Directory of Psychological Tests in the Sport and Exercise Sciences

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Ostrow, Andrew [Editor]

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Book by Etzel, Edward F., Ferrante, A.P.

Counseling College Student-Athletes: Issues and Interventions

Edward F. Etzel

Sports & Outdoors

Racism in College Athletics

Brooks, Dana D.& Althouse, Ronald (editors)

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During the past few years the world has seen widespread geopolitical change. Throughout sport has remained a significant thread in the fabric of culture. This thought-provoking book offers an international collection of writings exploring the effects of sport on culture and the role of sport as a cultural barometer.

Sport in the Global Village

Ralph C. Wilcox

Sport Management Field Experiences (Sport Management Library)

Jacquelyn Cuneen

Book by Desensi, Joy T., Rosenberg, Danny

Ethics in Sport Management

Every fan knows that individual talent is vital to a team. But sport psychologists understand that the key to success is to incorporate talent into a supportive team unit. The editors have assembled a variety of articles to address the psychological issues related to team sport activities on and off the court or field. Chapter 1 introduces a three-phase model to cut through the complexities associated with team sports and chapters 2 to 12 offer theoretical and practical advice. In addition to addressing the major theoretical concepts related to team sport activities, the book discusses the experiences of sport psychologists who have worked with professionals and national teams. Issues include: Methodological Principles; Ethics; Pre-Performance Routines in Self-Paced Tasks; The Principles of Team Building; Understanding and Managing Emotions; Gender Differences; Working With Professional Basketball Players; Improving Concentration Skills for Soccer Players; Issues in Baseball; and Optimal Use of Sport Psychology for Developing Confidence.

The Psychology of Team Sports

Ronnie Lidor

Business & Money

Sport Tourism introduces students to the phenomenon of sports tourism--one of the fastest growing niche markets in the $500 billion tourism industry. Students will learn to define sport tourism and to apply fundamental marketing principles to competitive and recreational activities in which sport is the primary or secondary attraction. Sport Tourism covers participatory sport tourism (e.g. ski golf and tennis resorts; whitewater and wilderness trips; sports theme cruises; adventure tours and sport camps) and event-based sport tourism (e.g. the Olympic Games college football the Baseball Hall of Fame or the World Cup). 
Sport Tourism guides students through the process of designing implementing and evaluating sport tourism operations by offering extensive industry examples and thought-provoking questions. The book investigates such key topics as feasibility studies niche marketing pricing sponsorships advertising media involvement recruitment of personnel and volunteers and evaluating customer satisfaction during and after participation. Throughout the authors stress the need for careful research and market planning and offer clear strategies and potential challenges to the sport tourism novice.

Sport Tourism

Riley, Roger S.

Swart, Kamilla

Turco, Douglas Michele

Coaches and athletic program administrators must ensure their programs are efficient and effective in everything they do. From facility scheduling to fundraising, from competition to player-coach relations, coaches and program administrators make consequential decisions on a daily basis that determine a program's current and future success. In addition, coaches and administrators are responsible for allocating resources: Time, money, and labor must be distributed equitably and appropriately for the program to function effectively. 
In The Administrative Side of Coaching: A Handbook for Applying Business Concepts to Coaching Athletics, Dr. Richard Leonard tailors tools used by the business world's top managers to help streamline and strengthen the efforts of coaches and program administrators. With clear descriptions and reader-friendly examples, Dr. Leonard explains the power, importance, and use of each tool or technique. Perfect for both the current and future coach or program administrator, The Administrative Side of Coaching presents information in a clear format.

Administrative Side of Coaching: A Handbook for Applying Business Concepts to Coaching Athletics

Leonard, Richard

Economics

In this updated edition of Developing Successful Sport Sponsorship Plans, internationally renowned sport marketing professor David Stotlar takes you inside some of the most lucrative sport organizations to explain how to build a sponsorship plan that works. Drawing on his marketing experience and an understanding of the sport industry that can only come from an insider, he provides the specific issues to consider, the essential questions to guide your thinking, and the right exercises to help you develop and implement a sponsorship plan that is beneficial to both program and sponsor, including fully updated analyses of the latest sponsors and athlete endorsements, as well as a new "Best Practices" section to conclude each chapter. With this latest edition of Developing Successful Sport Sponsorship Plans, students as well as professionals can use this definitive, well-tested protocol to construct their own successful sponsorship plans.

Developing Successful Sport Sponsorship Plans, Second Edition (Sport Management Library)

Stotlar, David K.

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