Health and Elite Sport
Is High Performance Sport a Healthy Pursuit?
Herausgeber: Baker, Joe; Fraser-Thomas, Jessica; Safai, Parissa
Health and Elite Sport
Is High Performance Sport a Healthy Pursuit?
Herausgeber: Baker, Joe; Fraser-Thomas, Jessica; Safai, Parissa
- Broschiertes Buch
- Merkliste
- Auf die Merkliste
- Bewerten Bewerten
- Teilen
- Produkt teilen
- Produkterinnerung
- Produkterinnerung
This is the first book to critically examine the relationship between participation in high performance sport and health outcomes. Drawing on theory and empirical data from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, philosophy, political science, developmental psychology, epidemiology, and physical education, the book explores the benefits and detriments of participation in elite sport. Written by a team of leading international researchers, the book examines issues such as talent identification and young athletes, abuse in sport, athlete health in periods of transition, health, sport…mehr
- Janet MacGregorIntroduction to the Anatomy and Physiology of Children51,99 €
- Billy GraeffCapitalism, Sport Mega Events and the Global South55,99 €
- Sport Stadiums and Environmental Justice33,99 €
- Daniel RhindInternational Safeguards for Children in Sport38,99 €
- Richard TaconSocial Capital and Sport Organisations37,99 €
- Tom Webb (UK University of Portsmouth)Elite Soccer Referees58,99 €
- Chris McMillan (New Zealand University of Auckland)Cricket, Capitalism and Class178,99 €
- Produktdetails
- Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Seitenzahl: 206
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 346g
- ISBN-13: 9781138695276
- ISBN-10: 1138695270
- Artikelnr.: 45435578
- Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Seitenzahl: 206
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 346g
- ISBN-13: 9781138695276
- ISBN-10: 1138695270
- Artikelnr.: 45435578
introduction to the text Part 1: Health and the developing elite athlete
Chapter 2. Personal development and performance? Exploring positive youth
development in elite sport contexts Chapter 3. Talent identification and
development: The impact on athlete health? Chapter 4. Health and the
athletic family Chapter 5. Injury risk and long-term effects of injury in
elite youth sports Part 2: Elite sport participation over the lifecourse
Chapter 6. In the name of performance: Threats, belittlement, and
degradation Chapter 7. Transitional challenges and elite athletes' mental
health Chapter 8. Sport and longevity: Does being an elite athlete result
in longer life? Chapter 9. An early grave or the fountain of youth: Sport
and the malleability of chronological age Part 3: From self to society:
Select topics on the elite sport-health question Chapter 10. 'To thine own
self be true': Sports work, mental illness and the problem of authenticity
Chapter 11. Pushing towards excellence: Is Paralympic sport a healthy
pursuit? Chapter 12. Re-imagining the urban citizen: Leveraging physical
cultural legacies Chapter 13. The Olympic movement, sport and health
introduction to the text Part 1: Health and the developing elite athlete
Chapter 2. Personal development and performance? Exploring positive youth
development in elite sport contexts Chapter 3. Talent identification and
development: The impact on athlete health? Chapter 4. Health and the
athletic family Chapter 5. Injury risk and long-term effects of injury in
elite youth sports Part 2: Elite sport participation over the lifecourse
Chapter 6. In the name of performance: Threats, belittlement, and
degradation Chapter 7. Transitional challenges and elite athletes' mental
health Chapter 8. Sport and longevity: Does being an elite athlete result
in longer life? Chapter 9. An early grave or the fountain of youth: Sport
and the malleability of chronological age Part 3: From self to society:
Select topics on the elite sport-health question Chapter 10. 'To thine own
self be true': Sports work, mental illness and the problem of authenticity
Chapter 11. Pushing towards excellence: Is Paralympic sport a healthy
pursuit? Chapter 12. Re-imagining the urban citizen: Leveraging physical
cultural legacies Chapter 13. The Olympic movement, sport and health