In pursuit of excellence : a student guide to elite sports development / Michael Hill

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Hill, Michael

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Student sport studiesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, c2007Description: viii, 121 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780415349345 (hbk.)
0415349346 (hbk.)
0415423546 (pbk.)
9780415423540 (pbk.)
9780203695401 (ebk.)
0203695402 (ebk.)

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Table of contents only

Contents:

Introduction -- Sporting excellence : the concept -- Sporting excellence : an historical overview -- The long winding path : sport excellence in the UK, 1950-1990 -- Atlanta 1996 : an Olympic failure too far -- Australia : why are they winning? -- Vive la France! -- USA : no. 1 -- The German Democratic Republic -- World class at long last : UK sport excellence, 2000+ -- Win at all costs? : the art of gamesmanship -- Citius, altius, fortius, pharmacus : drugs in elite sport -- What the future holds -- The current view

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Open Shelf	UMPLIB GAMBANG	GV361 .H55 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0000047798

Includes bibliographical references and index