`It is not only about sport, but the contexts [and] cultures that encircle it. The authors[...] review every known theory, topic and problem relevant to the scholarly analysis of sport.... a champion without challengers' - Ellis Cashmore, Staffordshire University, and author of Making Sense of Sports

Strength and Conditioning for Young Athletes offers an evidence-based introduction to the theory and practice of strength and conditioning for children and young athletes. Fully revised and updated, this second edition offers an holistic approach to training centred on long-term athletic development and young athlete welfare.

Have you got what it takes to make a successful career from teaching riding? Ross Algar offers first-hand advice on how to establish yourself in this field of work and then how to move up the ranks. With essential advice for practically every teaching situation, this is an equine career training book like no other.

This book provides new and trainee instructors with inspiration and advice on teaching children to ride. It includes all the basics - introducing the pony, mounting, how to sit in the saddle, holding the reins, stopping, starting and steering, and how to teach rising and sitting trot and canter.

This updated edition features three new chapters and current research findings. Topics include prenatal growth and functional development, motor development, thermoregulation, obesity in childhood and adolescence and more.

Written by a team of leading international experts, this book explores key factors and issues in contemporary sport, including the current state of pathways in Paralympic sport, designing optimal developmental environments, long-term modeling of Paralympic athlete development, and talent selection in Paralympic sport.

Written by a team of leading international experts, this book explores key factors and issues in contemporary sport, including the current state of pathways in Paralympic sport, designing optimal developmental environments, long-term modeling of Paralympic athlete development, and talent selection in Paralympic sport.

Sport and Exercise Psychology: Practitioner Case Studies focuses on the most current issues in the field, integrating research and practice to develop a coherent understanding of current knowledge, future research directions and applied implications within the field.

The book provides a thorough grounding in physical activity assessment from a lifecourse perspective. It offers guidance on the optimal measurement techniques, suggesting how data should be collected, analysed and quantified, and what these methods mean for guidelines, interventions, and public health outcomes.

The new edition offers a student-friendly introduction to a history documenting the emergence of molecular biology techniques, methodology, genetics and epigenetics, and the molecular mechanisms that lead to adaptation after exercise, and explicitly links to outcomes in performance, nutrition, physical activity, and clinical exercise.