Uses color photograph sequences to provide instruction on all the biggest skateboarding tricks, techniques, and equipment, and includes tips on building skateboards. Titel: Mastering skateboarding Forfattere: Per Welinder,Peter Whitley Genre: Sports Sammendrag: Ever watched pro skaters and wished you knew how they were able to pull off the tricks that you see? If so, then Mastering Skateboarding is the resource for you! Two-time world champion skateboarder Per Welinder teams up with longtime skateboard advocate Peter Whitley to bring you the techniques and tricks used by the pros. Welinder and Whitley also provide in-depth coverage of skateboarding equipment, including how to select the components that work best for you and how to build and tune a board that fits your individual riding style. Packed with 88 tricks, this full-color guide is the only resource you’ll need to pull off all th
A strength coach for the University of North Carolina provides complete in-season, and off-season workouts organized into a year-round plan that ensures that players are reaching their physical peak each football season. 163 photos. Forlag: Human Kinetics Publishers Udgivelsesår: 1999 Sider: 260 Sprog: Engelsk Træning amerikansk fodbold sport idræt styrke
This illustrated text offers cyclists clear explanations and practical applications of cutting edge science in boosting performance, and discusses critical performance issues in both road and mountain biking. Titel: High-tech cycling. 2. ed. Forfatter: Edmund R. Burke Forlag: Human Kinetics Udgivelsesår: 2003 Sider: 322 Sprog: Engelsk
Provides a thorough introduction to the key concepts of sport and exercise psychology, taking students on a unique journey through the origins and goals, key concepts and career options available in this field Forlag: Human Kinetics Udgivelsesår: 2011 Sider: 625 Sprog: Engelsk
Forfattere: Sylvia Lachmann, J. R. Jenner Sprog: Engelsk Antal sider: 228 Forlag: Human Kinetics Udgivelsesår: 1994 Titel: Soft Tissue Injuries in Sport Udgave: Second Edition Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: An understanding of soft tissue reactions to trauma and the effects of treatment is essential for anyone regularly dealing with sports injuries. The second edition of this book provides a concise, practical account of the management of soft tissue sports injuries for the physiotherapist, sports doctor, general practitioner and trainer, based on the authors' extensive experience in running sports injury clinics. The book is in two sections: Section I concentrates on the incidence of injuries in different sports, general treatment and prevention, and the correlation between age and sports injuries; Section II is divided into anatomical regions — foot, ankle and so on — and describes i
A Yoga and Fitness Plan 1st Edition, by Desi Bartlett, PRINT ISBN: 9781492569800 E-TEXT ISBN: 9781492587538. Forlag: Human Kinetics Publishers Udgivelsesår: 2019 Sider: 305 Sprog: Engelsk
Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise, Second Edition, introduces exercise and sport biomechanics in concise terms rather than focusing on complex math and physics. This book helps students learn to appreciate external forces and their effects, how the body generates forces to maintain position, and how forces create movement in physical activities. Titel: Biomechanics of Exercise and Sport Udgave: Second Edition Genre: natur_videnskab_teknologi Sammendrag: Bogen gennemgår de centrale biomekaniske principper, der forklarer, hvordan mennesker bevæger sig i sport og motion. Den viser, hvordan man analyserer kræfter, bevægelsesbaner, moment og energi i almindelige idrætsbevægelser og træningsøvelser. Studerende lærer at observere og beskrive kropsbevægelser, identificere relevante ydre og indre kræfter og anvende biomekaniske begreber til at forbedre præstation, teknik og sikkerhed i fysisk ak
Examines the moral and ethical issues surrounding sport in contemporary society. This book addresses a spectrum of debates, including sportsmanship, doping, gender roles, social ethics, spectatorship and violence in sport. It features a section on drug use and genetic technology to explain ethical questions in these controversial areas Titel: Ethics in sport Forfatter: William J. Morgan Udgave: Second Edition Genre: natur_videnskab_teknologi Sammendrag: "Ethics in Sport, Second Edition" er en omfattende engelsksproget antologi om sportsetik. Bogen introducerer læseren til grundlæggende etiske teorier og anvender dem på nutidige problemstillinger i sport og idræt, herunder sportsmanship, fairness, køn og ligestilling, social retfærdighed, tilskuervold og sportens rolle i samfundet. En opdateret del omhandler doping, brug af præstationsfremmende stoffer og genetisk teknologi og diskuterer
