John Feinstein 
First Major 

This is the first book to focus on the problem of performance- enhancing substances and methods also known as doping in sports from African perspectives. Placing traditional African thinking and …

Using a pedagogical concept similar to game-based approaches such as Teaching Games for Understanding (TGf U) and Game Sense, this book explores the teaching and learning of modified games in …

In this book, over 40 of the world’s leading practitioners working in elite soccer— over 6 continents—share advanced knowledge of the environment as well as a scientific understanding of the game and …

The use of performance analysis as an evaluative tool in the coaching process is now strongly embedded. This book aims to explore a range of contemporary topics relating to current and future working …

The Applied Sport and Exercise Practitioner is designed to help all developing sport and exercise practitioners navigate the world of applied work. This book explores conceptual issues surrounding …

Athletes participating at all levels of endurance performance can relate to the impact of psychological factors. Whether it is motivation, self-belief, feeling nervous before a race, exercise-induced …

The Routledge Handbook of Elite Sport Performance is the first book to examine a broad span of performance and support issues in contemporary elite sport; including coaching, sports science and medic …

Soccer is the biggest game in the world and has proved to be an unprecedented phenomenon of social impact, inhabiting a prominent place in the daily lives of millions of human beings, a game that h …

Sport and physical activity are embedded in our education systems and in wider society. This book takes the broadest possible look at this topic, across every key discipline and on different …