Useful web sites for Applied Sports Science and Coaching
Associations
British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences
British Wheelchair Sports Organisation
European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC)
International Society of Biomechanics
Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association
Gateways
BUBL Information service Catalogue of selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas. Try searching in the: subject menu, A-Z menu or the Dewey menu or 796's.
Organising Medical Networked Information (OMNI) Biomedical resources with good coverage of sports medicine.
SIRC Sport Research: Sport material and news produced by the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) who also produce the Sport Discus database. Access to which is available through electronic databases. Off campus users will need an athens username and password.
Intute: Social Sciences Formerly ALTIS, this gateway provides links to resources in hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism.
Intute: Social Sciences (formerly SOSIG) Contains useful links to National and International resources in the social sciences including sports tourism. Also hosts online tutorials to get you started on the web, try the internet for leisure, sport and recreation.
SPRIG Information for sport, leisure and tourism.
Yahoo - Sports This site is a major gateway and is well worth a browse. One of the key areas you will find is sport medicine.
General
B.A.G.A. Home of British Gymnastics Governing body of gymnastics with news and information on coaching and judging plus award schemes.
British Athletics Includes a site aimed at track and field coaching advice.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
LTSN - Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism The Learning and Teaching Support Network aims to promote high quality learning and teaching through the development and transfer of good practices, and to provide a 'one-stop shop' of learning and teaching resources and information for the HE Community. Links to the Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education (JOHLSTE)
Sport Science News and resources for research on sport, exercise, and physical performance.
For an eLearning tutorial that teaches critical evaluation of information found on the Internet then try the Internet Detective website. The website also includes sections on copyright matters, plagiarism and citation/referencing.
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