Tag: Emma Kavanagh

Natalie Barker-Ruchti & Laura G. Purdy’s edited volume Sports Coaching Education and Alternative Pedagogies: Approaches in Higher Education (Routledge) theorizes alternative pedagogies and presents examples of what such teaching looks like in sports coaching higher education. Sanna Erdoğan’s review provides a comprehensive overview of each chapter in the book and concludes with suggestions of the book’s potential contributions to the field of higher education, accompanied by a set of reflective observations intended to stimulate further consideration and dialogue.

The importance of physical proximity for team cohesion – a case study of USA Rugby 7s by Jacqueline Mueller, Robbie Matz, Zack J. Damon, Michael L. Naraine & James Skinner (open access).

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: The effects of overseas exhibition games on consumer interest: the case of the English Premier League by Georgios Nalbantis & Tim Pawlowski.

The Journal of Applied Sport Psychology is a refereed journal designed to advance thought, theory, and research on applied aspects of sport and exercise psychology. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: An in-depth exploration of a positional subgroup in professional sport by Marc Glaude, Gordon A. Bloom & Luc J. Martin.

Academics in various disciplines are 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. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Female empowerment through sport: an exploratory narrative review by Aspen E. Streetman & Katie M. Heinrich.

Academics in various disciplines are 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. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Trans* inclusion and gender equality in sport and exercise – an (im)possible equation? by Håkan Larsson & Isak Auran (open access)

IRSS is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: New Zealand's princess of the pool: Post-ableism and the media narrativisation of Sophie Pascoe by Mark Falcous and Georgia Scott.

Academics in various disciplines are 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. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: A ‘ruthless’ victory? Reactions to the United States women’s national team victory over Thailand in the 2019 world cup bt Rachel Mack & Colleen English.

Jimmy Sanderson’s Sport, Social Media, and Digital Technology: Sociological Approaches (Emerald Publications) brings together a collection of essays from leading global scholars to illustrate how sociological approaches are imperative to enhancing our understanding of sport and social media and digital technology. A collective of sport sociologists at Nord University, Norway has read the book as a book group, bringing many various experiences and perspectives into a rich review highlighting the book’s strong points as well as its weaknesses.

Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport, edited by Rachel Arnold and David Fletcher (Routledge) provides a comprehensive and contemporary overview of stress in sport and its implications on performance and well-being. Our reviewer is sport psychology professor Henrik Gustafsson. He would have loved to read this book as an undergraduate student and coach in cross-country skiing; as a professor he contends that this is the book to go to for insights about stress in sport.