University Cricket and Emerging Adulthood

Examines the developmental experiences of university-based cricketers transitioning into (and away from) professional sport Uses a collegiate-sport context to analyse youth transition Focuses on an interactionist and post-modern perspective of identity-formation

Autorentext
Harry C. R. Bowles is Lecturer in Physical Education and Youth Sport in the School of Sport at Cardiff Metropolitan University

Inhalt
Preface: An Insider to the Context.- Chapter 1: Introduction: A Day in the Dirt.- Chapter 2: Mr Cricket: The Story of a Cricket Aficionado.- Chapter 3: The Cricket Bubble: Notes on a Cricketing Lifestyle.- Chapter 4: Lady Cricket: From Flirtation to Cohabitation.- Chapter 5: Finding Their Level: Trial and Repudiation of a Cricketing Identity.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: University Cricket and Emerging Adulthood. - Epilogue: Where are They Now?