Andrew Lang & Izaak Walton 
Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation 
Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

What happens when a football club ups sticks and leaves its traditional home for pastures new? What replaces the terraces, stands and floodlights that tower above old town centres and terraced …

Moments That Could Have Changed Football Forever is a detailed study of the ”what-if” moments that have shaped football and what the alternative could have been. The bounce of a ball, an ill-timed …