Dictionary Of Sports And Games Terminology

Author : Adrian Room
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781784021986
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Sports and Games Terminology written by Adrian Room and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new dictionary gives the definitions of more than 8,000 terms used in sports and games from around the world, including mainstream sports like basketball and billiards alongside the more obscure netball and snooker. Entries cover sports equipment, strategies, venues, qualifying categories, awards, and administrative bodies, while a comprehensive system of cross-references offers assistance and clarification when needed. An appendix lists standard abbreviations of sports ruling bodies and administrative organizations.

Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786457570
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Sports and Games Terminology written by Adrian Room and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The specialized jargon of some sports can be quite esoteric. Non-Americans, for example, are likely puzzled by baseball terms such as bunt, cut-off man, and safety squeeze, while the non–British may pause over cricket’s Chinaman, doosra, golden duck, off-break, popping crease, and yorker. This new dictionary gives the definitions of more than 8,000 terms used in sports and games from around the world, including mainstream sports like basketball and billiards alongside the more obscure netball and snooker. Entries cover sports equipment, strategies, venues, qualifying categories, awards, and administrative bodies, while a comprehensive system of cross-references offers assistance and clarification when needed. An appendix lists standard abbreviations of sports ruling bodies and administrative organizations.

Author : John Anthony Cuddon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333191637
Total Pages : 906 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Macmillan Dictionary of Sports and Games written by John Anthony Cuddon and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Allen Palmatier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Sports Idioms written by Robert Allen Palmatier and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Copeland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Webster's Sports Dictionary written by Robert Copeland and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defines commonly used sports terms used in a wide variety of sports.

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ISBN 13 : 019921381X
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Sports Studies written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Kent
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191574880
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine written by Michael Kent and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Gerry Cox
Publisher : Carlton Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9781858688008
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dictionary of Sports written by Gerry Cox and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originated in the backwoods, nurtured on high school and college playing fields and popularized in the public parks and stadiums of the metropolis, organized sports and games have evolved a language that is vibrant, diverse and often obscure. The Dictionary of Sports will be an indispensable reference book for all those who love sports as players, officials or spectators. With a total of over 6,000 key words and phrases, each sport is covered separately with alphabetical entries explaining all facets of the sport concerned from descriptive terms for techniques and playing positions to jargon and slang. Your sporting ignorance will never again embarrass you in front of your Mends or Teammates!

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408102056
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Sport and Exercise Science written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable reference book for anyone interested in the fascinating world of sport, containing over 5,000 terms relating to sport and exercise science. Coverage includes anatomy, physiology, physiotherapy, biology, sports medicine, sporting rules and regulations, governing bodies, health and fitness and banned substances.

Author : John Grasso
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810875067
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Basketball written by John Grasso and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of Basketball is a comprehensive account of all forms of basketball_amateur, professional, men's, women's, Olympic, domestic, and international_from its invention in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith through the present day. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on the people, places, teams, and terminology of the game.