Tag: Frode Telseth
An exemplary collection that captures the essence and intricacies of Nordic football culture
Mihaly Szerovay and colleagues’ edited collection Football in the Nordic Countries: Practices, Equality and Influence (Routledge) explores football culture, organisation and development in the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway. To our reviewer Payam Ansari, the anthology offers a rich, multifaceted exploration of football on national, “glocal”, and global levels, making it a valuable addition to the field of sports sociology and a beacon for future research on football.
Soccer & Society, Volume 24, 2023, Issue 3 | Nordic football: local and global impact, influences and images
Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Zlatan Ibrahimović: a monument and a mirror of his times(b> by Roger Johansson, Per-Markku Ristilammi & Helena Tolvhed (open access).
Kropslig læring – et levende og foranderligt fænomen
Kroppsligt lärande kom in som ett nytt begrepp i den norska läroplanen 2020. Författarna till antologin Kroppslig læring: Perspektiver og praksiser, redigerad av Østern, Bjerke, Engelsrud & Sørum (Universitetsforlaget), utforskar begreppet utifrån olika teoretiska traditioner, ämnes- och yrkesutövningar. Med utgångspunkt i nationell och internationell forskning presenterar och diskuterar författarna flera perspektiv på, och praktiker inom, kroppsligt lärande. Boken välkomnas varmt av vår recensent Helle Winther.
‘You create your own luck, in a way’. About Norwegian footballers’ understanding of success, in a world where most fail | A summary
In this feature article, Pål Augestad, Mats Bruu and Frode Telseth summarize their recent article from Soccer & Society in which they present the results of a study trying to find out why some young and ambitious football talents succeed in their quest to become professional players while the overwhelming majority does not. Is it deliberate practice and successful talent development? Or maybe just plain luck? They asked the players that made it what they thought.
Soccer & Society, Volume 22, 2021, Issue 3
Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘YOU CREATE YOUR OWN LUCK, IN A WAY’ ABOUT NORWEGIAN FOOTBALLERS’ UNDERSTANDING OF SUCCESS, IN A WORLD WHERE MOST FAIL by Pål Augestad, Mats Bruu & Frode Telseth.
An examination of the Nordic model of welfare and physical culture, reviewed by someone who’s been there, done that
Edited by Mikkel B. Tin, Frode Telseth, Jan Ove Tangen & Richard Giulianotti, and published by Routledge, The Nordic Model and Physical Culture examines the relationships between the Nordic social democratic welfare system and physical culture, across the domains of sport, education, and public space. Our reviewer is Joe Piggin. He has been physically active in almost all Nordic countries – and he quite likes this book.
Sport in Society, Volume 22, 2019, Issue 4: Sport and Outdoor Life in the Nordic World
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.
