When the American tennis star, Andre Agassi, recently admitted using crystal meth during his playing career, the salacious media coverage suggested that the public still remain concerned about what high-profile sports stars take. Fellow professionals were quick to jump to his defence. However, the feeling remains that sports men and women are role models for clean living and healthy lifestyles. This is especially important given the publicity around drugs, obesity and young people, as well of course as the Olympics are due in London in 2012. The question I wish to explore here is how drug use in sport can be seen as similar to and different from other forms of drug use. Following that, I want to outline some challenges facing education, pre...
The paper examined drugs and its abuses in competitive sports. The type of drugs that are banned in...
Organized sport has a history dating back to ancient Greece, but in the early 20th century, pharmace...
This article addresses some social and management issues relating to the subject of drugs in sport (...
The main challenges for sports psychologist and coaches in this century would be producing strong pe...
The use of illegal drugs undermines the ethos of sport and jeopardises the health of athletes. Howe...
BACKGROUND: Racket sports are typically not associated with doping. Despite the common characteristi...
Introduction: The purpose of this research is to investigate opinions surrounding performance enhanc...
Many of the models and theories that aim to explain drug use in sport are limited by a focus\ud on i...
Doping is a complex and ancient phenomenon considering the vast variety of substances, supplied thro...
This article reports on 12 case histories with a view to 1) uncovering the attitudes of players and ...
This article reports on 12 case histories with a view to 1) uncovering the attitudes of players and ...
Over the last few years sport has confronted a multitude of crises including (1) match-fixing and be...
Sport activity, must be directed to the promotion of individual and collective health. Thus, there i...
Drug use in sport has a number of defining features with regard to type of drug, policy, behaviours ...
Media coverage of drugs in sport is all too often a soap opera, one with a cast of world famous, sup...
The paper examined drugs and its abuses in competitive sports. The type of drugs that are banned in...
Organized sport has a history dating back to ancient Greece, but in the early 20th century, pharmace...
This article addresses some social and management issues relating to the subject of drugs in sport (...
The main challenges for sports psychologist and coaches in this century would be producing strong pe...
The use of illegal drugs undermines the ethos of sport and jeopardises the health of athletes. Howe...
BACKGROUND: Racket sports are typically not associated with doping. Despite the common characteristi...
Introduction: The purpose of this research is to investigate opinions surrounding performance enhanc...
Many of the models and theories that aim to explain drug use in sport are limited by a focus\ud on i...
Doping is a complex and ancient phenomenon considering the vast variety of substances, supplied thro...
This article reports on 12 case histories with a view to 1) uncovering the attitudes of players and ...
This article reports on 12 case histories with a view to 1) uncovering the attitudes of players and ...
Over the last few years sport has confronted a multitude of crises including (1) match-fixing and be...
Sport activity, must be directed to the promotion of individual and collective health. Thus, there i...
Drug use in sport has a number of defining features with regard to type of drug, policy, behaviours ...
Media coverage of drugs in sport is all too often a soap opera, one with a cast of world famous, sup...
The paper examined drugs and its abuses in competitive sports. The type of drugs that are banned in...
Organized sport has a history dating back to ancient Greece, but in the early 20th century, pharmace...
This article addresses some social and management issues relating to the subject of drugs in sport (...