IB Sports, Exercise and Health Science

From peach baskets to the playoffs, author Diane Yancey gives your readers the full breadth of basketball. She engagingly presents the origins, history and changes, and the biomechanics and physiology of playing and movement. Readers will learn about related health and medical concerns, and the causes and treatment of sports-related injuries.

This eye-catching football volume includes a discussion of the types of exercises trainers use to build overall strength and to build the strength and skills for certain positions. Author Jennifer Guess McKerley explains the laws of motion that determine how the ball moves when passed, punted, kicked, or caught, as well as how velocity, momentum, and mass determine the outcome of a tackle. The author also talks about equipment and how it protects players, and what types of injuries occur when it doesn't. The nutritional needs of football players and how their bodies respond to training are discussed, as well as the psychological aspects of winning and losing.

Readers will never see soccer in the same way after reading this volume. The opening chapter provides a high-level overview, including soccer's origins, popularity around the world, possible controversies, and recent hot topics. Further chapters ease into the scientific principles and concepts relevant to soccer. Readers will learn about the biomechanics and physiology related to play, and relevant elements of related sports medicine. Readers will also learn about exercise, training, warm-ups, motor control and muscle fatigue, respiration and cardiovascular efficiency, diet and nutrition, and drugs.

This volume offers an in-depth look at the scientific principles behind the game of volleyball. A brief history of the sport is offered followed by chapters that cover the scientific concepts behind serving the ball, how different surfaces and types of balls affect the game, training and conditioning, and the psychological aspects of the game. Includes graphics such as charts and diagrams to help explain the scientific principles being discussed and a list of sources for further research.

Swimming is widely held to be the best aerobic exercise in the world, and as a competitive sport it has been part of the modern Olympic Games since their inception in 1896. Providing an overview of the history and evolution of competitive swimming and current issues affecting the sport, this book presents simple, readable explanations of the scientific principles and concepts related to swimming, the relevant biomechanics and physiology, and the elements of sports medicine uniquely associated with swimmers.