Tag: Natalie Barker-Ruchti

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 journal is mono, multi and interdisciplinary in approach. Special issue: Coaching in Brazil.

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.

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. Quest provides a public forum for scholarship, creative thought, and research relevant to a broad range of interests held by faculty and leaders in higher education today.

Annals of Leisure Research publishes refereed articles which promote the development of research and scholarship in leisure studies. Annals is aimed at an international readership and seeks theoretical or applied articles which cover any topic within the broad area of leisure studies.

The concept of orthorexia first appeared in the late 90s and referred to a fixation on eating healthy food. Lately, however, the health fixation has been extended to include unhealthy exercise. Orthorexia is not yet a recognized diagnosis, and this article argues that when it is, it should include the eating disorder as well as the exercise disorder.

Women’s Artistic Gymnastics: An (Auto-)Ethnographic Journey is written by Natalie Barker-Ruchti, a Swiss scholar presently with University of Gothenburg. It is her dissertation from 2007, whereBarker-Ruchti provides insights into gymnastics by demonstrating how a group of young high-performance gymnasts ‘live’ their sport, while also interjecting memories and personal reflections of her own gymnastic involvment. We asked Julia Rönnbäck, who is presently engaged in ethnographic fieldwork with young sportswomen in her own dissertation project, for a review.