The Applied Sport and Exercise Practitioner

PART I Context and environment 2 The development and purpose of standards in sport and exercise NATHAN REEVES AND ANDY MILES 3 Working contexts: The reality of being in the field LAURA CAREY 4 Professional ethics: Navigating the challenging moments EMILY RYALL, ANDY BORRIE AND PAULA WATSON PART II Being a professional practitioner 5 Getting to know you: Understanding identity and role CHARLOTTE CHANDLER, ANDY HOOTON AND MARTIN TURNER 6 Getting to know your team: Inter-disciplinary working with others EMMA COWLEY, JENNIFER JAMES AND JONTY NORRIS 7 Getting to know your client: The importance of ‘really listening’ PAULA WATSON, REBECCA LEVETT AND CHRIS MARSHALL 8 Organisational culture in sports: Perspectives, traps, and entry points for cultural practitioners NIELS FEDDERSEN, MICHAEL MCDOUGALL AND JOHN DOWNEY 9 Reflective practice: The core of professional and personal learning EMMA HUNTLEY, LAURA JOHNSON AND SAM NAPIER PART III Tales from the field 10 ‘Relentless, emotional and amazing’: Working in high-performance sport ANDY BORRIE AND LAURA BORRIE 11 ‘A challenging but rewarding path’: Working with disability populations LOUISE FERRANDINO, SIMON BRILEY AND TOM O’BRIEN 12 ‘We are all scousers now’: Integrating ethnically diverse communities through sport and physical activity (The Toxteth FireFit Hub) MARTIN COOPER, SHARIF YUSUF, ANTHONY WILLIAMS AND DAVE SCOTT 13 ‘Balancing the psychosocial and the physiological’: The day-to-day realities of cardiac rehabilitation ANTHONY CROZIER AND JOHN BUCKLEY 14 ‘It isn’t all child’s play’: Working with children and young people ZOE KNOWLES, HANNAH GOSS, CARA SHEARER AND FREDDIE TURNER PART IV Reflections 15 Effectiveness in practice: Principles of evaluation CHARLOTTE CHANDLER AND TIM DONOVAN 16 Looking across the lines: Common views and shared challenges ANDY HOOTON, PAULA WATSON, ANDY MILES, CHARLOTTE CHANDLER AND ANDY BORRIE