Managing High Performance Sport

Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this is still the only textbook to introduce best management practice, process and policy in elite and high-performance sport (HPS). Drawing on real-world case studies of elite sport around the world, this book outlines a conceptual framework for studying and analysing HPS and introduces the skills and techniques that managers and administrators will need to develop effective HPS programmes. Covering the macro-level factors that determine a nation's sporting success, from policy development to measurement and evaluation, this book also unpacks the specifics of elite athlete and team management at a micro level. Covering key themes from leadership and coaching to marketing and innovation, this new edition includes expanded coverage of contemporary issues such as managing interdisciplinary teams, athlete dual careers, HPS systems in less developed countries and high-performance parasport. This book features contributions from world-leading sport management academics as well as practitioners with experience in managing HPS programmes at world and Olympic levels, and each chapter includes a full range of useful features, such as summaries, case studies, review questions and guides to further reading. This is essential reading for all students, policymakers and practitioners working in sport management or sport development.

Popi Sotiriadou is Associate Professor of Managing High Performance Sport at Griffith University and is recognised as a Principal Fellow by the Higher Education Academy. She has earned multiple educational awards, including the Australian Award for University Teaching and the Australian Financial Review Award. Veerle De Bosscher is Professor in Sport Management in the Department of Sports and Movement Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. She is the Founder of SPLISS (Sports Policy Factors Leading to International Sporting Success; www.spliss.net).

Part A: Managing high-performance sport systems 1: High-performance managers: the directors of managing high-performance sport Popi Sotiriadou 2: Measuring performance and success in elite sports Simon Shibli, Veerle De Bosscher, and Sofie Smismans 3: Evaluating successful elite sport policies: the SPLISS model Veerle De Bosscher, Simon Shibli, and Maarten Van Bottenburg 4: Managing high-performance Paralympic sport Aurélie Pankowiak, Jacqueline Patatas, Veerle de Bosscher, Camilla Brockett, and Hans Westerbeek 5: Managing high-performance sport in emerging countries: the case of South Africa Shaundré Jacobs 6: Understanding the context of elite sport system through an organisational neo-institutional lens Ralph Ramos, Veerle De Bosscher, Aurélie Pankowiak, and Shaundré Jacobs 7: Commercial, political, socio-cultural, and technological factors impacting on the management of high-performance sport Barrie Houlihan, Tony Halkyard, and Popi Sotiriadou 8: Commercialisation of sport and the impact on high-performance sport Hans Westerbeek Part B: Managing high-performance athletes 9: Sport and athlete development in high-performance sport: attracting, transitioning, retaining, and optimising performance Popi Sotiriadou and Sergio Lara-Bercial 10: A developmental and holistic perspective on athletic career development Paul Wylleman, Anke Reints, Paul De Knop, and Sofie Smismans 11: Coaching high-performance professional sport: positioning, responsibilities, and tensions Sergio Lara-Bercial, John Lyle, and Cliff Mallett 12: The role of the athletes' entourage in high-performance sport Popi Sotiriadou and Zhi Yang 13: Managing dual careers in high-performance sport Tania Stevenson, Kate Kirby, Christine Higgisson, Kristy Munroe AM, and David Fleischman 14: Elite athlete well-being and life after sport Popi Sotiriadou, Max Kalis, and David Fleischman 15: High-performance athlete marketing, endorsements, and athlete legal rights Popi Sotiriadou, Zhi Yang, and Bowen Yao 16: Performance-enhancing substances and methods in high-performance sport Scott McLean, Ryan Preston, and Mitchell Naughton