Managing High Performance Sport

ISBN-13: 9780415671996 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 322 str.

Opis

Drawing on real-world case-studies of elite sport around the world, this book shows a conceptual framework for studying and analysing high performance sport and introduces the skills and techniques that managers and administrators will need to develop effective HPS programmes.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. The roles of high performance directors within national sporting organizations  Part A: High performance management of elite sport  Chapter 2. Commercial, political, social and cultural factors impacting on the management of high performance sport  Chapter 3. Measuring performance and success in elite sport  Chapter 4. Managing high performance sport at the national policy level  Chapter 5. Comparative high performance sports models  Chapter 6. Quality and performance management of national sport organizations: Measuring and steering the performance of the distribution network  Chapter 7. The governance of high performance sport  Part B: Managing high performance athletes  Chapter 8. Sport development in high performance sport: The process of attracting, retaining and nurturing athletes  Chapter 9. A developmental and holistic perspective on athletic career development  Chapter 10. Support services in athletic development: Good practices from the field  Chapter 11. Coaching high performance athletes and the high performance team  Chapter 12. Managing athletes post-career  Part C: Issues in the management of high performance sport  Chapter 13. The influence of commercialization and globalization on high performance sport  Chapter 14. Facilities, media and management at major events  Chapter 15. The management of performance enhancing drugs in high performance sport   Conclusion  Afterword on managing high performance sport