Tag: Martyn Rothwell

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.

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: Combining coaching with family life. A study of female and male elite level coaches in Norway by Mari Kristin Sisjord, Kari Fasting & Trond Svela Sand (open access).

Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Physical contact in physical education – immigrant students’ perspectives by Annica Caldeborg (open access).

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: ‘Ploughing on’: a sociological investigation of ‘endurance work’ in competitive swimming and distance-running by Gareth McNarry, Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson & Adam B. Evans.

Psychology of Sport and Exercise is an international forum for scholarly reports in the psychology of sport and exercise, broadly defined. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN PERFORMANCE AND LEARNING OF VISUAL ANTICIPATION IN EXPERT FIELD HOCKEY GOALKEEPERS by Khaya Morris-Binelli, Sean Müller, Fleur E.C.A. van Rens, Allen G. Harbaugh, Simon M. Rosalie,

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: CONCEPTUALIZING PHYSICAL LITERACY WITHIN AN ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS FRAMEWORK by Mark O’Sullivan, Keith Davids, Carl T. Woods, Martyn Rothwell & James Rudd.

IJSEP publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in the science of physical activity, human movement, exercise, and sport. Editor’s pick from the current issue: Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: MANAGING PRESSURE AT THE FREE-THROW LINE: PERCEPTIONS OF ELITE BASKETBALL PLAYERS by Rouhollah Maher, Daryl Marchant, Tony Morris & Fatemeh Fazel.