Reference Library
SPORTSFIELD Planning Guide – (New Edition) Volume III, Issue I
The Most Popular planning guide ever offered by SODA since 1981. This “New” Edition is chuck full of the basics needed to construct and operate an Amateur Sports Facility This 108 page book covers many amateur sports and the field layouts needed to offer these programs. A Must Have For Beginners…
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Ballfield Design & Dimensions Guide
FOURTH EDITION! All the information you need to design, construct, or renovate your ballfield. This new expanded version is a 56-page absolute must-have for anyone involved in sports field management. It now includes info about multi-field layouts, setting base anchors for new 18″ bases, installing your infield skin, artificial vs. natural mounds, and more. This will become one of the most important tools in your shed.
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Managing Sport Facilities 4th Edition With Web Study Guide
Managing Sport Facilities, Fourth Edition With Web Study Guide, merges the historical and theoretical foundations of the sport facility industry with real-world challenges and insights to create an engaging, modern guide for effective sport facility management. This updated edition provides a comprehensive knowledge base for the wide-ranging duties of sport facility managers and prepares students to enter the field ready to confront the responsibilities they will face on the job.
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The Sport Business Handbook
If you love sports and are fascinated by business dealings in this trillion-dollar global industry, then this is the anthology you’ve been waiting for. The Sport Business Handbook: Insights From 100+ Leaders Who Shaped 50 Years of the Industry provides insider perspectives from more than 100 of the biggest names in the sport business industry. Plentiful examples and stories, including insiders’ views of major sports deals, make this book a bible of information for those looking to begin or advance a career in the field or for anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes intricacies of sport business.
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Recreation Facility Management With Web Resource
Recreation Facility Management introduces the field of facility design, management, and maintenance. The text includes a detailed look at the foundations of the profession, descriptions of the common indoor and outdoor elements of facilities, and the practical knowledge and skills required for managing various types of recreation facilities.
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Beyond the Scoreboard: An Insider’s Guide to the Business of Sport
Rick Horrow, America’s leading expert in sport business, and coauthor Karla Swatek give fans an inside look at the multibillion-dollar world of professional sport. Packed with information from industry insiders, Beyond the Scoreboard reveals the true movers and shakers while looking at the forces driving this lucrative business.
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Sport Club Management
Sport Club Management provides readers with the knowledge and tools necessary for running a sport club like a business.
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Managing Risk in Sport and Recreation
Sport risk management is a key component of any sport and recreation program. To run a successful program, not only do you have to look after the safety and well-being of your participants, but you also need to protect the best interests of your organization. Managing Risk in Sport and Recreation: The Essential Guide for Loss Prevention provides all the tools you need in order to design a comprehensive risk management plan that fits the needs of your organization. Written specifically for sport and recreation professionals by an attorney with over 20 years of experience in insurance defense litigation, the book combines information on law, insurance, and sports to give you a complete view of all of the issues involved in assessing, controlling, and financing your risks.
Price: $58.00
Applied Sport Management Skills 3rd Edition With Web Study Guide
Applied Sport Management Skills, Third Edition With Web Study Guide, takes a unique and effective approach to teaching students how to become strong leaders and managers in the world of sport. Organized around the central management functions—planning, organizing, leading, and controlling—this third edition addresses the Common Professional Component topics outlined by the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA).
Price: $104.00
Security Management for Sports and Special Events
Security Management for Sports and Special Events supports the planning, implementation, and communication of security and emergency plans to staff and game-day hires, as well as the assessment of emergency preparation.
Price: $71.00
Managing Sport Events 2nd Edition With Web Resource
Running a successful sporting event—whether it’s a local event, state championship, or international competition—requires the knowledge and skills to plan, organize, promote, lead, and communicate effectively. Managing Sport Events, Second Edition With Web Resource, will prepare readers to manage events with ease, guiding them through the entire process, from event conception to postevent evaluation.
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Athletic Director’s Desk Reference
Athletic Director’s Desk Reference is the most authoritative and comprehensive resource available for collegiate athletic administrators. This book and web resource guide program administrators in navigating their increasingly complex roles in athletic programs of any size.
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Understanding Sport Organizations, Second Edition
Understanding Sport Organizations: The Application of Organization Theory, Second Edition, a new edition of a ground-breaking text, continues to give readers a strong foundation in organization theory and application of that theory by providing a real-world context to all its issues. It engages readers by providing opportunities to discover the theory in practice through use of profiles, case studies, and examples of sport organizations in each chapter.
Price: $87.00
Risk Management in Sport and Recreation
Risk Management in Sport and Recreation is a comprehensive resource for those charged with the responsibility of providing for the safety of participants and spectators in a sport or recreation setting. It covers a range of safety issues, including lightning, heat illness, aquatics, playground safety, drug testing, and medical emergency action plans. Readers receive clear and detailed explanations of issues to consider before making decisions on risk management.
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Sport Marketing 5th Edition With HKPropel Access
Sport marketing is more accessible than ever, with sport business professionals, companies, the media, athletes, teams, coaches, and fans connecting in new ways and with new experiences. Sport Marketing, Fifth Edition With HKPropel Access, presents a modernized, current-day approach to the dynamic industry of sport marketing. A full-color presentation brings this vibrant field to life with comprehensive coverage—balanced between theoretical and practical—to provide an understanding of the foundations of sport marketing and how to enhance the sport experience.
Price: $149.00
Organizing Successful Tournaments-4th Edition
Create great schedules in minutes! Organizing Successful Tournaments contains the tools for structuring, scheduling, and administering leagues and tournaments. All types of competitions are covered: single and double elimination, multilevel, ladder, pyramid, level rotation, and round-robin. Includes web access to over 2,700 customizable templates.
Price: $29.95
Introduction to Sport Law With Case Studies in Sport Law-3rd Edition
With an accessible approach free of legal jargon, Introduction to Sport Law With Case Studies in Sport Law, Third Edition, provides a comprehensive examination of the fundamental legal issues commonly found in sport and sport management. Even students with little to no legal background will understand law topics relevant to the sport industry through the text’s straightforward examples and case studies that demonstrate sport law theory through real-world applications.
Price: $134.00
Sport Finance 4th Edition With Web Resource
Sport Finance, Fourth Edition With Web Resource, grounds students in the real world of financial management in sport, showing them how to apply financial concepts and appreciate the importance of finance in establishing sound sport management practices. Utilizing a modern and practical approach, the text encourages students to take a strategic organizational perspective in learning financial skills while gaining a deeper understanding of the reasoning behind the principles of sport finance.
Price: $109.00
Contemporary Leadership in Sport Organizations 2nd Edition With HKPropel Access
In a quickly growing and evolving society, organizations at all levels face ongoing challenges and complexities that require specific leadership skills. Contemporary Leadership in Sport Organizations, Second Edition With HKPropel Access, brings together research on leadership—both within and outside of sport settings—to provide comprehensive knowledge of skills and practices relevant to the sport industry. With sport-specific examples, students will learn an effective approach to leadership thought, strategy, and action to apply in recreational, interscholastic, intercollegiate, and professional sport organizations as well as the rapidly growing esports industry.
Price: $104.00