The Athlete S Way

"The Athlete's Way is amazingly informative and complete with a program to get and keep you off the couch. Bravo, for another exercising zealot who has written a book that should be read on your elliptical or stationary bike. He pushed me to go farther on a sleepy Sunday." - John J. Ratey, M.D., author of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science in Exercise and the Brain, and co-author of Driven to Distraction

Troubled by what he sees as a competitive intensity in youth sports that removes the element of fun, baseball legend Cal Ripken, Jr., draws from his experiences as a father, a player, and a coach to provide insights and advice on playing well while still having a good time.

A revolutionary and holistic approach to sports performance and sports psychology based on 5000-year-old Chinese wisdom. When applied diligently, this ancient wisdom will improve athletic performance of body and mind.

Wanting to exercise during your pregnancy? Trying to balance both roles as a mom and as an athlete? Whether you are a recreational or high performance athlete, a health care or exercise professional, this is a “must have” book! Based on latest research findings, advice from clinical experts and input from over 40 athletes, this book offers practical information on staying active during these 9 months (and beyond), while addressing many of the common fears and misconceptions.

Reversal theory is an innovative psychological theory exploring human motivation, emotion and personality. This is the first book in the field to examine how reversal theory can be used by practitioners in applied sport psychology in their counselling work with athletes. Counselling Athletes explores the key elements of reversal theory, and comprehensively demonstrates how reversal theory can improve understanding in the following key areas: * athletes' motivational states when performing * athletes' motivational characteristics * identifying performance problems * athletes' experiences of stress * intervention strategies * eating disorders * exercise addiction. Each chapter includes real-life case study material from elite performers in sport, as well as guides to further reading and questions for discussion. Counselling Athletes is essential reading for all practising sport psychologists and coaches, and for any student of sport psychology.

For more than a century, sporting spectacles, media coverage, and popular audiences have staged athletics in black and white. Commercial, media, and academic accounts have routinely erased, excluded, ignored, and otherwise made absent the Asian American presence in sport. This book seeks to redress this pattern of neglect, presenting a comprehensive perspective on the history and significance of Asian American athletes, coaches, and teams in North America. The contributors interrogate the sociocultural contexts in which Asian Americans lived and played, detailing the articulations of power and possibility, difference and identity, representation and remembrance that have shaped the means and meanings of Asian Americans playing sport in North America. This volume will be of interest to students and scholars of the Asian American experience, ethnic relations, and the history of sport.