The Secret of Sporting Success
Feedback - through videoed performances - can be the secret of sporting success. The Systems Practice team. Systems Practice explored ways to make your management more effective by harnessing the power...
View ArticleTesting The Best: Talk The Talk
How to sound like an expert. Who really wants to be an expert on drug-taking in sport? Unless you’re a coach, an athlete or a medic, too much knowledge could arouse suspicions as to why you’re so...
View ArticleTesting the Best: Quiz
Test your knowledge on drugs in sport The Background Brief team. Background Brief: The Open University's guide to everything you needed to know about scientific debate. It ran on BBC Two from 1999; the...
View ArticlePY Gerbeau on the business of football
The business of football discussed by PY Gerbeau, from the BBC/Open University's Rules of the Game. The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the finest in free, online...
View ArticleTesting the best: Weblinks
Find out more about drug testing in sport with our weblinks and suggested reading. The Background Brief team. Background Brief: The Open University's guide to everything you needed to know about...
View ArticleOU on the BBC: Background Brief - Testing The Best: The Story So Far
Is drug testing the only way to ensure sport remains fair? We look at one athlete's experience The Background Brief team. Background Brief: The Open University's guide to everything you needed to know...
View ArticleCricket lovely cricket
Indian School reveals why cricket in India is more than a game. Billy Khokhar. Billy Khokhar is an assistant director with The Open University, and an expert on cultural awareness and diversity.First...
View ArticleIs 'sledging' sport?
'Sledging', involving the tactical use of racist remarks to distract the opposition has sometimes been seen as 'part of the game', but is it "cricket"? Professor Kath Woodward. Kath Woodward is an...
View ArticleWinners and losers: Against the odds?
Women's cricket goes professional but public attitudes to women's sport are still riddled with discrimination. Professor Kath Woodward. Kath Woodward is an Emeritus Professor and was Professor of...
View ArticleStarting and keeping on
The pursuit of excellence makes often enormous demands. What leads people to take up sports – and why do they keep going through the rough patches? Ashley McKenzie. A gifted judoka, Ashley first got...
View ArticleSport science
How do athletes achieve their best? Discover the pivotal role of sport science Simon Rea. Simon Rea is an academic on the Award in Sport, Fitness and Health at The Open University. First published on...
View ArticleSupport networks for sportspeople
You might be on your own as you run for gold, or face an opponent across a net – but success in sport owes a lot to the role of friends and family – especially, as you'll hear, when starting out. This...
View ArticleGetting to the podium: A family affair
Behind every child's sporting success, there's a complex network of support back home.Ben Oakley considers family support to athletes in their school age years and the impact on such families. Ben...
View ArticleFitness and training
Being good at a sport is only the start. To be the best, you have to put in the hours of training to achieve the peak of fitness. Caroline Heaney. Caroline Heaney is a full-time lecturer in Sport and...
View ArticleFrom PE to podium
What is the typical journey a talented youngster takes to reach the medal podium at senior level? Ben Oakley, a former Olympic coach himself, reviews what is known about the typical pathways to...
View ArticleMental fitness
Our athletes explain how they use their minds as much as their bodies to prepare for competition. Caroline Heaney. Caroline Heaney is a full-time lecturer in Sport and Fitness at The Open University....
View ArticleCoach, confidant, carer
Olympic coaches have a vital role in nurturing athletes: coach, confidant, carer Caroline Heaney. Caroline Heaney is a full-time lecturer in Sport and Fitness at The Open University. First published on...
View ArticleAre we any good at sport?
Ben Oakley asks: as a country, is Britain actually any good at sport? Ben Oakley. Ben Oakley led the development of sport and fitness at The Open University and is now Head of Department of Childhood,...
View ArticleAre we any good at sport? 2008
Ben Oakley askes whether as a nation we’re any good at sport? Ben Oakley. Ben Oakley led the development of sport and fitness at The Open University and is now Head of Department of Childhood, Youth...
View ArticleDiet and hydration
Eating your way to the top in sport is not just possible – it's vital. But you need to get your intake balanced and correct. Our Olympic hopefuls and OU experts explain how. Caroline Heaney. Caroline...
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