vitality in the field and it has matured dramatically over the past decade. Reflecting changes to traditional approaches, sport historians need now to engage with contemporary debates about history, to be...

   Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
7. Science and Golf IV

   Edited by Eric Thain

   The fourth World Scientific Congress of Golf, to be held in St Andrews in July 2002, will bring together all of the world's leading golf researchers. Science and Golf IV will present 90 or so of the best research papers delivered at the Congress, and represents the latest volume in a unique and...

   Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge
8. Science and Racket Sports IV

   Edited by A. Lees, D. Cabello, G. Torres

   Science and Racket Sports IV presents a selection of important contemporary research into the four core racket sport disciplines of tennis, badminton, squash and table tennis. It showcases the best of the peer-reviewed papers and keynote addresses presented at the Fourth World Congress of Science...

   Published September 29th 2011 by Routledge
9. Women's Football in the UK

   Continuing with Gender Analyses

   Edited by Jayne Caudwell

   Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives

   This book examines the complex ways in which girls and women experience football cultures in Britain. It extends current debate surrounding women and football (namely, how gender has functioned to shape women’s experiences of playing the game), by focusing on organisational, administrative and...

   Published September 28th 2011 by Routledge
10. Training for Sports Speed and Agility

    An Evidence-Based Approach

    By Paul Gamble

    Speed and agility are central to success in a wide range of sports. Training for Sports Speed and Agility is the first evidence-based study of all those aspects of athletic preparation that contribute to the expression of speed and agility during competition. Drawing on the very latest scientific...

    Published September 11th 2011 by Routledge