Sport Development in Action: Plan, Programme and Practice

by Alec Astle, Sarah Leberman, Geoff Watson

Overview

This practical textbook explains the sport development process from a practitioner’s viewpoint, showing what actually works, how, and why. Focusing on the development of sport, the book considers the efforts of sport organisations to revitalise their sports at a community level to ensure their future relevance, growth, and sustainability.

Full of real-world cases and data, as well as the voices and reflections of a wide range of practitioners, Sport Development in Action explains how to research and draw up a development plan, how to design and implement programmes and establish delivery networks, and how to monitor and evaluate initiatives.

This is essential reading for any sport development course, and useful reading for courses in sport management, sports coaching, or sports studies. It is also an indispensable reference book for practitioners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138895812
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/31/2018
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alec Astle is an Independent Researcher and Level III Cricket Coach with lifelong experiences of sport as a player, coach, and administrator; he previously held roles as New Zealand Cricket's National Development Manager and SPARC's Manager, Community Sport. In 2014, he received the Sutcliffe Medal from New Zealand Cricket for outstanding services to cricket.

Sarah Leberman is Professor of Leadership and Dean Academic at Massey University, New Zealand. Her research focus is on women in leadership within sport and academia. She co-founded Women in Sport Aotearoa, an organisation providing leadership, research, and advocacy to ensure women and girls are valued, visible, and influential in sport. Sarah has had over 30 years’ experience in sport at all levels, as an athlete, coach, administrator, board member, and manager.

Geoff Watson is Senior Lecturer in History at Massey University, New Zealand. He has written and contributed to many books and articles on sport in New Zealand, and has been actively involved in playing and coaching sport.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables

List of appendices

List of pause and ponders

List of facts and figures

List of case studies

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction: opening the innings

PART I Sport development in theory and practice

1 Sport development: the concept and a model of interpretations

2 Development of sport: its relevance to community sport

PART II Getting started in sport development

3 Formulating a sport development plan

4 Designing a sport development programme

5 Establishing a sport development delivery network

6 Implementing a sport development programme: putting the plan into practice

7 Monitoring and evaluating the programme

PART III Sport development in practice

8 Changing focus in the development and delivery of community tennis

Alec Astle and Jamie Tong

9 A whole of football plan

Alec Astle and John Herdman

PART IV Reflections on sport development in practice

10 Practitioners’ perspectives on the ‘development of sport’ in a community setting

11 Closing the innings: development lessons to be shared

Index