The Dynamics of Modern Rugby

The Dynamics of Modern Rugby
Author: Bruce Davies
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2021-03-31
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1000369951

The modern game of rugby football has become gladiatorial, whereby muscular athletic players are involved in a form of collision chess with sophisticated defences smothering the offensive skills that were at one time a more dominant feature of the game. The contributors to this book consider the physical, mental and nutritional demands of the game in its present form and how best to acquire these attributes in the most effective and efficient manner. The inevitable injuries that are associated with collision are considered in terms of prevention and the most effective forms of treatment. New concepts to improve exercise capacity, game preparation and recovery are discussed in conjunction with the modern coaching theories of the game. The possible changes to the rules are discussed by two outstanding International referees, and the future vision for World Rugby is outlined by the President of World Rugby. The Dynamics of Modern Rugby is both a unique and contemporary addition to the rugby literature and, as such, is essential reading for any student, researcher, coach, sports scientist, physiotherapist, nutritionist or clinician with an interest in rugby.

Barbarians, Gentlemen and Players

Barbarians, Gentlemen and Players
Author: Eric Dunning
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2005
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780714682907

This revised edition of a classic text explores the development of rugby from a folk game into its modern forms. Updated with a substantial new foreword and epilogue.

Sport

Sport
Author: C. M. van Stockum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1914
Genre: Classification
ISBN:

Now You Know Absolutely Everything

Now You Know Absolutely Everything
Author: Doug Lennox
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 3090
Release: 2013-12-06
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 145972478X

This bundle presents Doug Lennox’s popular trivia book series in its entirety. These books will provide years and years of fun, with countless questions to be asked and tons of knowledge to be learned. The books cover general trivia but also such topics as sports (baseball, hockey, football, golf, soccer, among others), Christmas and the Bible, disasters and harsh weather, royal figures, crime and criminology, important people in Canada’s history, and so much more! Along the way we find out the answers to such questions as: Why do the British drive on the left and North Americans on the right? What football team was named after a Burt Reynolds character? Who started the first forensics laboratory? Which member of the British royal family competed at the Olympics? Lennox’s exhaustive series is fun for all ages. Includes Now You Know Now You Know More Now You Know Almost Everything Now You Know, Volume 4 Now You Know Big Book of Answers Now You Know Christmas Now You Know Big Book of Answers 2 Now You Know Golf Now You Know Hockey Now You Know Soccer Now You Know Football Now You Know Big Book of Sports Now You Know Baseball Now You Know Crime Scenes Now You Know Extreme Weather Now You Know Disasters Now You Know Pirates Now You Know Royalty Now You Know Canada’s Heroes Now You Know The Bible

Report

Report
Author: Great Britain. Commissioners appointed to inquire into the revenues and management of certain colleges and schools, and the studies pursued and instruction given therein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1864
Genre: Endowed public schools (Great Britain)
ISBN:

The Engineering of Sport 6

The Engineering of Sport 6
Author: Eckehard Moritz
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2010-04-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0387459510

This proceedings volume of the ISEA 2006 examines sports engineering, an interdisciplinary subject which encompasses and integrates not only sports science and engineering but also biomechanics, physiology and anatomy, and motion physics. This is the first title of its kind in the emerging field of sports technology.

Centuries of Inventions

Centuries of Inventions
Author: Jorge Lucendo
Publisher: Jorge Lucendo
Total Pages: 527
Release: 2020-04-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

The history of inventions was born more than 10 centuries ago. 10,000 years of inventions and creations of the human being, of the so-called Homus Sapiens. This book traces the history of the most important inventions and discoveries that have happened throughout the centuries, this work defines in an extended and very complete way the definition of all those creations that some geniuses created in their day. From the most remote antiquity, those stone tools created in the era of the Cromagnon man, to the most advanced cybernetic and digital technologies of our time. As an author, I realized when writing this book, that although we think we know almost everything, we do not really know almost anything...

Leisure, Sports & Society

Leisure, Sports & Society
Author: Karl Spracklen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2017-09-16
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1137329092

The way we organise our free time can reveal a great deal about our identities and ideology. This book explores what our sports and leisure choices can tell us about the society in which we live. Comprehensive, cutting edge and packed with global examples it covers all the essentials for students of sports and leisure sociology.

Pleasure, Profit, Proselytism

Pleasure, Profit, Proselytism
Author: J A Mangan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2020-07-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1000144062

This book examines aspects of sport which Britain nurtured within its own culture and also transmitted to overseas territories with the expansion of empire.

Sport And Society: History, Power And Culture

Sport And Society: History, Power And Culture
Author: Scambler, Graham
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2005-05-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0335210708

This text presents a comprehensive account of the contemporary sociology of sport. It examines the changing role of sport in society and analyses topics such as representations of sport in the media and violence in sport.