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Taylor & Francis Talent Identification and Development in Sport
Book SynopsisIdentifying and developing talented athletes to their fullest potential is a central concern of sport scientists, sports coaches, and sports policy makers. The second edition of this popular text offers a state of the science synthesis of current knowledge in talent identification and development in sport, from the biological basis of talent to the systems and processes within sport through which that talent is nurtured.Written by a team of leading international experts, the book explores key factors and issues in contemporary sport, including: nature and nurture in the development of sporting talent designing optimal developmental environments long-term modelling of athlete development understanding the complexity of talent selection in-depth case studies of successful talent development systems. With an emphasis on practical implications for all those working in spTrade Review"This text provides a rich source of knowledge and understanding about talent development and blends academic theory with the real world of sport effectively". Dr Andrew Balsdon, PD for Sport Coaching Science, Canterbury Christ Church University.Table of Contents1. Talent Identification and Development in Sport: An Introduction to a Field of Expanding Research and Practice2. Talent Development in Sport: Moving beyond Nature and Nurture 3. The Talent Development Process as Enhancing Athlete Functionality: Creating Forms of Life in an Ecological Niche4.Talent Selection: Making Decisions and Prognoses about Athletes5. One Day at a Time: Steps to Optimizing the Daily Training Environment for Talent Development6. The Shifting Sands of Time: Maturation and Athlete Development 7. Athlete Development in Norwegian Handball8. Finding Talent and Establishing the Road to Excellence in Table Tennis – The Dutch Case9. The Role of Skill Acquisition Specialists in Talent Development 10. Rough Draft: The Accuracy of Athlete Selection in North American Professional Sports 11. High Speed on the Ice: Talent Development in Dutch Long Track Speed Skating12. ‘Wide and emergent - narrow and focussed’: A Dual-pathway Approach to Talent Identification and Development in England Rugby Union13. How Similarities and Differences between Sports Lead to Talent Transfer: A Process Approach14. More Lessons Learned: Future Research in Talent Identification and Development
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Taylor & Francis Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society
Book SynopsisThe idea of a âleisure societyâ was in its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, when it was predicted that the pattern of falling working hours which had been experienced in Western societies in the first half of the twentieth century would continue indefinitely. The leisure society has clearly not been realised. On the contrary: contemporary industrial societies seem to be characterised by a shortage of time, experienced as âtime squeezeâ and stress. The leisure society idea can be seen as the modern version of the age-old dream of a âlife of ease and plentyâ. This analytically and empirically rich book traces the idea in history, through biblical, classical Greek, medieval and nineteenth century utopian writings and into twentieth century concerns with dystopia and the impact of rapid technological change. The âleisure societyâ concept turns out to have been an elusive and short-lived phenomenon. For a variety of reasons, the trend towards shorter working hours ran out of steam in the last quarter of the twentieth century. However, while leisure scholars have deserted the topic, a diverse range of activists, including environmentalists, economists and feminists, continue to make the case for reducing working hours. Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society? concludes that the on-going âstruggle for timeâ should be supported, for the sake of human health and well-being and for the sake of the planet. This is a valuable resource for students and academics in the fields of leisure studies, cultural studies, history, economics, sociology and political science. Trade Review"[Tony Veal] does a great job of offering a detailed overview of the leisure society debate and in setting the record straight by correcting some of the prevailing misconceptions about it. If anybody working within or outside leisure studies ever wanted to know what the predictions and ideas of leisure society were all about, they do not need to go any farther than this book." - Utsa Mukherjee Birkbeck, University of London, Annals of Leisure Research"[Tony Veal] does a great job of offering a detailed overview of the leisure society debate and in setting the record straight by correcting some of the prevailing misconceptions about it. If anybody working within or outside leisure studies ever wanted to know what the predictions and ideas of leisure society were all about, they do not need to go any farther than this book." - Utsa Mukherjee, Birkbeck, University of London, Annals of Leisure Research"If somebody wants to learn more about the history and the validity of the notion of the leisure society, Veal’s publication is a must. This publication provides a remarkably detailed and accurate account of positions taken with regard to the leisure society by different authors, beginning from the 1930s until today … to those who will try, in the future, to say something new about the concept of the leisure society. Please first read Tony Veal’s book. He may have said it already. This is truly an encyclopedia of the leisure society." – Jiri Zuzanek, University of Waterloo, Loisir et Société / Society and Leisure"Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society? authored by A. J. Veal invites the reader to explore the diverse range of scholarship around leisure, work and time. The discussions around leisure and labour remain essential for contemporary human societies due to its effect on human health and wellbeing." – Ashwin Tripathi, Indian Institute of Technology, Leisure StudiesTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction, 1. Introduction: the elusive leisure society, 2. About work, leisure, non-work time and the leisure society, Part II: Pre-history and History, 3. The leisure society: pre-history, history, utopia, 4. Industrialisation, automation and the problem of work, rest and leisure: 1918-1939, 5. Work-leisure relationships and mass leisure: 1945-1959, 6. Futurism, post-industrialism and the leisure society, 7. The leisure society idea: 1960-1979, 8. Unemployment, the leisure ethic and the end of work: 1980-1999, Part III: Analysis, 9. Economics, work and leisure and the leisure society, 10. The leisure society’s critics, Part IV: The 21st Century, 11. Work-reduced futures for the 21st century, 12. The struggle for time. What next?
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Taylor & Francis Sport in Scandinavia and the Nordic Countries Routledge Research in Sport Culture and Society
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Taylor & Francis The Science and Practice of Middle and Long Distance Running
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Taylor & Francis Teaching Physical Education Creatively Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Talent Development
Book SynopsisThe process of talent development (TD) is essential to success in any sport. Drawing on the latest evidence and a considerable experience base, the second edition of this book dispels myths about talent development and offers practical advice on the TD pathway from pre-school to elite level. Aimed at practitioners and other stakeholders involved in the TD process including coaches, scientists, administrators, educators, students, parents, policymakers and senior development athletes this is an up-to-date practical guide to TD in sport.Written by experts with more than 20 years of experience in TD training, coaching and research, it covers key topics from deliberate practice and fundamental movement skills to designing and managing a TD pathway. It also includes contributions from professionals working in a wide range of sports, providing real-world insights into important topics including: the recruitment process, academy and apprenticeship preparation,Table of ContentsPart I: Underpinning Talent Development Principles 1. Myths and Truths in Talent Development Part II: Developing the Base: Pre-school and Early Preparation Introduction to Part II 2. The Essentials of Movement, Confidence and Attitude 3. The Child’s Ideal Approach to Sport 4. Deliberate Play, Deliberate Practice and Deliberate Preparation Part III: Pre-Academy: What to Do Till You Select Your Chosen Sport Introduction to Part III 5. Next Steps in Development – Below the Neck 6. Next Steps in Development – Above the Neck 7. Concerns and Considerations for Parents and Coaches Part IV: Entering the Pathway Introduction to Part IV 8. The Recruitment Process; Making Pragmatic Decisions 9. Academy Preparation – What Works Well (and Doesn’t) Part V: Making the Most of your Academy Apprenticeship Introduction to Part V 10. How the Coach/Athlete Relationship Can Fly or Founder 11. What Parents and Performers Can Do to Support/Supplement or Replace the Academy Part VI: Transitions, Roadblocks and Other Challenges Introduction to Part VI 12. Preparing for Transitions 13. The Talent Transfer Process – How It Works, How It Could Work Better and How to Make It Work for You 14. The Rocky Road to Success Part VII: Management Considerations 15. Designing and Operating a Pathway Part VIII: Conclusion 16. What to Do to Stay Ahead
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Taylor & Francis Ltd High Performance Youth Swimming
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Strength and Conditioning for Golf
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Taylor & Francis Ethical Concerns in Sport Governance
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sport and Disability
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Taylor & Francis Learning to Mentor in Sports Coaching
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A New Economic Theory of Public Support for the Arts
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Taylor & Francis Transforming Performance Anxiety Treatment
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Young Rugby Player
Book SynopsisThe Young Rugby Player: Science and Application provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the recent research behind the preparation, development and performance of the young rugby player. Each chapter concludes with key take-home messages and practical applications demonstrating how practitioners can provide evidence-informed delivery with the young rugby athlete. The book highlights how research and science can inform practice including coaching, sport science, player development and performance with the young rugby player. Each author is a world leader within their respective discipline including academics and practitioners who research and practice across youth rugby. The book includes chapters on: Introducing the young rugby player, including topics related to growth and maturation, talent identification and development and understanding the demands of youth rugby. Understanding and developing the young rugby player, including topics relateTable of Contents1 Youth Rugby: Setting the Scene Kevin Till, Martin MacTaggart and Ben Jones2 Long-Term Athletic Development of the Young Rugby Player Kevin Till, Rhodri S. Lloyd and Joey C. Eisenmann3 Developmentally Appropriate Coaching Practice for Children Playing Rugby David Morley and Donna O’Connor4 Davids and Goliaths: Kinanthropometry and Grouping Strategies in Youth RugbyJohn Sampson, Job Fransen, Ric Lovell and Kevin Till5 Talent Identification in Male Youth RugbyAdam L. Kelly, Alexander B. T. McAuley, Francesco Dimundo and Kevin Till6 The Demands of Youth Rugby Match-PlaySarah Whitehead, Dan Weaving, Rich Johnston, Dale B. Read, Ryan White and Ben Jones7 Profiling Physical Qualities in Youth Rugby: The ProPQ Tool Jonathon Weakley, Cameron Owen, Ben Jones and Kevin Till8 Strength and Conditioning Training for Physical Development Jonathon Weakley, Josh Darrall- Jones and Nicholas Gill9 The Psychosocial Development of Youth Rugby Players Ross A. Shand, Lea-Cathrin Dohme and Stephen D. Mellalieu10 Technical and Tactical Development in Youth Rugby Michael Ashford and Jamie Taylor11 Improving Young Rugby Player’s Tackle AbilitySharief Hendricks, Gregory Tierney and Steven den Hollander12 Training Practices in Youth Rugby PlayersPadraic Phibbs, Timothy Hartwig and Sarah Whitehead13 Monitoring Fatigue and Recovery in Youth Rugby Carlos Ramírez-López, Cédric Leduc, Mathieu Lacome and Ben Jones14 Nutrition for the Young Rugby Player Marcus Hannon, Sarah Chantler and Nessan Costello15 Injury Risk and Reduction Strategies in Young Rugby Players Michael Hislop and Keith Stokes16 The Young Female Rugby Player Sean Scantlebury and Omar Heyward17 Planning Your Coaching for Young Rugby PlayersMichael Ashford and Jamie Taylor
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Young Rugby Player
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Perspectives on GameBased Coaching
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Taylor & Francis Sport and the Pandemic Perspectives on Covid19s Impact on the Sport Industry Routledge Research in Sport Business and Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mega Events Urban Transformations and Social Citizenship
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Taylor & Francis Ltd parkrun
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Examining and Mitigating Sexual Misconduct in
Book SynopsisSexual Misconduct in any environment is a gross abuse of trust and this is no different within the sport world. Examining and Mitigating Sexual Misconduct in Sport outlines systemic and sociological explanations for why sport is a site of sexual misconduct. The authors in the text describe cultural realities and considerations sport stakeholders must acknowledge and be informed of to make sport a more equitable and safe space. Personal narratives from a variety of sport stakeholders, which unveil their lived experiences of sexual misconduct and humanize survivor stories in ways often ignored in sport and society, are shared. Authors offer recommendations to all sport stakeholders to mitigate incidents of and harm done by sexual misconduct. Guidelines and suggestions for sport stakeholder practices that better protect individuals in sport, address sexual misconduct when it occurs, and mitigate the harm and trauma experienced because of incidents of sexual misconduct areTrade Review"Tanya Prewitt-White and Leslee A. Fisher have taken on the ambitious task of illuminating the systemic problem of sexual misconduct in sport contexts, with critical examination of the behaviors of coaches, administrators, athletes, and community members which perpetuate the problem, deter justice for the perpetrators, and hinder healing for survivors. Importantly, the personal accounts of survivors inform and remind readers of the suffering endured and strength realized, evoking both compassion and a call to action to change the problem of sexual misconduct in sports."Dr. Kendahl M. Shortway, Assistant Professor, Kean University, USATable of ContentsSection 11. Calling All Sport Constituents: Exploring Power and Bringing Joy Back into Sport 2. Stand Up and Stand Tall: Rethinking Sexual Misconduct in Sport3. Cisheterosexism and Sexual Misconduct in Sport4. Grooming and Sport5. Sexual Misconduct and Epistemic Injustices in SportSection 26. I Was His Litmus Test: Being Groomed as a Child Athlete7. Persist: Homophobia in and Survival Through Farm Town High School Sports8. 2/7/2016: The Morning I Was Raped9. "You’re Not A Good Cultural Fit Here:" Being A Woman in Sports10. Experiencing Same-Gender and Trans Violence in Sport11. I Couldn’t Stay QuietSection 312. Experiencing Sexual Misconduct as a Student-Manager In Intercollegiate Athletics 13. Athletic Programmatic Prevention: No More, Not Here, Not Within These Walls14. Title IX and Sexual Harassment in Athletics15. Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence16. The "Sex Talk" Is a Continual Conversation 17. Moving Forward: No More Sweeping Sexual Misconduct Under the Rug
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Examining and Mitigating Sexual Misconduct in Sport
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Managing Cultural Festivals
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cultural Industries and the Covid19 Pandemic
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Economics and Finance of Professional Team Sports
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Youth Sport and Social Capital
Book SynopsisThis book examines the youth sport parent experience through the lens of social capital, a cornerstone social science concept of the past 30 years. Social capital reflects the value of oneâs social networks, and the actual and potential benefits â and costs â of relationships. Bringing together a team of kids for a season also brings together their families who all must negotiate this new social world. Within this world, relationships are bound to form, and these are the foundation upon which this project rests.Youth sport scholars have traditionally been interested in questions such as: how many kids play sports, what sports they play, how and why do they start playing and stop playing, and the costs and benefit of participation. However, aside from sensational examples of youth sport parents behaving badly, scholars know far less about the parental experience. This time is meaningful for parents, because parents often spend as much or even more time at the fieTable of Contents1. Introduction: youth sport and social capital 2. Mechanisms of social capital creation and consumption in a youth baseball league 3. What resources do parents exchange in the VCLL? 4. Benefactors and beneficiaries in social capital exchanges 5. The curious case of child care: an anomaly within social capital exchange motives in a youth sport organization 6. From the kids to ‘The Kids’ – the development of negative social capital I a Little League Baseball organization 7. Epilogue: a discussion of the connections between youth sport and social capital 8. Appendix: the structure of the VCLL
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Taylor & Francis Soccer and the American Dream
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Taylor & Francis Global Sport Leadership
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Game Sense for Teaching and Coaching International Perspectives
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Taylor & Francis Warmup in Football Optimize Performance and Avoid Injuries
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Science and Soccer
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Coach Education in Football
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Taylor & Francis Coach Education in Football
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Music as Labour
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Taylor & Francis Arts Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A ConstraintsLed Approach to Swim Coaching
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Taylor & Francis Race Youth Sport Physical Activity and Health Global Perspectives Routledge Critical Perspectives on Equality and Social Justi
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Taylor & Francis Delivering Olympic and Elite Sport in a Cross Cultural Context
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Taylor & Francis Cultural Life Disability Inclusion and Citizenship Moving Beyond Leisure in Isolation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd GameBased Pedagogy in Physical Education and Sports
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Use of Applied Technology in Team Sport
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Music Export Business
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Learning on Your Feet
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Pedagogies of Social Justice in Physical Education and Youth Sport
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Birth Advantages and Relative Age Effects in Sport
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Taylor & Francis Reconceptualizing Physical Education
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Learning on Your Feet
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Taylor & Francis Managing the Cultural Business Avoiding Mistakes Finding Success Discovering the Creative Industries
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Becoming a Better Sports Coach
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