Auteur: Natalie Barker-Ruchti

Success in high performance sport is highly valued in today’s world, with lucrative contracts, sponsorship deals, and opportunities for celebrity status balanced against substantial investments of ti …

Success in high performance sport is highly valued in today’s world, with lucrative contracts, sponsorship deals, and opportunities for celebrity status balanced against substantial investments of ti …

Elite athletes lead a particular way of life, which creates significant learning and shapes their selves. This is the first sociological-pedagogical text to conceptualise athlete learning in elite sp …

Elite athletes lead a particular way of life, which creates significant learning and shapes their selves. This is the first sociological-pedagogical text to conceptualise athlete learning in elite sp …

This volume outlines existing research relating to gender in physical culture. The introductory chapter employs Lamont and Molnar’s (2002) idea of ‘boundaries’ as visible and invisible socially const …

This volume outlines existing research relating to gender in physical culture. The introductory chapter employs Lamont and Molnar’s (2002) idea of ‘boundaries’ as visible and invisible socially const …

This book lifts the lid on the high pressured, complex world of women’s artistic gymnastics. By adopting a socio-cultural lens incorporating historical, sociological and psychological perspectives, i …

This book lifts the lid on the high pressured, complex world of women’s artistic gymnastics. By adopting a socio-cultural lens incorporating historical, sociological and psychological perspectives, i …