Individual Sports Books

New and Published Books

1. Science and Racket Sports I

   Published June 19th 2013 by Taylor & Francis
2. Governance, Citizenship and the New European Football Championships

   The European Spectacle

   Edited by Wolfram Manzenreiter, Georg Spitaler

   Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives

   Over the past decade, European football has seen tremendous changes impacting upon its international framework as well as local traditions and national institutions. Processes of Europeanization in the fields of economy and politics provided the background for transformations of the production and...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. Race, Ethnicity and Football

   Persisting Debates and Emergent Issues

   Edited by Daniel Burdsey

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   As the first edited collection dedicated specifically to race, ethnicity and British football, this book brings together a range of academics, comprising both established commentators and up-and-coming voices. Combining theoretical and empirical contributions, the volume will addresses a wide...

   Published May 22nd 2013 by Routledge
4. Science and Football VII

   The Proceedings of the Seventh World Congress on Science and Football

   Edited by Hiroyuki Nunome, Barry Drust, Brian Dawson

   Science and Football VII showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as ‘football’. These include soccer, the national codes (American football, Australian rules football and Gaelic football), and the rugby codes (union and league). Bridging the gap between theory...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
5. Outdoor Adventure and Social Theory

   Edited by Elizabeth C.J. Pike, Simon Beames

   Adventure and outdoor sports - from rock climbing to freestyle kayaking – are a modern social phenomenon that can tell us much about the relationship between sport, culture and contemporary society. In this engaging new introductory text, adventure sports are used to illustrate key concepts in...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
6. Science and Golf II

   Proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf

   Edited by Alastair J. Cochran, Martin Farrally

   This book contains the papers presented at the second World Scientific Congress of Golf. The overall theme of the congress is the application of science, scientific method and scientific research in golf. The congress is intended to provide a forum for scientists of different disciplines to meet...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Taylor & Francis
7. Science and Football IV

   Edited by Aron Murphy, Thomas Reilly, Warwick Spinks

   This edited collection brings together the latest research into the range of sports known as football.With contributions by a large number of the leading international researchers in the field, the book aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice in football, and to raise the awareness of...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
8. Science and Football II

   Edited by Jan Clarys, Thomas Reilly, A. Stibbe

   This book includes all the papers presented at a second World Congress of Science and Football (Liverpool 1987) (Eindhoven)....

   Published March 21st 2013 by Taylor & Francis
9. Global Perspectives on Football in Africa

   Visualising the Game

   Edited by Susann Baller, Giorgio Miescher, Ciraj Rassool

   Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives

   Football, in many ways, is a visual endeavour. From the visual experience within the stadium itself to worldwide media representations, from advertisements to football art and artefacts: football is much about seeing and being seen, about watching, making visual and being visualised. The FIFA World...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
10. Complexity and Control in Team Sports

    Dialectics in contesting human systems

    By Felix Lebed, Michael Bar-Eli

    Series: Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science

    Complexity and Control in Team Sports is the first book to apply complex systems theory to ‘soccer-like’ team games (including basketball, handball and hockey) and to present a framework for understanding and managing the elite sports team as a multi-level complex system. Conventional...

    Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge