The changing social and policy context in which sport is produced, delivered and consumed
is considered as a foundation for proposing a new integrated framework that incorporates …

Currently in the literature, there is a dearth of empirical research that confirms whether
international junior success is a reliable predictor for future international senior success …

Research question In a fast-changing world, this study poses a simple question: is it time to
start looking at sport in a different way? Thus far, utilitarian and neoclassical economic …

Objectives The aim of this study was (a) to compare athletic retirement of former Swiss,
Danish, and Polish athletes; and (b) to explore the influence of factors on the quality of the …

The way disability is understood and positioned by key stakeholders informs how policies
are implemented in the development of pathways to sporting excellence of an athlete with a …

Research question: This paper explores the extent to which nations prioritise elite sport
funding; whether such nations are more successful than those whose funding is more …

Parasport is a growing field of study with many countries recognising the need to develop
organisational structures in order to optimise the development of high-performance sport …

The successful and effective management of sports training is impossible without the
justified forecasting. The retrospective analysis of the sport career of elite sportsmen allows …

High-performance (HP) sport has emerged as an umbrella term that captures the enormity,
growth and pervasive nature of elite sports on the global scene. This special issue of …

Athlete development in parasport is a complex domain. Evidence on the developmental
trajectories of para-athletes is necessary to examine the critical determinants of specific para …