Books for review

The following books (all hardcopy) are presently available for review. If you’re interested in reviewing one of them, send an email to kjell.eriksson@idrottsforum.org, include your university affiliation, and let me know where to send the book.

Our book reviews are between 1,000 and 1,500 words long, and we normally expect the review within eight weeks of sending the book. Check out this page for recently published reviews. Click here to download a simple set of instructions for reviewers.

Kjell Eriksson,
Editor

Dan Andersson (ed.) Åstrandtestet: Om pionjärskap och utveckling inom arbetsfysiologisk teori och praktik 160 sidor, hft., ill Lund: Studentlitteratur 2022 ISBN 978-91-44-15676-7 You can read about the book here.

John C. Barnes Same Players, Different Game: An Examination of the Commercial College Athletics Industry 229 pages, hardcover Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press 2020 ISBN 978-0-8263-6129-5 You can read about the book here.

Bob Carroll, Pete Palmer & Joh Thorn The Hidden Game of Football: A Revolutionary Approach to the Game and Its Statistiscs 415 pages, paperback Chicago, IL.: University of Chicago Press 2023 ISBN 978-0-226-82586-1 You can read about the book here

Christopher Engdahl, Satu Heikkinen & Markus Arvidson (ed.) Hur kan vi förstå rörelse?: Labans rörelseramverk, sociologi och didaktik 248 sidor, hft., ill Stockholm: Liber 2022 ISBN 978-91-47-14539-3 You can read about the book here.

Ingegerd Ericsson & Kennet Fröjd Motorik för studiero och lärande 180 sidor, hft., ill Lund: Studentlitteratur 2022 ISBN 978-91-44-15905-8 You can read about the book here.

Dan Fransson Game demands and fatigue profiles in elite football – an individual approach: Implications for training and recovery strategies 140 pages, paperback Göteborg: University of Gothenburg 2019 (Gothenburg Studies in Educational Sciences) ISBN 978-91-7346-512-0 You can read about the book here.

Kjetil K. Haugen Always Change a Winning Team: A Text on Soccer and Game Theory (3rd ed.) 326 pages, hft Chișinău, Republic of Moldova: Eliva Press 2022 ISBN 978-99949-80-81-9 You can read about the book here.

Kjetil K. Haugen Event Logistics (2nd ed.) 152 sidor, hft Chișinău, Republic of Moldova: Eliva Press 2022 ISBN 978-1-63648-640-6 You can read about the book here.

Andreas Ivarsson & Urban Johnson (ed.) Psychological Bases of Sport Injuries: Fourth Edition 330 pages, paperback Morgantown, WV: FiT Publishing 2020 ISBN 978-1-940-06740-7 You can read about the book here.

Suzanne Lundvall (ed.) Boll och bollspel i skolan: Lek, lärande och rörelse 258 sidor, hft Stockholm: Liber 2023 ISBN 978-91-47-14805-9 You can read about the book here.

Malcolm MacLean, Wendy Russell & Emily Ryall (eds.) Play, Philosophy and Performance 258 pages, paperback, ill Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2021 ISBN 978-2-367-70381-3 You can read about the book here.

Hazel Maxwell, Richard McGrath, Janette Young, & Nicole Peel (ed.) Exploring the Leisure–Health Nexus: Pushing Global Boundaries 240 pages, hardcover Wallingford, Oxon: CABI 2022 ISBN 978-1-78924-814-2 You can read about the book here.

Johan R. Norberg, Christine Dartsch Nilsson & Johan Pihlblad (ed.) Idrott och segregation: Om idrottens roll i ett ojämlikt samhälle 138 sidor, hft., ill Stockholm: Centrum för idrottsforskning 2023 ISBN 978-91-988551-1-1 You can read about the book here.

Gro Næsheim-Bjørkvik & Vselemøy Hausken Sjöqvist Friidrett for ungdom: Innføring i friidrett for unge i alderen 13–17 år 273 sidor, hft., ill Bergen: Fagbokforlaget 2023 ISBN 978-82-450-4281-8 You can read about the book here.

Tanya Prewitt-White & Leslee A. Fisher (ed.) Examining and Mitigating Sexual Misconduct in Sport 222 pages, paperback Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2022 ISBN 978-0-367-64703-2 You can read about the book here.

Øyvind Sandbakk, Guro Strøm Solli & Hanne Staff (ed.) Den kvinnelige idrettsutøveren: Trening, helse og prestation 255 sidor, hft., ill Bergen: Fagbokforlaget 2023 ISBN 978-82-450-3693-0 You can read about the book here.