Sport in Victoria

Sport in Victoria
Author: Dave Nadel
Publisher: Ryan Publishing
Total Pages: 679
Release: 2015-08-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1876498536

This book, the result of contributions from a wide range of sports writers, officials and historians, relates the fascinating history of over 100 sports played in Victoria since the 1830s. It also covers the important events, venues, clubs and leagues which characterise Victoria's sporting culture. Published under the auspices of the Australian Society for Sports History.

Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport

Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport
Author: Victoria Robinson
Publisher: Berg
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2008-10-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 184520137X

This book offers the first in depth study of this one particular extreme sport, rock climbing, and uses it as a case study to examine at how men "do" masculinity in a sporting environment. The book offers a fresh and innovative perspective on issues surrounding masculine identity, and challenges traditional approaches to sport studies. It also presents new ways of conceptualizing the relationship between the everyday and the pursuit of the extraordinary through sport. Drawing on insights from sociology, gender, masculinity studies and sports studies, this book will be of interest to a broad range of students and researchers in these areas.

Sports TV

Sports TV
Author: Victoria E. Johnson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2021-03-24
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1317935381

This book offers an introductory guide to sports TV, its history in the United States, the genre’s defining characteristics, and analysis of its critical significance for the business practices, formal properties, and social, cultural, and political meanings of the medium. Victoria E. Johnson discusses a range of examples, from textual analysis of programs such as Monday Night Football and Being Serena to examination of television rights details, to sports TV’s technological innovations and engagement of critical political debates. Johnson examines sports TV from its introduction to the ESPN+ era. She proposes that sports, as seen on TV in all of its iterations, is the central cultural forum for working through questions of community ideals, struggles over national and regional mythologies, and questions of representative citizenship. This book is an ideal guide for students and scholars of television, media, and cultural studies as well as those with an interest in television genre, sports TV history, and contemporary sport and media culture.

It's a Girl's Game

It's a Girl's Game
Author: Victoria Shelley
Publisher: FilamentPublishing Ltd
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2011-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1905493576

Three twenty-something females are going about their day-to-day lives when one of them enters a competition in a men's magazine, which changes not only her own life but the lives of her two best friends. It's a Girl's Game is a must read for all those interested in pulling footballers!

Developing Sport Expertise

Developing Sport Expertise
Author: Damian Farrow
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1000986284

The athlete development process spans from initial sport engagement to elite-level performance to effective career transition out of sport. This is a long and complicated process. Identifying and nurturing talent, fine-tuning sport skills, and maintaining high levels of performance over the course of a career requires many thousands of hours of training and, increasingly, the input and support of expert coaches and sport scientists. In this fully revised and updated new edition of the leading student and researcher overview of the development of sport expertise, a team of world-class sport scientists and professional coaches examine the fundamental science of skill acquisition and explore the methods by which science can be applied in the real-world context of sport performance. This book surveys the very latest research in skill acquisition, provides a comprehensive and accessible review of core theory and key concepts, and includes an innovative "Coach’s Corner" feature in each chapter, in which leading coaches offer insights from elite sport and critique contemporary practice in sport skill development. The third edition of Developing Sport Expertise will be invaluable reading for all researchers and students in the areas of expertise in sport, skill acquisition, motor control and development, sport psychology, or coaching theory and practice.

Sport and the Law

Sport and the Law
Author: Deborah Healey
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459604490

Sport and the Law (4th Edition) explains the law as it applies to sporting organisations and sportspeople, describing key legal concepts in simple terms and covering issues such as negligence, defamation, doping, the responsibilities of club administrators and more. This new edition uses examples from recent events and the Beijing Olympics to ex...

Sport Governance

Sport Governance
Author: Neil King
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2016-07-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317225643

Sport governance has become an increasingly widespread subject for research and teaching in sports studies. This engaging and accessible textbook examines the governance of sport organisations in a changing political, legal, financial and socio-cultural context. It explains how sport organisations are governed, explores the issues and challenges faced by those governing sport today, and looks ahead to how sport can be governed better in the future. Covering sport at all levels, from community organisations and national governing bodies to international organisations such as the IOC and FIFA, this text examines key components of governance, such as legal and regulatory frameworks, stakeholding, performance, compliance and the reform of the non-profit sector in line with corporate governance. This text is also timely given that recent corruption scandals in sport have served to highlight the central importance of good governance in sport. Its nine chapters draw upon more than thirty international case examples across a range of sports including athletics, football, gymnastics, hockey, rowing, rugby, badminton and tennis. With extensive lists of learning activities and resources, original empirical research and insights into the politics of policymaking and implementation, this textbook is essential reading for any course on sport governance, policy, management or development.

Sport on the Move

Sport on the Move
Author: New Zealand. Sports Development Inquiry Committee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1985
Genre: Sports
ISBN: 9780477069533

Sport Governance

Sport Governance
Author: Russell Hoye
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2007-03-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113636482X

Sport Governance provides a comprehensive guide to the practical application of governance principles to amateur and professional sport organisations operating at the community, state/provincial, national, and international levels. It presents a balanced view between accepted practice and what contemporary research evidence tells us about a range of governance principles and practices. Organised in three parts, the text provides the reader with * an explanation of the concept of governance, key terms and definitions as well as the economic, political and social factors that impact on how the governance function is enacted within sport organisations; * an understanding of the “mechanics” of governance – the elements of structure, process and performance that ensure the governance function is carried out within sport organisations; and * a discussion of a number of contextual issues in sport governance, including dual leadership, ethics, governance change and future governance challenges. Sport Governance is essential reading for practitioners working and volunteering in the sport industry and upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled in sport and leisure management programs.