This study explores the impact of austerity on the London 2012 Summer Olympics participation legacy from a grassroots sports club perspective, utilising institutional theory. The study adopted a mixed methods approach including semi-structured interviews with 11 stakeholders involved in ...

At the beginning of the 2013/2014 season in England and Wales, 90 head coaches of the 92 men's national professional football league clubs and 20 of the 22 men's professional rugby union clubs had tenure as a professional elite player in their respective sports. Moreover, Rynne [(2014). 'Fast...

This book examines the 20th century history of the ten most popular sports in Britain. It also tries to cover developments in Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England. The book provides the origin, the power structure, the relationship between the participatory mass and the eminent, and the role of...

This paper examines how public sport facilities in England, which are dependent on subsidy from local authorities, have performed during a period of recession and austerity. Using data derived from Sport England's National Benchmarking Service, we track the changes in a series of key operational...

Sports could not survive without volunteers as they are vital to the 'playing of sport'. Volunteering in sports is typically associated with sports -club systems or sport events. The purpose of this study is to explore the potential of harnessing volunteer activity in different contexts, as a...

Objective: To determine the level of pre-employment, pre-season, and post-injury medical evaluation of players undertaken within UK professional team sports. Design: A postal, whole population survey. Setting: Elite professional sports teams in England. Population: Six groups comprising the...

The effectiveness of sports facility provision in increasing participation is debated internationally. The impact will be mediated by the sport delivery system, the welfare system within which sports policy might operate and the culture of sport. Change in the political persuasion of recent UK...

INTRODUCTION: The objective of this paper was to review our knowledge of athletes who have, are believed to have or have attempted to engage in blood doping to enhance their performance at an Olympic Games. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: The paper focused on the Games from Munich 1972 to London 2012 and the ...

Objectives: To describe and compare the epidemiology of competition injuries in unarmed combat sports (ie, boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling) in three consecutive Olympic Games. Methods: Prospective cohort study using injury data from the IOC injury surveillance system and exposure data from...

The pathway between elite athlete and high-performance coach is common within English men's rugby union and association football. To help develop as coaches, many elite athletes gain coaching experiences within male high-performance youth academies. The purpose of this article sought to gain an...