1st Edition
Managing High Performance Sport
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
Biography
Popi Sotiriadou is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Tourism, Hotel and Sport Management, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia.
Veerle De Bosscher is a Professor in the Department of Sports Policy and Management, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
