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A History of Sports Coaching in Britain - Overcoming Amateurism (Hardcover)
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A History of Sports Coaching in Britain - Overcoming Amateurism (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Research in Sports Coaching
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At the London Olympics in 2012 Team GB achieved a third place
finish in the medals table. A key factor in this achievement was
the high standard of contemporary British sports coaching. But how
has British sports coaching transitioned from the amateur to the
professional, and what can the hitherto under-explored history of
sports coaching in Britain tell us about both the early history of
sport and about contemporary coaching practice? A History of Sports
Coaching in Britain is the first book to attempt to examine the
history of British sports coaching, from its amateur roots in the
deep nineteenth century to the high performance, high status
professional coaching cultures of today. The book draws on original
primary source material, including the lost coaching lives of key
individuals in British coaching, to trace the development of
coaching in Britain. It assesses the continuing impact of the
nineteenth-century amateur ethos throughout the twentieth century,
and includes important comparisons with developments in
international coaching, particularly in North America and the
Eastern Bloc. The book also explores the politicisation of sport
and the complicated interplay between politics and coaching
practice, and illuminates the origins of the structures,
organisations and philosophies that surround performance sport in
Britain today. This book is fascinating reading for anybody with an
interest in the history of sport, sports coaching, sports
development, or the relationships between sport and wider society.
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