For over 25 years, Contemporary Sport Management has been the most comprehensive, authoritative introductory text in the field, and the improved eighth edition promises to serve the needs of sport management students even better. Sixty contributors representing a diverse array of scholarly and practitioner backgrounds have teamed up to deliver a timely text to keep pace with the ever-changing sport management landscape. Nearly a third of the contributors are new to this edition, adding fresh ...

This book examines how social issues shape and influence our engagement with sport, leisure time physical activity and health-promoting exercise. Connecting the personal with the public, it helps the reader to develop a deeper understanding of how social contexts and structures create or constrain opportunities for exercise, leisure and sport.

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Descubre el universo en rápido crecimiento de los esports, donde se analizan desde la cultura y estructura competitiva hasta desafíos legales, financieros y de marketing. La obra desvela el funcionamiento interno del sector, iluminando oportunidades laborales y estratégicas en este vibrante entorno de entretenimiento.

Now in its fifth edition, The Psychology of Exercise: Integrating Theory and Practice is the ideal resource for upper-level undergraduate courses devoted to the study of exercise behavior. This book integrates theoretical principles and the latest research with intervention strategies that students can apply in real-world settings.

This book provides students and event managers with an insight into the strategic management of sports events of all scales and types, from international mega-events to community sport. Introducing key theory and best practice, it offers a practical, step- by-step guide to planning, organizing, managing and evaluating events.

Running Anatomy, Second Edition, features 48 of the most effective exercises for runners--each with clear step-by-step descriptions--and 155 anatomical illustrations highlighting the runner's muscles in action.

Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, Research Methods for Sport Management provides a complete introduction to qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods for sport management students and practitioners. Full of real-world case studies, data, and examples, and including international perspectives throughout this book to help the reader understand the challenges of research in different social and cultural contexts, this book links theory to practice, highlighting the importance...