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Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this is still the only textbook to introduce best management practice, process and policy in elite and highperformance sport (HPS). Drawing on realworld case studies of elite sport around the world, this book outlines a conceptual framework for studying and analysing HPS and introduces the skills and techniques that managers and administrators will need to develop effective HPS programmes.

Covering the macrölevel factors that determine a nation's sporting success, from policy development to measurement and evaluation, this book also unpacks the specifics of elite athlete and team management at a micro level. Covering key themes from leadership and coaching to marketing and innovation, this new edition includes expanded coverage of contemporary issues such as managing interdisciplinary teams, athlete dual careers, HPS systems in less developed countries and highperformance parasport. This book features contributions from worldleading sport management academics as well as practitioners with experience in managing HPS programmes at world and Olympic levels, and each chapter includes a full range of useful features, such as summaries, case studies, review questions and guides to further reading.

This is essential reading for all students, policymakers and practitioners working in sport management or sport development.

Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this is still the only textbook to introduce best management practice, process and policy in elite and highperformance sport (HPS). Drawing on realworld case studies of elite sport around the world, this book outlines a conceptual framework for studying and analysing HPS and introduces the skills and techniques that managers and administrators will need to develop effective HPS programmes.

Covering the macrölevel factors that determine a nation's sporting success, from policy development to measurement and evaluation, this book also unpacks the specifics of elite athlete and team management at a micro level. Covering key themes from leadership and coaching to marketing and innovation, this new edition includes expanded coverage of contemporary issues such as managing interdisciplinary teams, athlete dual careers, HPS systems in less developed countries and highperformance parasport. This book features contributions from worldleading sport management academics as well as practitioners with experience in managing HPS programmes at world and Olympic levels, and each chapter includes a full range of useful features, such as summaries, case studies, review questions and guides to further reading.

This is essential reading for all students, policymakers and practitioners working in sport management or sport development.

Über den Autor

Popi Sotiriadou is Associate Professor of Managing High Performance Sport at Griffith University and is recognised as a Principal Fellow by the Higher Education Academy. She has earned multiple educational awards, including the Australian Award for University Teaching and the Australian Financial Review Award.

Veerle De Bosscher is Professor in Sport Management in the Department of Sports and Movement Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. She is the Founder of SPLISS (Sports Policy Factors Leading to International Sporting Success; [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part A: Managing highperformance sport systems
1: Highperformance managers: the directors of managing highperformance sport
Popi Sotiriadou
2: Measuring performance and success in elite sports
Simon Shibli, Veerle De Bosscher, and Sofie Smismans
3: Evaluating successful elite sport policies: the SPLISS model
Veerle De Bosscher, Simon Shibli, and Maarten Van Bottenburg
4: Managing highperformance Paralympic sport
Aurélie Pankowiak, Jacqueline Patatas, Veerle de Bosscher, Camilla Brockett, and Hans Westerbeek
5: Managing highperformance sport in emerging countries: the case of South Africa
Shaundré Jacobs
6: Understanding the context of elite sport system through an organisational neoinstitutional lens
Ralph Ramos, Veerle De Bosscher, Aurélie Pankowiak, and Shaundré Jacobs
7: Commercial, political, sociocultural, and technological factors impacting on the management of highperformance sport
Barrie Houlihan, Tony Halkyard, and Popi Sotiriadou
8: Commercialisation of sport and the impact on high-performance sport
Hans Westerbeek
Part B: Managing highperformance athletes
9: Sport and athlete development in highperformance sport: attracting, transitioning, retaining, and optimising performance
Popi Sotiriadou and Sergio LaräBercial
10: A developmental and holistic perspective on athletic career development
Paul Wylleman, Anke Reints, Paul De Knop, and Sofie Smismans
11: Coaching highperformance professional sport: positioning, responsibilities, and tensions
Sergio LaräBercial, John Lyle, and Cliff Mallett
12: The role of the athletes' entourage in highperformance sport
Popi Sotiriadou and Zhi Yang
13: Managing dual careers in highperformance sport
Tania Stevenson, Kate Kirby, Christine Higgisson, Kristy Munroe AM, and David Fleischman
14: Elite athlete wellbeing and life after sport
Popi Sotiriadou, Max Kalis, and David Fleischman
15: High-performance athlete marketing, endorsements, and athlete legal rights
Popi Sotiriadou, Zhi Yang, and Bowen Yao
16: Performanceenhancing substances and methods in highperformance sport
Scott McLean, Ryan Preston, and Mitchell Naughton

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Sport
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Lexika & Handbücher
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Foundations of Sport Management
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781032036779
ISBN-10: 103203677X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Sotiriadou, Popi
De Bosscher, Veerle
Auflage: 2. Auflage
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Foundations of Sport Management
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 244 x 175 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Popi Sotiriadou (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.05.2026
Gewicht: 0,606 kg
Artikel-ID: 135374348

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