Health and Elite Sport [electronic resource] : Is High Performance Sport a Healthy Pursuit? / edited by Joe Baker, Parissa Safai, Jessica Fraser-Thomas.
Health and Elite Sport 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, developmental psychology, epidemiology, and physical educat...
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| Language: | English |
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2014.
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| Series: | Routledge research in sport, culture and society ;
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Table of Contents:
- Sport and health of the high performance athlete : An introduction to the text / Parissa Safai, Jessica Fraser-Thomas and Joseph Baker
- Part 1: Health and the Developing Elite Athlete
- Personal development and performance? Exploring positive youth development in elite sport contexts / Jessica Fraser-Thomas and Leisa Strachan
- Talent identification and development : The impact on athlete health? / Fieke Rongen, Stephen Cobley, Jim McKenna and Kevin Till
- Health and the athletic family / Edward Cope, Stephen Harvey and David Kirk
- Injury risk and long-term effects of injury in elite youth sports / Tanis J. Hastmann and Dennis J. Caine
- Part 2: Elite Sport Participation over the Lifecourse
- In the name of performance : Threats, belittlement, and degradation / Ashley Stirling and Gretchen Kerr
- Transitional challenges and elite athletes' mental health / Paul Wylleman, Nathalie Rosier and Paul De Knop
- Sport and longevity : Does being an elite athlete result in longer life? / Joseph Baker, Nick Wattie and Srdjan Lemez
- An early grave or the fountain of youth : Sport and the malleability of chronological age / James Gillett, Alison Ross and Amanda Switzer
- Part 3: From Self to Society: Select Topics on the Elite Sport-Health Question
- 'To thine own self be true' : Sports work, mental illness and the problem of authenticity / Martin Roderick and Ben Gibbons
- Pushing towards excellence : Is Paralympic sport a healthy pursuit? / P. David Howe
- Re-imagining the urban citizen : Leveraging physical cultural legacies / Amanda De Lisio, Inge Derom, and Robert VanWynsberghe
- The Olympic movement, sport and health / Louise Mansfield and Dominic Malcolm.