Sport And Physical Education: The Key Concepts, 2nd Edition (routledge Key Guides)

S P O RT A N D P H YS IC A L ED UCATI ON: THE KEY CONCEPTS An accessible and fully cross-referenced A–Z guide, this book has been written specifically for students of Sport Studies and Physical Education, introducing basic terms and concepts. Entries cover such diverse subjects as coaching, drug testing, hooliganism, cultural imperialism, economics, gay games, amateurism, extreme sports, exercise physiology and Olympism. This revised second edition, including fully updated further reading and web references, places a greater emphasis on sports science, with new entries on subjects such as:       aerobic and anaerobic respiration blood pressure body composition cardiac output metabolism physical capacity A complete guide to the disciplines, themes, topics and concerns current in contemporary sport, this book is an invaluable resource for students at every level studying Sport and Physical Education. Timothy Chandler is Dean of the College of the Arts and Professor of Sport Studies at Kent State University. Mike Cronin is Academic Director of the Centre for Irish Programmes at Boston College in Dublin. His publications include Sporting Nationalisms: Identity, Ethnicity, Immigration, Assimilation (with David Mayall, 1998), and Sport and Nationalism in Ireland (1999). Wray Vamplew is Chair of Sports History and Director of Research in Sports Studies at the University of Stirling. His recent publications include Encyclopedia of British Horseracing and Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports (Routledge, 2005) ALSO AVAILABLE FROM ROUTLEDGE Sport Psychology: The Key Concepts Ellis Cashmore ISBN10: 0-415-25322-5 ISBN13: 978-0-415-25322-2 Primary Education: The Key Concepts Denis Hayes ISBN10: 0-415-35483-8 ISBN13: 978-0-415-35483-7 SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION The Key Concepts Second Edition Timothy Chandler, Mike Cronin and Wray Vamplew First published 2002 by Routledge This edition first published 2007 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business # 2007 Timothy Chandler, Mike Cronin and Wray Vamplew This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2007. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Chandler, Timothy John Lindsay Sport and physical education: the key concepts / Timothy Chandler, Mike Cronin, and Wray Vamplew.—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Sports—Encyclopedias. 2. Physical education and training—Encyclopedias. I. Cronin, Mike. II Vamplew, Wray. III. Title. GV567.C43 2007 796.03—dc22 2006034560 ISBN 0-203-96169-2 Master e-book ISBN ISBN10: 0-415-41746-5 (hbk) ISBN10: 0-415-41747-3 (pbk) ISBN13: 978-0-415-41746-4 (hbk) ISBN13: 978-0-415-41747-1 (pbk) CONTENTS Introduction List of Concepts vi xii KEY CONCEPTS 1 Bibliography Index 241 261 v INTRODUCTION At the start of the 2001/2 football season in Britain, there was a mass of media comment about the amount of football that would be screened on television during the season. It was claimed that b