On your marks, get stereotyped, go! Novice coaches and black stereotypes in sprinting

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 426-436

  Rasmussen, Ricky ^a   Esgate, Anthony ^b,c   Turner, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Racial stereotypes; Sports coaching; Success attribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644439663     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193723504273122     Document Type: Article

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