Sports, Exercise, and Kinesiology
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- Introduction to Kinesiology (Titus)
- This textbook acts as an introduction to kinesiology exploring the wide variety of subdisciplines of the field. Special emphis is placed on continuing education and experience in each field leading to a career.
- Open Textbook of Exercise Physiology (MacIntosh)
- This is an introductory textbook of exercise physiology, with some advanced material. It is unique in that it contains chapters on immunology, muscle cell signaling and the child in exercise physiology that are not typically contained in a book of this nature. In addition, there is a unique introductory chapter that reviews some of the basics of learning exercise physiology.
- A Guide to Physical Activity (Kramer)
- The following content is designed to serve as a supplementary source of knowledge which will enhance overall physical activity literacy and competence. The following modules will cover: physical activity foundations, benefits of regular participation in physical activity, and an overview of current nutrition, stress reduction, and sleep literature.
- The Politics of Sports (Carroll and Wakefield)
- This Open Educational Resource is a collection of texts and materials that team together students’ familiarity with sports and critical inquiry skills. The Politics of Sports has the potential to capture the interest of college students in order to excite them to begin a research journey with a sense of authority and investment in a topic that is at once familiar and complex enough to yield a wide range of inquiry.
- Essentials of Exercise and Sport Psychology - An Open Access Textbook (Zenko and Jones)
- This text represents the collaboration of more than 70 authors from multiple countries. Essentials of Exercise and Sport Psychology: An Open Access Textbook brings this diverse set of experts together to provide a free,open,accessible textbook for students studying exercise and sport psychology. Primarily directed at undergraduate students, this well-referenced book is also appropriate for graduate students.
Thumbnail: A group of friends play beach volleyball while the sun is setting. Taken on a warm summer evening at the Loosdrechtse Plassen in the Netherlands. (Unsplash License; Jannes Glas by Unsplash)