Sports Coaching Concepts

A Framework for Coaches' Behaviour

By John Lyle

Coaching is a central feature of sport at all levels. This groundbreaking new text is the first to offer a comprehensive introduction to the conceptual...

Published September 19th 2002 by Routledge.

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With God on their Side

Sport in the Service of Religion

Edited by Timothy Chandler, Tara Magdalinski

'Sport' and 'religion' are cultural institutions with a global reach. Each is characterised by ritualised performance and by the ecstatic devotion of its followers, whether...

Published July 18th 2002 by Routledge.

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Power Games

A Critical Sociology of Sport

Edited by John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson

Critical and radical perspectives have been central to the emergence of the sociology of sport as a discipline in its own right. This ground-breaking new...

Published July 18th 2002 by Routledge.

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Sport, Media, Culture

Global and Local Dimensions

Edited by ALINA BERNSTEIN, Neil Blain

An examination of the central features of the sport-media phenomenon, focusing on Europe and the USA. The book analyses such issues as new media technology;...

Published June 29th 2002 by Routledge.

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Sport Psychology: The Key Concepts

By Ellis Cashmore

Sport psychology is an integral element of sport today, from the applied techniques of coaches and athletes, to the socio-psychological behaviour of sport fans. This...

Published May 9th 2002 by Routledge.

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Sport in Latin American Society

Past and Present

Edited by Lamartine DaCosta, J A. Mangan

This work deals with the infancy, adolescence and maturity of sport in Latin American society. It explores ways in which sport illuminates cultural migration and...

Published November 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Sport and Memory in North America

Edited by Steven Wieting

Cultures and nations remember themselves with select bodily images, evocative rituals and texts. This volume illustrates how sport is used in the creation, maintenance and...

Published September 29th 2001 by Routledge.

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Sport Stars

The Cultural Politics of Sporting Celebrity

Edited by David L. Andrews, Steven J. Jackson

In a culture obsessed with celebrity, sportmen and women are some of the highest profile figures. We are fascinated by sport stars' lifestyles, love lives,...

Published July 26th 2001 by Routledge.

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`Race', Sport and British Society

Edited by Ben Carrington, Ian McDonald

Contrary to the popular belief that sport is an arena largely free from the corrosive effects of racism, this book argues that racism is evident...

Published June 28th 2001 by Routledge.

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Rain Stops Play

Cricketing Climates

By Andrew Hignell

Published April 30th 2001 by Routledge.

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