Coaching Cultures

ISBN-13: 9781138880603 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015

Opis

This book examines the history of coaching, mainly in England, and covers both the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries.

This book was published as a special issue of Sport in History.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Coaching Cultures  Neil Carter  2. A ‘Strange . . ./ Absurd . . ./ and Somewhat Injurious Influence’? Cricket, Professional Coaching in the Public Schools and the ‘Gentleman Amateur’ Ethos  Rob Light  3. London Swimming Professors: Victorian Craftsmen and Aquatic Entrepreneurs  Dave Day  4. From Knox to Dyson: Coaching, Amateurism and British Athletics, 1912-1947  Neil Carter  5. Stigmatized, Marginalized, Celebrated: Developments in Lawn Tennis Coaching, 1870-1939  Robert J. Lake  6. Amateurism and the Rise of Managerialism: The Case of Rugby Union, 1871-1995  Tony Collins  7. The Athlete in the Making: The Scientific Study of American Athletic Performance, 1920-1932  Alison M. Wrynn  8. Football’s Engineers? British Football Coaches, Migration and Intercultural Transfer, c.1910  Matthew Taylor

O autorze

Neil Carter is Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre of Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University, UK.