This path-breaking book analyses young sporting women with physical disabilities and explores their experiences of living with a body which, on the one hand, is viewed as deviant - the disabled body - and on the other hand is viewed as accomplished - the sporting body.

This groundbreaking work explores masculinity and the body within sports. Through participant observations, sporting life-history interviews, and research with children, Wellard highlights the social processes which impact upon individual constructions and formulations of masculine identity and reviews these in relation to broader debates on gender, embodiment and sporting participation.

Emphasising that sports coaching is a social activity, this book introduces the 'what', 'when', 'how' and 'why' of coaching practice. Organised around the disciplines that have influenced coaching - including psychology, sociology and education - it explores issues faced by grassroots/youth sports coaches and elite/professional coaches today.

Stanislavski: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the life, thought and impact of Konstantin Stanislavski.

This guide is packed with practical hints, study tips, short cuts, real-life examples and careers advice, the new expanded fourth edition of this book is an invaluable resource throughout your geography, earth science or environmental science studies.