Público y privado en el deporte

La neurociencia es un área científica que estudia del sistema nervioso en todo su ámbito. En deportes como el fútbol playa, en el que se toman muchas decisiones en cada acción, la superficie es inestable, la realidad es cambiante y el jugador está sometido a estrés competitivo en su desarrollo y aprendizaje (aparecen la testosterona y el cortisol) y el mecanismo de nuestro cerebro tiene que responder a las distintas situaciones sin posibilidad de pensar cuál es la mejor solución. El foco de atención hay que ponerlo en lo importante y ser selectivo, esa capacidad es importante para...

La guía definitiva, Entrenar con pesas para ciclismo es la guía de entrenamiento más completa y actualizada específica para deportes en el mundo hoy en día. Contiene descripciones y fotografías de casi 100 de los ejercicios más efectivos de entrenamiento con pesas, flexibilidad y abdominales usados por atletas en todo el mundo. Este libro presenta programas de entrenamiento con pesas específicos para ciclismo que puede usar a lo largo de todo el año para mejorar su desempeño y obtener resultados. Este libró hará que ciclistas de todos los niveles mejoren sus tiempos con menos...

Parents are the key in sport development. The roles that parents develop in sport with their children, either in a leisure or competitive way, are complex and varied. However, the literature that makes a distinction between the father and the mother is very limited. This book has expected, therefore, to contribute to know much better the mothers´ role in that sport development. Her presence has always been obscured by the male perception of the sport activity. To give the mothers voice and presence has been the main goal of this book. Mum, thanks! Is an appreciation to the work that many...

Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game's highest honors. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography, off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his great achievements in a sport he had come to resent. Agassi writes candidly about his early success and his uncomfortable relationship with fame, his marriage to Brooke Shields, his growing interest in...