Sporting bodies, ageing, narrative mapping and young team athletes: An analysis of possible selves

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Phoenix, Cassandra ^a   Sparkes, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Narrative; Possible selves; Young athletes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845753796     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320601081468     Document Type: Article

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