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Department of History

w10

Themes

Sport and culture

Psychology of sport

Technology and sport

TV

The Playbook (on coaches - Netflix); Athlete A (on sexual abuse of female gymnasts - Netflix); Worst DRS decisions ;

Controversial VAR decisions; The Truth behind Hawkeye

Reading

STEVE J. AYAN, "The Will to win" Scientific American Mind Vol. 16, No. 1 (2005), pp. 64-69 (6 pages)

Bret Stetka "How to coach like an Olympian" Scientific American Mind Vol. 27, No. 4 (July/August 2016), pp. 45-49 \

Sarah Gilmore, Christopher Wagstaff and John Smith, "Sports psychology in the English Premier League" Work, Employment & Society Vol. 32, No. 2 (APRIL 2018), pp. 426-435
Hans-Joachim Braun and Stefan Poser, "Playing with technology" Icon Vol. 19, Special Issue Playing with Technology: Sports and Leisure (2013), pp. 1-12
P. David Howe "Cyborg and supercrip: The Paralympics Technology and the (Dis)empowerment of disabled athletes" Sociology Vol. 45, No. 5, Special Issue: Sociology and the 2012 Olympic Games (OCTOBER 2011), pp. 868-882
Rayvon Fouché "Aren't athletes cyborgs? Technology, bodies and sporting competitions" Women's Studies Quarterly
Vol. 40, No. 1/2, VIRAL (SPRING/SUMMER 2012), pp. 281-293