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TSP is a scholarly refereed journal designed as a forum to stimulate thought and disseminate knowledge that focuses on the application and practice of sport psychology. The Forum Editor’s choice from the current issue: The Self-Regulation and Smartphone Usage Model: A Framework to Help Athletes Manage Smartphone Usage by Poppy DesClouds, Natalie Durand-Bush.

“A novel attempt to write exclusively about different aspects of psychology, exclusively related to football.” That’s how Karl Marius Aksum describes the ambition behind the collected volume Football Psychology: From Theory to Practice, editied by Erkut Konter, Jürgen Beckman and Todd M. Loughead (Routledge). Unfortunately, writes our reviewer, the book does not deliver on that intention; out of 25 contributions, Aksum can name but a handful that is up to speed on the current state of knowledge in the field of sports psychology.

International Sport Coaching Journal is a venture of the International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE). Its mission is to advance the profession of coaching. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: An Ecological Insight Into the Design and Integration of Attacking Principles of Play in Professional Rugby Union: A Case Example by Jim McKay, Keith Davids, Sam Robertson, Carl T. Woods.

ESMQ publishes articles that contribute to our understanding of sport organizations. The Journal sets out to enhance our understanding of the role of sport management and sport bodies in social life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: From engaged worker to workaholic: a mediated model of athletic department employees by Matt R. Huml, Elizabeth A. Taylor & Marlene A. Dixon.

The International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics aims to publish articles that address all aspects of sport policy irrespective of academic discipline. Articles that adopt a multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary or comparative approach are particularly welcome.

The considerable growth of interest in commerce, media and politics and their relationship to sport in international academia has resulted in academics in various disciplines writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life.

Marie Hedberg debuterar som recensent på idrottsforum.org med en recension av antologin Practical Sports Coaching, sammanställd av Christine Nash. Det finns en fin ambition med boken att skapa en brygga mellan teori och praktik, men det lyckas inte fullt ut, menar vår recensent.