Tag: Gyozo Molnar

Progressive and broad-ranging, The Routledge Handbook of Gender Politics in Sport and Physical Activity edited by Győző Molnár and Rachael Bullingham, offers a comprehensive overview of the complex intersections between politics, gender, sport and physical activity. In her thorough, competent and highly useful review of this 32 chapters anthology, Anna Sätre highlights the underlying aims of the collection, some detectable trends among the contributions, and several of the chapters that stand out for their critical and innovative approaches.

Sports Coaching Review is an international peer-reviewed medium for the publication of articles related to sports coaching. It aspires to be a major focal point for the publication of sports coaching research throughout the world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “It’s just been learning on the job”: becoming and developing as a ParaHockey coach by Amy Elizabeth Hardwick, Tabo Huntley, Anthony Maher & Amy Whitehead (open access).

Roberts, Whigham, Culvin & Parnell’s edited collection Critical Issues in Football: A Sociological Analysis of the Beautiful Game (Routledge) sheds critical new light on key issues in contemporary football, with each chapter using a different theoretical lens. This leads our reviewer Arve Hjelseth to commending the inclusion of major sociological thinkers, but also to the conclusion that the book, which he considers a useful addition to the critical study of football, is not ‘a sociological analysis’ but rather many analyses. And that’s football for you.

The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society, edited by Lawrence A, Wenner (Oxford UP), features leading international scholars’ assessments of scholarly inquiry about sport and society. Divided into six sections, chapters consider dominant issues within key areas, approaches featured in inquiry, and debates needing resolution. Our reviewer is Richards Giulianotti, who edited the Sage four volume set The Sociology of Sport in 2012, and he finds that this new collection, some unnecessary omissions notwithstanding, is a welcome addition to the existing list of handbooks in the field.

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: Coaches’ Experience of the “Gaelic4Teens” Program in Ireland by Wesley O’Brien, Irene Hogan, Tara Coppinger.

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Drawing your way into ethnographic research: comics and drawing as arts-based methodology by Shawn D. Forde.

Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Navigating the Processes and Products of The Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Model: A Systematic Literature Review by Yanhua Shen, Thomas Martinek & Ben P. Dyson.

Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal (WSPAJ) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted to advancing the understanding of women in sport and physical activity. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Negotiating the Funhouse: CrossFit Women and the Looking Glass Athlete by Nancy L. Malcom, Shaun Edmonds, Christina Gipson, Caitlyn Hauff, Hannah Bennett.

EUJAPA is an international, multidisciplinary and open access journal, introduced to communicate, share and stimulate academic inquiry focusing on physical activity of persons with special needs. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “It Was Like a Big Alive Wheelchair”: Experiences of Therapeutic Horseback Riders by Cathy MacDonald & Michelle R. Zitomer.

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: ‘DOING’ COMPETITIVE SWIMMING: EXPLORING THE SKILLED PRACTICES OF THE COMPETITIVE SWIMMING LIFEWORLD by Gareth McNarry, Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson, and Adam B Evans.