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9780415349345

In Pursuit of Excellence: A Student Guide to Elite Sports Development

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415349345

  • ISBN10:

    0415349346

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-07-20
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

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 fordiscussion, websites and suggestions for further reading, In Pursuit of Excellence is an ideal introduction for AS, A level and undergradute students.

Table of Contents

List of illustrationsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
Sporting excellence: the conceptp. 3
Sporting excellence: an historical overviewp. 11
The long winding path: sports excellence in the UK, 1950-90p. 27
Atlanta 1996: an Olympic failure too farp. 35
Australia: why are they winning?p. 41
Vive la France!p. 49
USA: No. 1p. 55
The German Democratic Republicp. 63
World class at long last: UK sport excellence, 2000+p. 73
Win at all costs? The art of gamesmanshipp. 87
Citius, altius, fortius, pharmacus: drugs in elite sportp. 95
What the future holdsp. 103
The current viewp. 111
Contacts for further researchp. 117
Indexp. 119
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