In Pursuit of Excellence
eBook - ePub

In Pursuit of Excellence

A Student Guide to Elite Sports Development

  1. 136 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

In Pursuit of Excellence

A Student Guide to Elite Sports Development

About this book

Competitive sport is today about winning and training to win. Many athletes are professionals, with careers managed by teams of specialist staff working towards the ultimate goal of world-class, medal-winning performances.

This entry-level text offers new students a comprehensive introduction to the phenomenon of the pursuit of excellence in sport, covering the key issues and talking points including:

  • the history and tradition of sporting excellence
  • comparisons of elite high-performance sport programmes in Australia, the USA, East Germany and France
  • the historical, social, political and economic impacts of sporting excellence in the UK
  • current issues and debates, including drugs in sport
  • the future for high-performance sport.

With a clear framework for understanding and exploring key issues, questions for discussion, websites and suggestions for further reading, In Pursuit of Excellence is an ideal introduction for AS, A Level and undergradute students.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2007
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781134273317
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Illustrations
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter One: Sporting Excellence
  7. Chapter Two: Sporting Excellence
  8. Chapter Three: The Long Winding Path
  9. Chapter Four: Atlanta 1996
  10. Chapter Five: Australia: Why are they Winning?
  11. Chapter Six: Vive La France!
  12. Chapter Seven: USA: No. 1
  13. Chapter Eight: The German Democratic Republic
  14. Chapter Nine: World Class at Long Last
  15. Chapter Ten: Win at All Costs?
  16. Chapter Eleven: Citius, Altius, Fortius, Pharmacus
  17. Chapter Twelve: What the Future Holds
  18. Chapter Thirteen: The Current View
  19. Contacts for Further Research

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