Description:
This is the first sociological-pedagogical text to conceptualise athlete learning in elite sport and across athletic careers. It outlines theories of learning and argues for a cultural perspective capturing contextual influence, temporal changes, individual dispositions and subjectivity.
Review Quotes:
"Athlete Learning in Elite Sport: A Cultural Framework provides an important link between the lifelong perspectives of athletes, sports policy and coaching that until now has not been articulated in much sports coaching literature. The perspectives presented in the book significantly broaden our conceptual toolkit for research on athlete development, provoking this reader to think about new and different questions for research. Most of all, I already have started to enjoy using the book in my teaching." - Christian Thue Bjørndal, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Sports Coaching Review