Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers is an unparalleled text that explains sports tourism as a social, economic and cultural phenomenon that stems from the unique interaction of activity, people and place. Unlike other texts, it seeks to present sports tourism as a unique area that produces its own unique issues, concerns and controversies. The text tackles these issues from three viewpoints: participants: examining the profiles, motivations and behaviour patterns of sports tourists to create a typology of participants; policy: analyses the response by policy makers to this phenomenon and the problems of achieving integration between two sectors with historically different cultures; providers: their motivations, aims, objectives and strategies. Illustrated by international case studies in each chapter, and with four extended case study chapters. Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers examines this area using real life experiences and concrete evidence.--
"What makes a Master Coach? What are the secrets to the success of all the great coaches? Over the past 22 years, Grant Teaff, Executive Director of the American Football Coaches Association--a former National Coach of the Year himself--has endeavored to find out. At the annual AFCA Convention, Teaff conducted in-depth, up-close interviews with the Master Coaches. Volume I brought you 22 masters of the game. Volume II includes 21 Master Coaches who outline the keys to their success. As a bonus, Coach Teaff has included his responses to all the questions he asked the other Master Coaches."--Back cover.
« Sportifs curieux, aspirants coureurs de fond et athlètes passionnés, savez-vous vraiment tirer le maximum de vos entraînements? Dans la masse des produits « miracle » et des théories contradictoires qui voient le jour à un rythme effréné, pas facile de distinguer le mythe de la réalité ! Abondamment documenté, ce livre démythifie près de 50 affirmations parmi les plus courantes dans le milieu du conditionnement et de l'activité physique. Performance ou perte de poids, endurance ou puissance : atteignez vos objectifs tout en rendant votre programme d'exercices plus sûr et plus intuitif. »--
"Feet of the Chameleon is a comprehensive study of African football, tracing the development of the world's favourite sport through the tangled history and complex social and political life of this fascinating continent. Drawing on a range of sources, including interviews conducted with individuals involved in all levels of the African game, his own extensive experience and years of research, Ian Hawkey, international football correspondent for the Sunday Times, has crafted a unique and remarkable book to satisfy the surge of interest in African football as South Africa prepares to host the FIFA World Cup in 2010. The book explains the rise to prominence of today's African players; a real force in world football --^ strong, athletic midfielders like Chelsea's Michael Essien and Barcelona's Yaya Toure; and skillful, deadly strikers like Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor, Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o. They have supplied some of the most memorable and audacious moments in modern football, whether playing in domestic leagues like the Premier League and La Liga or in international competition. Their talents excite millions of fans, but Eto'o, Essien, Adebayor and others of their class are just the most recent crop of African players to capture the imagination of the public. Feet of the Chameleon shows that the scramble for African talent is not a new phenomenon, placing the search for the next football prodigy in historical context and presenting as evidence the careers of Larbi Ben Barek, Salif Keita and Eusebio, who were all great footballing successes in twentieth-century Europe.^ Analysing these cases, the author reveals such sporting 'exports' to be rooted in Africa's colonial past, when African players first had isolated success in Europe --^ notably Arthur Wharton, the first black professional footballer in the 1890s, Hassan Hegazi, Fulham's 'Egyptian wizard' and Matateu, Eusebio's predecessor and the first great Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer. Although these breakthroughs would seem to be positive, the negative side of this tradition is also highlighted. In the modern age, hundreds of football 'academies' have sprung up throughout Africa, some of which are genuine portals to European stardom, while others prey on the dreams of young footballers. In 2006, for example, 34 teenage footballers were found crammed into a house in the Malian city of Sissako, having been enrolled into an 'academy' that had promised trials with dozens of top European clubs. The boys' families had paid thousands to the academy, lured by false promises of fame and football stardom." Publisher description.
PERSONAL, HEALTH & SOCIAL EDUCATION (PHSE). The 'Popcorn' series aims to develop children's knowledge and understanding of the world by covering a wide range of topics in a fun, colourful and interactive way. Near Water raises children's awareness of how to stay safe when playing in or by water. It also includes a safety quiz at the end of the book. Ages 5+
Sports tourism by Mike Weed and Chris Bull | Literally Just Books
