New Books & DVDs: Health & Physical Education

"42 Today" is an exploration of Jackie Robinson and his legacy"-- Provided by publisher.

"This manual is the third edition of the professional Adapted Physical Education National Standards (APENS). The National Consortium for Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPEID) conducts a review process every several years and revises the APENS and the national exam as needed. These revisions are made by members of the profession to reflect current knowledge and practices"-- Provided by publisher.

"The book is a resource for American football coaches, conditioning specialists, and players preparing for football combines, tests used by collegiate and professional coaches and scouts to evaluate players' speed, strength, endurance, power, agility, and football skills. The book describes common tests and provides exercises, drills, and programs to help players prepare for those tests."-- Provided by publisher.

This book identifies what it takes to listen well - the skills, mind-set, presence, self-awareness and self-management - and why it can be hard. It demonstrates how four modes of listening- attention, inquiry, observation and use of self - all contribute to the listener's understanding and to the speaker's awareness. It argues that we all have a 'learning edge' as listeners and provides a framework that helps each of us find it. The book is intended as a companion for anyone who commits to becoming a good listener. It shows how to develop expertise in the four modes of listening. It offers examples and principles to guide practice, questions for reflection, and a series of 'workouts' to help the listener develop their ability to listen.

In this in-depth study of sportsmanship and athletic teams, Suzanne S. Hudd analyzes the athlete's covenant, a set of informal guidelines that remind athletes they play for others as much as themselves. Hudd studies the waning commitment to the collectivistic properties of sport and the growing belief that sportsmanship is a thing of the past.

Examining the phenomenon of nationalism in the world of sport, this collection of new essays identifies moments when athletes became national symbols through their actions on and off the field. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, and related global events of the 1980s and 1990s, scholars have explored how race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality shape and are shaped by nationalism and national participation. Topics include: race, golf and the struggle for social justice in South Africa; sport as a battleground within the Israel/Palestine conflict; multiculturalism and the Olympic Games; and white privilege in sport. These case studies explore the strength (and fragility) associated with national identity, and how athletes become icons for their nations.

"Robert Mulcahy's chronicle of his decade leading Rutgers University athletics is an intriguing story about fulfilling a vision. The goal was to expand pride in intercollegiate athletics. Redirecting a program with clearer direction and strategic purpose brought encouraging results. Advocating for finer coaching and improved facilities, he and Rutgers achieved national honors in Division I sports. Unprecedented alumni interest and support for athletics swelled across the Rutgers community. Though Mr. Mulcahy left Rutgers in 2009, his memoir reflects continued devotion to intercollegiate athletics and student athletes. His insights for addressing several leading issues confronting Division I sports today offer guidelines for present and future athletic directors to follow"--

"This book tells the fun, quirky, story of a minor league baseball town in Louisiana that was the talk of the baseball world in the 1950s. Written by respected minor-league baseball historian Gaylon White, this book will be of interest to baseball and Louisiana historians alike"-- Provided by publisher.

Calling Up is a guide for coaches of all sports at all levels that presents a step-by-step process to building a transformational culture, starting with changing coaching behaviors, attitudes, and language. Apart from the entertaining and relatable story, which connects with coaches on a personal level, Calling Up provides coaches with principles based on scientific research and personal experience that explore how people learn, what motivates them, and the human condition.

"Many Kentuckians, especially those involved in intercollegiate athletics, have heard the name Jim Host. But few, even those influenced by his professional accomplishments, know his full story. Host played a crucial role in the development of collegiate sports. Taking on numerous responsibilities, including major roles in sports broadcasting, marketing, real estate, higher education, and politics, he always maintained sports as a priority and worked to increase the exposure of collegiate sports. "--

An updated and expanded analysis of the economic tensions behind the Olympics and the World Cup games.

"Coaching Youth Baseball stresses fun, safety, and effective instruction, helping coaches create an environment that promotes learning, encourages a love of the game, and motivates athletes to come out year after year. This book focuses on teaching coaches how to convey skills in an engaging and positive manner, with a focus on teaching offensive and defensive skills through gamelike drills"--

"Heart Rate Training, 2E helps the endurance athlete to understand how best to use the overwhelming amount of data that can be captured by heart rate monitoring equipment. The authors offer both general and sport-specific guidance in how to customize training plans in a way that effectively uses the latest technology and research"-- Provided by publisher.

This book serves as a reference for academics, practitioners, law enforcement and others working in the area of human enhancement drugs. Bringing together a broad spectrum of scholarly insights and research expertise, this collection examines key international issues, providing readers with a valuable knowledge base and encouraging critical discussion.

Issei Baseball is the story of the pioneers of Japanese American baseball, Harry Saisho, Ken Kitsuse, Tom Uyeda, Tozan Masko, Kiichi Suzuki, and others—young men who came to the United States to start a new life but found bigotry and discrimination. In 1905 they formed a baseball club in Los Angeles and began playing local amateur teams. Inspired by the Waseda University baseball team’s 1905 visit to the West Coast, they became the first Japanese professional baseball club on either side of the Pacific and barnstormed across the American Midwest in 1906 and 1911. Tens of thousands came to see “how the minions of the Mikado played the national pastime.” As they played, the Japanese earned the respect of their opponents and fans, breaking down racial stereotypes. Baseball became a bridge between the two cultures, bringing Japanese and Americans together through the shared love of the game.

"The Language of Coaching examines how instruction, feedback, and cueing can have a significant impact on training and performance outcomes. The book offers a comprehensive collection of cueing frameworks to help coaches better communicate with athletes in any sport"-- Provided by publisher.

"Numbers Don't Lie gives readers a multilayered understanding of basketball analytics on its own terms, describes the historical and contemporary conditions in basketball culture, science, and society that have facilitated the rise of basketball analytics, and shows how the impact of basketball analytics varies from the standpoint of various perspectives that its practitioners and advocates tend to ignore or to discount"-- Provided by publisher

Reinforce students' understanding of applied anatomy, physiology, exercise physiology and biomechanics and improve their exam technique for component 1: physiological factors affecting performance by utilizing this OCR A Level PE Student Guide. Packed full of clear topic summaries, knowledge-check questions and sample exam-style questions and answers with commentaries, this guide will help your students aim for and achieve the highest grades. - Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics - Find out what examiners are looking for with our Questions and Answers section.

Reinforce your students' understanding of skill acquisition and sports psychology and improve their exam technique for component 2: psychological factors affecting performance by utilizing this OCR A Level PE Student Guide. Packed full of clear topic summaries, knowledge-check questions and sample exam-style questions and answers with commentaries, this guide will help your students aim for and achieve the highest grades. - Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics - Find out what examiners are looking for with our Questions and Answers section - Test knowledge wit.

Reinforce your students' understanding of performance, coaching and evaluation and analysis of performance for improvement (EAP) and improve their exam technique for component 3: socio-cultural issues in physical activity and sport by utilizing this OCR A Level PE Student Guide. Packed full of clear topic summaries, knowledge-check questions and sample exam-style questions and answers with commentaries, this guide will help you aim for and achieve the highest grades. - Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics - Find out what examiners are looking for with our Questions and Answers.

"Performance Excellence provides concise and effective lessons on a variety of psychological skills and broader concepts within the domains of exercise, sport, and performance psychology. Each lesson includes a short educational piece that centers on the select concept followed by examples that highlight how the concept works in real life."-- Provided by publisher.

On the fiftieth anniversary of the historic 1969/1970 Springbok tour to Britain and white South Africa's expulsion from the Olympics, Pitch Battles explores the themes of sport, globalization and resistance over the past two centuries.

Plant-Based Sports Nutrition offers guidance to athletes who choose vegan, vegetarian, and plant-based diets about how to effectively fuel their training and competition while adhering to their eating preferences.

A provocative, must-read investigation that both appreciates the importance of—and punctures the hype around—big-time contemporary American athletics.

"Prescriptive Stretching, 2E, includes instructions and illustrations for features full-color illustrations and instructions for 69 stretches to improve flexibility and reduce pain. Partner stretches and ball self-massage exercises have been added to this edition. It also includes 10 programs to address different body areas"-- Provided by publisher.

See how to improve your running strength, speed, and endurance with Running Anatomy, Second Edition. This new edition of the best-selling running guide delivers more exercises, more insight, and more illustrations to show you how to increase your muscle strength, optimize the efficiency of your running motion, and minimize your risk of injury. Running Anatomy features 48 of the most effective strength exercises for runners, each with clear step-by-step descriptions and full-color anatomical illustrations highlighting the muscles in action.

An in-depth look at the intersection of judgment and statistics in baseball. Scouting and scoring are considered fundamentally different ways of ascertaining value in baseball. Scouting seems to rely on experience and intuition, scoring on performance metrics and statistics. In Scouting and Scoring, Christopher Phillips rejects these simplistic divisions. He shows how both scouts and scorers rely on numbers, bureaucracy, trust, and human labor in order to make sound judgments about the value of baseball players.

What is it that limits how fast we can run, or how long we can row, cycle, or swim without tiring? What is exercise fatigue? One dares to say that not a single human being has not experienced those unpleasant feelings of physical exhaustion when taxed by some form of exercise. These effects are common and obvious, but, despite many years of research efforts, still unexplained. This book examines, from an historical perspective, the quest to decipher the underlying factors responsible for--and, indeed, simply the definition of--exercise fatigue.

"This book provides fitness professionals with ready-made training programs they can use with their clients. The book will also include detailed information on progressing and regressing drills on the fly, as well as templates for how to design effective training programs going forward"-- Provided by publisher.

Shake and Bake is the story of Archie Clark, one of the great NBA guards of the 1960s and 1970s.

"This book reveals the surprising role soccer played during World War II. It uncovers many survivor testimonies and old accounts of wartime players, revealing hidden stories of soccer in almost every Nazi concentration camp. To these prisoners, soccer was a glimmer of joy amid hunger and torture, and a show of resistance against the Nazi regime"-- Provided by publisher.

"In this book, industry-leading sports professionals-such as Ted Sobel, Fred Claire, Ari Kaplan, Debbie Antonelli, and Ann Meyers Drysdale-offer practical advice and tips for those wanting to pursue a career in sports, including marketing, publicity, broadcasting, journalism, management, scouting, analytics, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

"In Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body, contributors explore the extent to which the body, when moving about both ostensibly active body spaces (i.e., the gymnasium, the ball field, exercise laboratory, the track or running trail, the beach, or the sport stadium) and those places less often connected to physical activity (i.e. the home, the street, the classroom, the automobile), is bounded to technologies of life and living; and to the political arrangements that seek to capitalize upon such frames of biological vitality."--

"Sports Journalism tells the full story of American sports journalism and the notable changes in technology that have dramatically changed how Americans consumed it"--

"This book explores three crucial areas in sport that remain huge concerns for women: leadership, money, and media. It examines topics such as the #MeToo movement, pay equity, and the experiences of women of color and LGBTQ athletes. Interviews with prominent female athletes are interwoven throughout to add personal perspectives to the conversation"-- Provided by publisher.

""The Wax Pack," part baseball nostalgia and part road trip travelogue, follows Brad Balukjian as he tracks down players from a single pack of baseball cards from 1986"-- Provided by publisher.

"When Women Stood is an unapologetically new sport and social history that unveils the often-overlooked chronicle of women and their fight for equality. From early Amazons and suffragists to modern-day athletes and social influencers, this is an eye-opening history of women told through the always-influential world of sports"-- Provided by publisher.