Encyclopedia of Sports Science

Encyclopedia of Sports Science

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Publisher's Synopsis

Sports science is a field that focus on the way human body functions during activity, and how sport and physical workout leads to general wellbeing and performance of the body. Sports science customarily focuses on aspects of physiology, biomechanics, organic chemistry, biokinetics, psychology and anatomy. Through scientific sport studies, specialists have fostered a more prominent understanding of how the human body responds to workout, various conditions and numerous different stimuli. The 'sport' part incorporates the assessment of performance, teaching, managing and administering, and the effect of sport on an individual. The 'activity' part of sports science incorporates examination of the positive and protection effect of sports on a wide scope of major physical and psychological well-being conditions, including inertia, weight, diabetes, malignant growth, cardiovascular recovery, and despondency. At the center of sports science is a comprehension of how our bodies respond, react, and adjust to activity. Sports science is deductively thorough and gives athletes an exhaustive outline of physiological, mental and biomechanical processes associated with physical workout.

Book information

ISBN: 9781774698297
Publisher: Society Publishing
Imprint: Society Publishing
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 330
Weight: 272g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm