Sustainability in high performance sport

Natalie Barker-Ruchti is Associate Professor in Sports Coaching at the Department of Food and Nutrition, and Sport Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research interests lie in understanding how sport coaches and coaching affect athlete learning, identity and wellbeing, in particular in high-performance settings. In these works, the development of sustainable sporting practices forms a key aim. She has published journals including Sports Coaching Review, The International Journal of the History of Sport, and Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. She co-coordinates the Sport Coaching Education Program in her department and teaches on its sociological and pedagogical courses.Dean Barker is Associate Professor of Pedagogy and Physical Education in the Department of Food and Nutrition, and Sport Sciences at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. As an educator, he coordinates a physical education teacher education program, works with aspiring sports coaches, and is involved in professional development programs for practicing physical educators. His research interests are informed by constructivist and socially critical perspectives, and have focused on issues related to pedagogy, knowledge development, and social interaction.

• 1. High performance sport and sustainability: a contradiction of terms? 2. Coaches’ learning and sustainability in high performance sport 3. Caring as an important foundation in coaching for social sustainability: a case study of a successful Swedish coach in high-performance sport 4. Alternative discourses in the coaching of high performance youth sport: exploring language of sustainability 5. Techno-rational knowing and phronesis: the professional practice of one middle-distance running coach 6. Reaching balance and sustainability: weight regulation in combat sports. A case study of a female boxer 7. Growth problems in youth elite sports. Social conditions, athletes’ experiences and sustainability consequences 8. ‘Just do a little more’: examining expertise in high performance sport from a sociocultural learning perspective 9. Shifting the burden of proof in doping: lessons from environmental sustainability applied to high-performance sport