Sport And Physical Education: The Key Concepts

SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Sport and Physical Education: The Key Concepts offers an up-to-date companion to the changing face of sport studies. This accessible and fully cross-referenced A—Z guide, written specifically for students of sport studies and physical education, introduces basic terms and concepts as well as offering excellent suggestions for further reading. Entries cover such diverse subjects as: • • • • coaching drug testing hooliganism cultural imperialism • • • • economics Gay Games amateurism extreme sports 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 Professor of Sport Studies at Kent State University, Ohio, USA. Mike Cronin is Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University. Wray Vamplew is Professor of Sports History and Director of Research in Sports Studies at the University of Stirling. ROUTLEDGE KEY GUIDES Routledge Key Guides are accessible, informative and lucid handbooks, which define and discuss the central concepts, thinkers and debates in a broad range of academic disciplines. All are written by noted experts in their respective subjects. Clear, concise exposition of complex and stimulating issues and ideas makes Routledge Key Guides the ultimate reference resources for students, teachers, researchers and the interested lay person. Ancient History: Key Themes and Approaches Neville Morley Fifty Key Classical Authors Alison Sharrock and Rhiannon Ash Business: The Key Concepts Mark Vernon Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers John Lechte Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts (2nd edition) Susan Hayward Fifty Key Figures in Twentieth Century British Politics Keith Laybourn Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts Edited by Andrew Edgar and Peter Sedgwick Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers Dan Cohn-Sherbok Cultural Theory: The Key Thinkers Andrew Edgar and Peter Sedgwick Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment Edited by Joy Palmer with Peter Blaze Corcoran and David A.Cooper Eastern Philosophy: Key Readings Oliver Leaman International Relations: The Key Concepts Martin Griffiths and Terry O’Callaghan Popular Music: The Key Concepts Roy Shuker Post-Colonial Studies: The Key Concepts Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin Social and Cultural Anthropology: The Key Concepts Nigel Rapport and Joanna Overing Sport and Physical Education: The Key Concepts Timothy Chandler, Mike Cronin and Wray Vamplew Sport Psychology: The Key Concepts Ellis Cashmore Television Studies: The Key Concepts Neil Casey, Bernadette Casey, Justin Lewis, Ben Calvert and Liam French Fifty Eastern Thinkers Diané Collinson, Kathryn Plant and Robert Wilkinson Fifty Contemporary Choreographers Edited by Martha Bremser Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers Edited by Yvonne Tasker Fifty Key Thinkers on History Marnie Hughes-Warrington Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations Martin Griffiths Fifty Major Economists Steven Pressman Fifty Major Philosophers Diané Collinson Fifty Major Thinkers on Education Joy Palmer Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education Joy Palmer Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies (second edition) Tim O’Sullivan, John Hartley, Danny Saunders, Martin Montgomery and John Fiske Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy Oliver Leaman Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics R.L.Trask Key Concepts in the Philosophy of Education John Gingell and Christopher Winch SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION The Key Concepts Timothy Chandler, Mike Cronin and Wray Vamplew London and New York First published 2002 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simul