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The Mental Road to the Major Leagues

A Guide for Rising Ballplayers

By: Kelly J. Pfaff,Peder N. Piering

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The Mental Road to the Major Leagues

A Guide for Rising Ballplayers

By: Kelly J. Pfaff,Peder N. Piering

Integrating sport psychology with the personal testimonies of baseball players, this helpful guide offers a step-by-step overview of what it takes for a boy playing little league baseball to work his way to college ball, the minor leagues, and beyond. Throughout, emphasis remains on the mental challenges players face and ways players can prepare for these challenges, both on and off the field. From college scholarships to meager minor league salaries, from getting traded to getting injured, this handbook will help athletes and parents navigate choices while illuminating the mental aspects that give the game its unpredictability and vitality.

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205

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McFarland

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ISBN 10

0786488069

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9780786488063

Sport, Exercise and Social Theory

An Introduction

By: Gyozo Molnar,John Kelly

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Sport, Exercise and Social Theory

An Introduction

By: Gyozo Molnar,John Kelly

Why are sport and exercise important? What can the study of sport and exercise tell us about wider society? Who holds the power in creating contemporary sport and exercise discourses? It is impossible to properly understand the role that sport and exercise play in contemporary society without knowing a little social theory. It is social theory that provides the vocabulary for our study of society, that helps us ask the right critical questions and that encourages us to look for the (real) story behind sport and exercise. Sport, Exercise and Social Theory is a concise and engaging introduction to the key theories that underpin the study of sport, exercise and society, including feminism, post-modernism, (Neo-)Marxism and the sociological imagination. Using vivid examples and descriptions of sport-related events and exercise practices, the book explains why social theories are important as well as how to use them, giving students the tools to navigate with confidence through any course in the sociology of sport and exercise. This book shows how theory can be used to debunk many of our traditional assumptions about sport and exercise and how they can be a useful window through which to observe wider society. Designed to be used by students who have never studied sociology before, and including a whole chapter on the practical application of social theory to their own study, it provides training in critical thinking and helps students to develop intellectual skills which will serve them throughout their professional and personal lives.

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274

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Routledge

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1136476393

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9781136476396

Case Studies for Complementary Therapists

a collaborative approach

By: Kelly Galvin,Madelaine Bishop

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Case Studies for Complementary Therapists

a collaborative approach

By: Kelly Galvin,Madelaine Bishop

This book provides support at curriculum level for developing the complementary potential which exists between complementary and conventional western medicine. It provides students, teachers and practitioners with a framework within which they can effectively analyse and classify the extensive amount of information gathered in a CAM consultation and help them develop effective and appropriate treatment programmes within the time constraints of a busy clinic. It provides an insight into the initial CAM consultation process, offering possible treatment and collaborative referral options for individual cases rather than dictating diagnostic analysis or treatment protocols for specific conditions. Question suggestions have been provided to help the user collect the necessary information to develop a working diagnosis and treatment protocol for each individual case. Readers can then adapt questions, decision-making tools and therapeutic recommendations to suit the needs of their own clients. Complementary practitioners are often uncertain about the legal and ethical boundaries regarding diagnosis and case management. This book will help CAM students and practitioners recognise situations requiring referral understand their role in collaborative case management and confidently integrate a range of CAM modalities in treatment programmes - Provides a clear case analysis format which can be and adapted to suit the requirements of individual case histories - Specific questioning format - Clearly identifies situations where cross or collaborative referral is necessary - Decision tables help readers prioritise treatment, refer appropriately and help guide clinical thinking when readers are faced with several treatment options. - Class tested, curriculum based

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735

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0729579557

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9780729579551

Book's by Kelly J. Pfaff

The Mental Road to the Major Leagues

The Mental Road to the Major Leagues

Sport, Exercise and Social Theory

Sport, Exercise and Social Theory

Case Studies for Complementary Therapists

Case Studies for Complementary Therapists

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