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Beginning Musical Theatre Dance introduces students to basic musical theatre dance techniques from a variety of genres, forms and styles and explains how to put them into practice for performance on stage. It provides them with everything they need to know about auditions, rehearsals, performing and caring for themselves.

Social Issues in Sport, Fourth Edition, explores common questions and issues about sport and its relation to society through various sociological and cultural lenses. The text is grounded in practical application and provides social theories through which students may examine real-world issues.

Now in its second edition, Instructing Hatha Yoga is a comprehensive guide to developing the knowledge and qualities of a confident and truly qualified yoga instructor. The updated edition includes revised poses complete with instructions, a web resource, and sample children's and prenatal classes.

Provides ready-to-implement preseason, in-season, and off-season training programs to boost strength, agility, quickness, and power. Included are 184 exercises and drills accompanied by an enhanced online video library featuring dozens of exercises and on-court and off-court drills.

Soccer Speed addresses all aspects of speed, including physical conditioning, tactical skills, and mental strategies, with 36 drills and small-sided games. Players will learn to retain and regain possession, change direction quickly, master one-touch passing and receiving, and employ strategies to unbalance the opposition.

Presents fresh insights on leadership from a diverse collection of the most important voices in the field today. In this title, the contributors present a comprehensive look at leadership, identify the challenges future leaders will face and reveal how future leaders can best prepare to meet those challenges.

This step-by-step guide to conquering the lanes covers grip, stance, footwork, arm swing, timing, strike targeting, and spare shooting as well as strategies for adjusting to various lane conditions. Dozens of drills and self-scoring exercises chart progress and accelerate improvement.

Motor Learning and Control for Dance is the first textbook to blend dance science, somatic practices, and pedagogy and address motor learning theory from a dance perspective. It focuses on motor development, motor control, and motor learning while showcasing principles and practices for students and teachers.

Dance Psychology for Artistic and Performance Excellence helps dancers develop psychological strength to maximize their performance. The book covers the key mental aspects of dance performance and offers practical exercises that will make dancers' minds their most powerful tools.

Provides techniques for diagnosis and treatment of concussion and other injuries to the head, spine, and peripheral nervous system. This evidence-based reference bridges the gap between principles and practice to better manage these serious injuries.

A unique, thought-provoking examination of the world's most popular individual sport. Analyzing the latest research, studies, and player and performance trends, Tennisology explores the factors that affect training, competition, and on-court play. It's a fascinating read for passionate players, coaches, and fans alike.

Complete Conditioning for Lacrosse will help players accelerate faster, improve change-direction skills, take more powerful shots on goal, and get in great shape. Using 190 exercises to improve flexibility, speed, agility, power, and strength, players will be dominant forces on both ends of the field.

The Hockey Coaching Bible presents drills for developing players at each position and strategies for in-game situations, including offensive, defensive, and neutral zone play and power plays and penalty kills. Other topics include building a program from the ground up and furthering your professional development as a coach.

With a full suite of related resources, this book intends to support pupil development and encourage the adoption of healthy behaviours that influence their lifestyle choices, health and fitness. It offers a complete integration of physical education and health concepts and skills to maximise student interest, learning and application.

The perfect way to build muscle and shed fat, High-Intensity 300 features unique workouts that can be completed in only 30 minutes. Programs such as Ultimate Fat Loss, Getting Stronger, and Target Muscle Builders not only challenge you but also produce results. When you're ready, 40 Toughest Workouts will raise the bar for maximum performance.

Essential for coaches and parents of teen runners involved in cross country, distance track events, and road racing, Training Young Distance Runners draws on the latest scientific research to present easily understood and applied training plans plus guidelines for designing customized programs.

Exercise for Frail Elders, Second Edition, emphasizes balance and features over 150 photos illustrating the design and implementation of a safe and effective exercise program to improve range of motion, strength, and aerobic endurance for frail elders and older adults with special needs.

Provides an evidence-based review of the connections between physical activity, mental health, and well-being, presenting research illustrating how the use of physical activity can reduce the impact of potentially debilitating mental health conditions.

A resource that teaches high school students the fundamentals of health and wellness, how to avoid destructive habits and how to choose to live healthy lifestyles. It covers all aspects of healthy living throughout the life span, including understanding health and wellness, and, preventing disease and seeking care.

Including information and issues in the competitive world of sport marketing, this text intends to direct students to a better understanding of the theoretical backbone to sport marketing. It also contains practical material that prepares students for careers in sport marketing.

One of the keys to success in football is having solid, well-rounded attacking skills. In today's game all 10 outfield players on the field, not just the strikers, need to be proficient in attacking play. This is a guide for teaching the necessary skills and tactics needed to outscore the opposition.

Detailing up-to-date research technologies and approaches, Research Methods in Biomechanics, Second Edition, assists both beginning and experienced researchers in developing methods for analyzing and quantifying human movement.

With photographs, step-by-step descriptions of essential punches and combinations, and a DVD of workouts, variations and training tips, this title shows you how to incorporate high-tempo movements and engage the core and upper and lower-body muscles to burn fat and increase strength, flexibility, agility and cardio respiratory endurance.

Suitable for coaching young footballers aged five to twelve, this title contains over 100 drills and games to make training sessions more fun and productive.

Running Mechanics and Gait Analysis With Online Video is the premier resource for running mechanics and injury prevention. Referencing over 250 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, this text is a comprehensive review of the research and clinical concepts related to gait and injury analysis.

Helps children understand what a healthy diet is and how to stay physically active every day. This book teaches them how to make healthier nutrition and activity choices and discover how healthy eating and regular physical activity keep them feeling their best.

Well illustrated with figures and photos, this text brings together leading authorities in exercise physiology to help readers understand the research findings and meet the most prominent professionals in the field.

Practical Pharmacology in Rehabilitation discusses the effects of medications in the rehabilitation process and assists rehabilitation professionals in designing patient-specific therapy plans based on coexisting disease states and medications used.