11 April 2013, 13:25
This innovative and authentic approach to teaching sport combines contemporary theory with the experience of practical and reflective work in real sport environments.
It covers a wide range of team and individual sports, including archery, table tennis, flag football, skiing, cricket and track and field. Plus, you’ll find a wealth of field-tested ideas for working with diverse learners in schools and communities.
Written for both experienced teachers and coaches and those looking to expand their skills, Play Practice offers them the knowledge and tools to improve their current methods of coaching and teaching.
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10 April 2013, 10:11
The completely revised seventh edition of Fitness & Health offers a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between exercise and health, and provides a framework for attaining health and fitness goals.
This handbook for students and fitness professionals explores the physiology and benefits of fitness whilst also providing information and tools for improving health and wellness.
Lecturers benefit from the inclusion of new ancillaries containing an instructor guide complete with lab activities, a test package and a presentation package with image bank.
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28 March 2013, 13:43
In a bid to lose weight or tone up, UK adults spent more than £1billion over the last five years on home health and fitness equipment they rarely, if ever, use, according to new research from Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity.
Three quarters of adults have bought at least one piece of equipment, ranging from treadmills to trampolines, so they can pursue health or fitness goals in the comfort of their own home.
However, just 21 per cent of these people use the equipment regularly and double that (41 per cent) admit to using it briefly when they first buy it, if at all, and then giving up.
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27 March 2013, 09:59
Contrary to the the long-held belief, physical activity will not slow down the ageing process, according to new genetic research published in the journal PLOS Genetics
The research by Professor Jamie Timmons and fellow scientists at Loughborough University, not only challenges the long held belief that keeping active will automatically hold back the hands of time but highlights a new perspective on the ageing process in humans.
Professor Timmons says they now have evidence that turns many of the assumptions about ageing on their head.
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26 March 2013, 13:18
Developed using Primal Pictures’ award-winning 3D anatomy models and the expertise of a team of experienced yoga instructors, 3D Anatomy for Yoga is a valuable reference and teaching tool for anyone involved in yoga.
This DVD-ROM has a simple and intuitive functionality that allows users to interact with the content and gain a deeper understanding of human anatomy as it relates specifically to yoga.
The 26 asanas covered consist of a mixture of seated and standing poses, many of which are shown in both beginner and classical forms.
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20 March 2013, 16:41
People who boast about how much they’ve exercised are the worst thing about social media, according to a new survey.
Bragging fitness addicts and dieters top the list of the most annoying social media users, followed by people who share pictures of every meal they eat.
Third on the list were “cryptic status writers”, those who post a vague or mysterious update that invites people to ask for more details. Usually, they respond to such questions by saying “I don’t want to talk about it”.
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18 March 2013, 15:10
After a 5 year break we are delighted to announce our return to the Fitpro Convention.
We have a range of outstanding value for money offers on a wide variety of titles. This includes 3 for £30, 4 for £40 and 5 for £50 on our Anatomy Fitness Series.
We will also be running a number of prize promotions, so please visit us on stand 41-42 for more information where you will also be able to say hello to our Key Accounts manager Louise Addison and Acquisitions editor Chris Wright.
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14 March 2013, 10:39
The Voice of the Coach
Leeds Metropolitan University
Tuesday 26th to Wednesday 27th March, 2013
This is the culmination of the CoachNet project which has run over an 18 month period in 2012-13 and involved 13 partners from across Europe, investigating current practice and future options in the representation of coaches at various levels of the sporting system.
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8 March 2013, 15:25
More than a million gym members have been given new rights to cancel membership contracts, after a study by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
Three of the UK’s biggest gyms have agreed to allow their members to cancel their contracts early, should their circumstances change.
Until now many gyms have been notorious for locking people into lengthy contracts.
The three gyms involved are Bannatyne Fitness, David Lloyd and Fitness First.
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8 March 2013, 14:16
This year’s ECSS Congress is being held in Barcelona from Wednesday 26th to Saturday to 29th June.
The 2013 event seeks to help sport science make its own leap forward towards an understanding of ourselves not as part of a technical world but as interacting parts of an indivisible whole: nature.
Human Kinetics will once again have stand at the 2013 ECSS Congress and will feature a large range of new and bestselling books covering all that is relevant in the field of sports science.
We look forward to seeing you there.
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