Managing high performance sport / edited by Popi Sotiriadou and Veerle De Bosscher.

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TextSeries: Foundations of sport managementPublication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.Description: xxxi, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:

text

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9780415671996 (pbk.)
041567199X (pbk.)

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796.069 SOT

Summary: - How can managers design and implement effective high performance programmes in sport? - What are the key challenges in managing elite athletes, sports people and teams? This is the first book to provide a comprehensive introduction to management practice, process and policy in elite and high performance sport (HPS). Drawing on real-world case-studies of elite sport around the world, the book develops a new conceptual framework for studying and analysing HPS and introduces the skills and techniques that managers and administrators will need to develop effective HPS programmes. The book examines the macro level factors that determine a nation\'s sporting success, including political, social and cultural elements, and then moves on to unpack the specifics of elite athlete and team management at a micro level. Adopting an integrated, holistic approach throughout, the book highlights best practice in every key area of an HPS programme, including: - defining performance and success - organizational structure and leadership - finance, funding and marketing - coaching and coach development - talent identification and development - competition and events - training and facilities - scientific research and sport science support. The book features contributions from world-leading sport management academics as well as practitioners with experience of managing HPS programmes at world and Olympic level. Each chapter includes a full range of useful features, such as summaries, case-studies, review questions and guides to further reading. This is essential reading for all serious students and professionals working in sport management or high performance sport-- Provided by publisher.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

How can managers design and implement effective high performance programmes in sport? What are the key challenges in managing elite athletes, sports people and teams?

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive introduction to management practice, process and policy in elite and high performance sport (HPS). Drawing on real-world case-studies of elite sport around the world, the book shows a conceptual framework for studying and analysingnbsp;high performance sportnbsp;and introduces the skills and techniques that managers and administrators will need to develop effective HPS programmes.

The book examines the macro level factors that determine a nation's sporting success, including political, social and cultural elements, and then moves on to unpack the specifics of elite athlete and team management at a micro level. Adopting an integrated, holistic approach throughout, the book highlights best practice in every key area of an HPS programme, including:

defining performance and success organizational structure and leadership finance, funding and marketing coaching and coach development talent identification and development competition and events training and facilities scientific research and sport science support.

The book features contributions from world-leading sport management academics as well as practitioners with experience of managing HPS programmes at world and Olympic level. Each chapter includes a full range of useful features, such as summaries, case-studies, review questions and guides to further reading. This is essential reading for all serious students and professionals working in sport management or high performance sport.

- How can managers design and implement effective high performance programmes in sport? - What are the key challenges in managing elite athletes, sports people and teams? This is the first book to provide a comprehensive introduction to management practice, process and policy in elite and high performance sport (HPS). Drawing on real-world case-studies of elite sport around the world, the book develops a new conceptual framework for studying and analysing HPS and introduces the skills and techniques that managers and administrators will need to develop effective HPS programmes. The book examines the macro level factors that determine a nation\'s sporting success, including political, social and cultural elements, and then moves on to unpack the specifics of elite athlete and team management at a micro level. Adopting an integrated, holistic approach throughout, the book highlights best practice in every key area of an HPS programme, including: - defining performance and success - organizational structure and leadership - finance, funding and marketing - coaching and coach development - talent identification and development - competition and events - training and facilities - scientific research and sport science support. The book features contributions from world-leading sport management academics as well as practitioners with experience of managing HPS programmes at world and Olympic level. Each chapter includes a full range of useful features, such as summaries, case-studies, review questions and guides to further reading. This is essential reading for all serious students and professionals working in sport management or high performance sport-- Provided by publisher.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

List of tables (p. viii)
List of figures (p. ix)
Foreword (p. xi)
Preface (p. xiii)
Contributing authors (p. xvii)
Key terms and definitions (p. xxviii)
1 The roles of high performance directors within national sporting organizations (p. 1)
Part A High performance management of elite sport (p. 15)
2 Commercial, political, social and cultural factors impacting on the management of high performance sport (p. 17)
3 Measuring performance and success in elite sports (p. 30)
4 Managing high performance sport at the national policy level (p. 45)
Case study 4.1 Talent identification and development in athletics: a comparison of Flemish and Dutch policy initiatives
5 Comparative high performance sports models (p. 65)
Case study 5.1 Strategies for preparing international winning teams and athletes
6 Quality and performance management of national sport organizations: measuring and steering the performance of the distribution network (p. 87)
Case study 6.1 Foot PASS: managing performance in the Bundesliga through the certification of the youth academies
Case study 6.2 Are national coordinated systems for the combination of career and education effective? A case study on the elite sport schools in secondary education in Flanders
Case study 6.3 Organizational structure and drivers for success in high performance sport: the case of the Queensland Academy of Sport
7 The governance of high performance sport (p. 115)
Case study 7.1 The governance of British cycling
Part B Managing high performance athletes (p. 137)
8 Sport development in high performance sport: the process of attracting, retaining and nurturing athletes (p. 139)
Case study 8.1 Athlete development pathways in golf
Case study 8.2 Are performances at young ages a good predictor of later success?
9 A developmental and holistic perspective on athletic career development (p. 159)
Case study 9.1 How athletes can be coached during/through the transition into higher education: structure and content of career support in Flanders
Case study 9.2 Talent transfer
Case study 9.3 A developmental and holistic perspective on athletic career development
10 Support services in athletic development: good practices from the field (p. 183)
Case study 10.1 Travelling and the impacts of athlete nutrition on high performance management
Case study 10.2 Best practice in biomechanics and how it can be used in high performance sport: the longitudinal follow-up during competition of an elite high-jump athlete
11 Coaching high performance athletes and the high performance team (p. 205)
12 Managing athletes' post-athletic careers (p. 221)
Case study 12.1 Sport career transition: the case of elite Indigenous Australian boxers
Part C Issues in the management of high performance sport (p. 237)
13 The influence of commercialisation and globalisation on high performance sport (p. 239)
Case study 13.1 HPS cycling research at Victoria University's Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL)
Case study 13.2 Issues regarding the management of international commercial success in HPS: the example of Cycling Australia
14 A holistic approach to risk management: a participant perspective (p. 255)
Case study 14.1 Judging sport with technology: managing the integration of performance assessment technology into elite-level half-pipe snowboarding
15 The management of performance-enhancing drugs in high performance sport (p. 272)
Case study 15.1 Dispute resolution in high performance sport and how it influences elite athletes' careers
Case study 15.2 Expansion of anti-doping organizations
Afterword on managing high performance sport (p. 295)
Appendix A List of critical success factors, used in the SPLISS study 2011, at national overall sports level (p. 298)
Appendix B List of critical success factors used as part of talent detection and identification (p. 310)
Index (p. 312)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Popi Sotiriadou is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Tourism, Hotel and Sport Management, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia.
Veerle De Bosscher is a Professor in the Department of Sports Policy and Management, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.