Books published by Human Kinetics Publishers

Clinical Exercise Physiology, Fifth Edition With HKPropel Access, is the most comprehensive guide to the clinical aspects of exercise physiology. Covering 24 chronic diseases and conditions, it is the go-to book for students preparing for clinical exercise certifications, including the ACSM-CEP.

Applied Biomechanics Laboratory Manual offers 13 easy-to-follow experiential-based learning labs, offering students conceptual understanding of biomechanics to practical applications.

Total Body Beautiful provides women age 35 and older with practical, research-backed advice for physical, mental, and emotional health. Advice on staying healthy through the aging process along with strength and mind-body exercises and workouts will help women understand how to feel their best at any age.

Complete Linebacking is the most comprehensive instructional resource for anyone playing or coaching the position. From skills and drills to game preparation and strategy, the book instructs linebackers and coaches on defending today's high-speed offensive systems and ensuring proper positioning on any given play.

A Clinical Guide to Surface Palpation, Second Edition, uses a simple step-by-step approach to explaining palpation techniques, which are organized by regions of the body. Anatomical overlays on photos and video clips help demonstrate proper execution of common clinical palpation techniques.

Complete Conditioning for Hockey covers all aspects of physical preparation for ice hockey, including physical assessments, movement training, strength, speed, power, and injury prevention and recovery. It includes over 145 exercises and sample training plans for seasonal programming.

This revised text offers five new chapters and substantial updates throughout as it explores various careers in physical activity fields. Students learn about concepts, programs, and professions in physical education, fitness, sport, recreation, dance, and health education. They also learn about problems in those fields—and how to provide solutions.

Sports Broadcasting provides a comprehensive look at the field, with coverage of all aspects of the job that an entry-level sports broadcaster will need to know about. Develop practical skills involved in preparing for a live sports production for television or radio, streaming, and podcasting.

The 2021 & 2022 NIRSA Flag & Touch Football Rules Book & Officials' Manual provides the latest rule changes in flag and touch football. It offers updated information for officials, including rules for Unified flag football and updated field diagrams reflecting the 30-yard line.

Aims to blend the science of exercise physiology with the ageing process. This book outlines the theories on ageing, the ageing, process, the structural and functional changes that characterise advancing age and the exercise programming concerns for the aged, as well as the benefits of exercise and physical activity.

This thoroughly revamped classic text helps readers identify and meet the needs of children with disabilities. Readers will learn to create effective individualized education programs and develop and implement top-quality physical education and sport programs for people with disabilities.

This thoroughly revamped classic text helps readers identify and meet the needs of children with disabilities. Readers will learn to create effective individualized education programs and develop and implement top-quality physical education and sport programs for people with disabilities.

This text provides a comprehensive understanding of the complex topic of leadership in sport through a presentation of foundational and contemporary research, numerous practical examples and analytical exercises, and thought-provoking self-assessments and quotes.

Introduction to Kinesiology: Studying Physical Activity, Sixth Edition With HKPropel Access, gives students a complete overview of the field of kinesiology and explores the common career paths, questions, and ideas that are part of this dynamic and expanding discipline.

In The Anatomy of Speed renowned expert Bill Parisi breaks down the various components of speed development, delving deep into the physiological mechanisms of speed and offering guidance for effective training and program design.

Helps physical educators develop and implement fitness education courses in their curricula. Includes pacing guides, which act as a teacher's blueprint throughout a semester, and offers 139 video clips and 211 instructional photos that show the activities, all of which require no equipment.

Teachers are often tasked with teaching health education or physical education, despite lacking specialist training. Health and Physical Education for Elementary Classroom Teachers is the perfect resource for these teachers. It covers health and physical education while giving teachers the skills to deliver appropriate lessons to their students.

Functional Training Anatomy covers all aspects of how to build a purposeful, effective, and efficient training program that develops the power, strength, stability, and functional mobility needed to support the body's demands in athletic performance and daily living.

Contemporary Sport Management, Seventh Edition, delivers a complete overview of sport management with a diverse team of contributors. Readers are introduced to all aspects of the field they need to know as they prepare for a career in sport management.

Contemporary Sport Management, Seventh Edition, delivers a complete overview of sport management with a diverse team of contributors. Readers are introduced to all aspects of the field they need to know as they prepare for a career in sport management.

Ultimate Abs provides a science-based approach to abdominal training designed to help you finally achieve that long elusive six-pack. This practical guide features 130 of the most effective exercises, a host of ready-to-use programs, and proven strategies for achieving and maintaining results.

Big & Bold: Yoga for the Plus-Size Woman presents a variety of yoga poses and variations to empower plus-size women to fully experience the physical and mental benefits of yoga practice. Sample sequences of four energizing practices and four relaxing practices target specific objectives.

Ageless Intensity offers a research-backed perspective on how high-intensity exercise can minimize physiological effects of aging. Learn how to structure workouts to maximize results from working out hard, boost benefits to combat the aging process, and lower risk of injury with recovery and mobility efforts.

Big & Bold: Strength Training for the Plus-Size Woman explains how plus-size women can get started with strength training and reach progressive goals. It shows how to make exercises and workouts more effective for larger bodies, and it includes sample workouts to put the exercises together.

Strength Training for Baseball will help you create a baseball-specific resistance training program to help athletes at each position-pitchers, catchers, middle infielders, corner infielders, center fielders, and corner outfielders-develop strength and power that will serve them on the field.

Strength Training for Soccer will help you create a soccer-specific resistance training program to help athletes at each position-goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and forwards-develop strength and power that will prepare them for the demands of a game.