Sport Education is an approach to the teaching of PE that emphasises learning through sport, developing skills such as team-working and leadership in pupils, as well as enhancing self-esteem and encouraging an appreciation of concepts of fair play.

This book covers the significance of sport in economic, cultural and political terms. It discusses the theory and practice of sports related policy for urban development.

A collection of essays on marginalised accounts of sport, bringing to the fore an emerging field of discussion through theoretical debate from multidisciplinary perspectives.

Examines planning, development and management of sport tourism destinations. This book looks at the effects sports tourism has on the economy and the tourism destinations. It covers the topics sports tourism destination analysis, destination planning and development, destination marketing and management, and sport tourism impacts and environments.

A genuinely comparative analysis of sport policy -making in five countries - Australia, Canada, Ireland, the UK and North America. Focuses on issues such as drug abuse, government intervention and the provision of sport in schools.

Sporting Performances is the first anthology to tackle sports and physical culture from a performance perspective; it serves as an invitation and provocation for scholarly discourse on the connections between sports and physical culture, and theatre and performance.

Exploring the nature of coaching, this text covers: educational concepts in coaching; coaching, teaching, and leadership; athletes' learning; coaching communities and the social process; reflective practice; mentoring; and developing expert coaches.