Elite Sport and Sport-for-All: Bridging the Two Cultures?

ISBN-13: 9781138821903 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 148 str.

Richard Bailey; Margaret Talbot

Opis

Sport is often perceived as being divided into two separate domains: mass participation and elite . In many countries, policy and funding in these two fields are managed by separate agencies, and investment is often seen as a choice between the two. Elite Sport and Sport-for-All explores the points of connection and sources of tension between elite and mass participation sport. The book's multi-disciplinary and international line-up of contributors seeks to define, examine, and develop solutions to this problematic relationship. Drawing on research and case studies from around the world-with examples from Denmark, Canada, South Africa and Israel-the book explores key contemporary issues including:

• does effective talent identification require depth of participation?
• do elite performances inspire greater participation?
• the role of the Paralympic movement in mass participation and elite sport;
• and the economic aspects of their co-existence.

The first study of its kind, Elite Sport and Sport-for-All addresses a central dichotomy in sport policy and, as such, is important reading for all students, researchers, policy-makers or administrators working in sport development and policy.

Spis treści

Foreword  1. More Fulfilling Lives Through Sport: An Intersubjective Justification for Balancing Elite Sport and Sport for All  2. Elite sports: what is it good for: the case of EYOF Utrecht 2013  3. Arguments and evidence of bridging elite performance and mass participation sports from an economic perspective  4. The question of the trickle-down effect in Danish sport: Can a relationship between elite sport success and mass participation be identified?  5. Two Solitudes: Grassroots Sport and High Performance Sport in Canada  6. The Problem with the Pyramid: why most models of talent development are flawed  7. Opportunities for ‘all’ versus ‘gold’ for sport and country: a South African discourse  8. The Paralympic Movement and Sport for All: Elite, Recreational and Inclusive Sport for Development  9. Elite Sport and Sport-for-All: Tales of a Small Country  10. Sexual exploitation in women’s sport: Can female athletes respond to it?  11. A Sporting Utopia: easing the essential tension in sport policy

O autorze

The late Professor Margaret Talbot OBE was President of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education, and a leading authority on physical education and sport

Richard Bailey　is Senior Researcher at the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education, and is a well-known writer, researcher, and public speaker on the intersection of physical activity, sport and human development