Provides comprehensive definitions of nearly 8000 sports science and sports medicine terms. This guide covers major areas, including exercise psychology, sports nutrition, biomechanics, anatomy, sports sociology, training principles and techniques, and sports injury and rehabilitation.
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Provides comprehensive definitions of nearly 8000 sports science and sports medicine terms. This guide covers major areas, including exercise psychology, sports nutrition, biomechanics, anatomy, sports sociology, training principles and techniques, and sports injury and rehabilitation.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine provides comprehensive and authoritative definitions of nearly 8000 sports science and sports medicine terms. All major areas are covered, including exercise psychology, sports nutrition, biomechanics, anatomy, sports sociology, training principles and techniques and sports injury and rehabilitation The dictionary will be an invaluable aid to students, coaches, athletes and anyonewanting instant access to the scientific principles, anatomical structures, and physiological, sociological and psychological processes that affect sporting performance. It will also be of interest to thegeneral reader interested in sports science and medicine terminology.
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“'Review from previous edition This dictionary contains almost every sportsscience, anatomy, biomechanic, injuries description, and psychological term asrelated to sports medicine/science. It is very comprehensive and is a must forany student or teacher's bookshelf. A dictionary that will not be dated in a fewyears. Great investment.'Cheltenham. UK.”
Review from previous edition This dictionary contains almost every sports science, anatomy, biomechanic, injuries description, and psychological term as related to sports medicine/science. It is very comprehensive and is a must for any student or teacher's bookshelf. A dictionary that will not be dated in a few years. Great investment.'Cheltenham. UK.no student of sport, whatever their speciality or level of study, should be without a copy of this authorative and already well-respected dictionary.'Reference Reviews, Volume 21, Number 7
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Michael Kent is the head of Outdoor Education at St Austell College, Cornwall.
The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine provides comprehensive and authoritative definitions of nearly 8000 sports science and sports medicine terms. All major areas are covered, including exercise psychology, sports nutrition, biomechanics, anatomy, sports sociology, training principles and techniques and sports injury and rehabilitation The dictionary will be an invaluable aid to students, coaches, athletes and anyone wanting instant access to the scientific principles, anatomical structures, and physiological, sociological and psychological processes that affect sporting performance. It will also be of interest to the general reader interested in sports science and medicine terminology.
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