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Disability sport
"Students and professionals can use Disability Sport, Second Edition, as a springboard to further research; as an up-to-date reference; and as a tool in working with, or preparing to work with, all athletes with disabilities."--BOOK JACKET.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Champaign, IL :
Human Kinetics,
[2005]
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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xii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents - |
Contents:
- Overview of sport and individuals with disabilities. Introduction
- Historical context of disability and sport
- History of disability sport
- Structure and organizations for disability sport
- Competitions and sport opportunities for athletes with disabilities
- Sport and disability: a world view
- Sport and sport performance. Sports for athletes with disabilities
- Coaching and training athletes with disabilities
- Sports medicine and athletic training for athletes with disabilities
- Sport equipment
- Event management
- The changing landscape of disability sport. Challenges and controversies in disability sport
- Female athletes with disabilities in sport
- The future of disability sport.