Coaching Cultures

Informationen zum Autor Neil Carter isSenior Research Fellow at theInternational Centre of Sports History and Culture! De Montfort University! UK. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Neil (University of York Carter
• Assisted by: Neil Carter (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2010
• EAN: 9780415594080
• ISBN: 978-0-415-59408-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; SPORTS & RECREATION / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Coaching / General, cricket, SPORTS & RECREATION / Coaching / Soccer, SPORTS & RECREATION / Football, Sports training & coaching, history of sport, Water sports & recreations, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), Sports training and coaching, Track & Field Sports, Athletics, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Swimming & Diving, Track and field sports, athletics, SPORTS & RECREATION / Racket Sports / Tennis, Water sports and recreations