Presenting a multi-disciplinary approach to Mexico City's staging of the Olympic Games in 1968, this book combines analyses of literary works and protest music with comparative history to offer a fresh appreciation of the significance of the event. Explores the first Olympic Games to be hosted by a Spanish-speaking, Latin American country Includes new and pioneering research data on the Mexico Games An innovative approach from scholars from a variety of disciplines Re-appraisal of momentous events from an unusually wide diversity of geographical and thematic perspectives Applies historical analysis to inform future events

In diesem Buch geht es um Mentales Training und die Anwendung auf eine bestimmte Sportart: das Snowboarden. Sportpsychologen forschen heutzutage an mentalen Trainingsprogrammen, die zur Verbesserung der sportlichen Leistung beitragen k nnen. So zum Beispiel das mentale Trainingsprogramm von Thomas Schack, das mit Hilfe eines Tests ermittelt, inwieweit die Faktoren Angst, Wille und Stress die Leistung beeinflussen. Die von den Forschern entwickelten Methoden zum mentalen Training wurden u.a. mit der Weltelite im Windsurfen und in Zusammenarbeit mit der deutschen Juniorennationalmannschaft im Frauenvolleyball erprobt. Dieses Buch soll interessierten Lesern einen berblick und eine Anleitung geben, wie das mentale Training im Snowboardsport angewandt werden kann und gegebenenfalls dazu anregen, Resultate zu erzielen und Vorgehensweisen zu berpr fen und weiter zu entwickeln.

Skilaufen mit Leichtigkeit selbst lernen - hier wird es m glich - Das Buch beschreibt einen ganzheitlichen Weg f r Anf nger und Fortgeschrittene zum kurzen und langen Schwingen. Das zu er-fahrende Gel nde wahrzunehmen, um die Balance auf der Gew hlten Spur zu halten, ist der zu erlernende Tanz. Ein in Raum und Zeit bestimmter Rhythmus, eine Formbewegung, ein definiertes Timing, das jeder f r sich entwickeln kann. Sie ist Erinnerung an das, was wir sind: Wesen im Einklang mit der Natur. Audio-visuell liegt das Programm auch als CD-RoM/DVD und VHS vor(s. www.definiertes-timing.de ).

"Healthy Living in the Alps" examines the relationship between the search for relief from respiratory diseases, such as tuberculosis, in high alpine resorts and the development in the same places of winter sports tourism.The first winter visitors to the Swiss Alps began to arrive in the 1860s and were encouraged to take outdoor exercise as part of their cure regime. They also had healthy visitors and companions who sought recreation while the invalids were resting as part of the sanatoria routine. Demonstrating that this is not just part of the history of Switzerland but of Britain too, biographical backgrounds of British visitors to the resorts give depth and context to a history of health and winter sports tourism by looking at the kind of people who would spend months of the year in the Alps. A discussion of the application of modern technologies creates an overall view of the growth of health and sports tourism in Switzerland.

The ancient, elegantly useful snowshoe has taken the outdoor sports scene by storm. With sales of snowshoes more than doubling every year this decade, snowshoeing rivals its trendy cousin snowboarding as the fastest growing winter sport in the United States.

In this indispensable guide, avid snowshoer Larry Olmsted enumerates the many reasons for snowshoeing's meteoric rise. Advances in design and construction-including quick-entry, high-performance bindings-have made snowshoes even easier and more enjoyable to use. Scores of enthusiasts are hitting groomed cross-country ski and snowmobile trails across the snowbelt, running on scaled-down versions of traditional 'shoes. Snowshoeing explains how to experience this recent evolution of the sport.

Even greater numbers of snowshoers come from the ranks of America's hikers and backpackers, who have discovered that wintertime can be the best time to hit the trail: no bugs, no mud, no crowds. And backcountry Alpine skiers and snowboarders climb to their summits on snowshoes, the most reliable, versatile mode of travel across snow.

No new use or technique is left untreated in this, the first guide to snowshoeing since snowshoeing has come of age.

This unique handbook covers over two dozen cold-weather sports, from snowshoeing, snowboarding, sledding, ice-sailing, and winter camping to dog sledding, skijoring, animal tracking, igloo-building, and even how to make the perfect snow angel. Special sections treat staying warm, equipment, technique, safety, and tips for maximizing fun. Every winter adventurer will find something new here, from novice to thrill-seeker to kids and the entire family.