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| 2005-2006 SRSA annual report |
9th of October 2006 |
Sport and Recreation South Africa
The 2005-2005 SRSA annual report is now available for downloading, from this website, under Information and
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| 2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi Bid Book |
1th of July 2004 |
Delhi Bid Committee
This is a the official bidding document that won Delhi the priviledge of hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games, one of the world's largest international sporting events.
It covers all the areas
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| 2010 Govt Unit newsletter |
19th of February 2008 |
2010 Goverment Unit
SRSA's 2010 FIFA World Cup Government Unit has just published their first newsletter, and fittingly, it's in the shape of a football.
The newsletter gives an update on prominent aspects of the
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| A Century of Netball |
23th of October 2006 |
Rita Oosthuizen
With Netball being South Africa's leading female sport, it's fitting that a record of the game's history in the country should be put on record.
Past netball federation president Rita Oosthuizen
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| A guide to the correct usage of the SA national flag |
18th of September 2003 |
The SA Vexillological Association
This handy brochure describes how the national flag should be flown, how to use the flag at ceremonies and parades, and much more. It also gives guidelines for behaviour in the presence of not only
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| Ali - The Life of Ali Bacher |
1th of July 2004 |
Rodney Hartman
No one personifies South African cricket better than Ali Bacher. This is a bird's eye view of his life, from early beginnings to leading the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
While the books covers his
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| An Introduction to Sports Tourism and Event Management |
31th of May 2004 |
M Saayman (ed)
Sport tourism is a growing business in South Africa. As the country increases its international status and appeal as an event hosting and tourism venue we need to improve the professionalism of the
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| Athlete's handbook for drugs |
25th of August 2003 |
SAIDS
The South African Institute for Drug-free Sport has released the second edition of it's Athlete Handbook, containing drug lists and a host of other bits of useful information, including nutritional
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| Athlete-centred coaching |
25th of August 2005 |
Lynn Kidman
Developing inspired and inspiring people
www.ipcltd.com
This entertaining and easy to read book focuses on how coaches use athlete-centred coaching to create sportspeople who not only perform
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| Developing decision makers - An empowerment approach to coaching |
25th of August 2005 |
Lynn Kidman
As the title indicates, this book is about using an empowerment approach for developing individual athletes and teams. It focuses strongly on the ability to learn, which enables an athlete to make
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| Discovery SharkSmart DVD |
29th of June 2007 |
Sharksmart Project
In attempt to assist with eliminating the ever-present danger of neck injuries in rugby, the Discovery SharkSmart project has produced a DVD aimed at providing practical guidance to both coaches and
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| Exercise is Making the Difference DVD |
19th of October 2007 |
Produced by SSISA/Woolworths
There's been a noticeable increase lately in the number of professionally run development sport, health and fitness programs being run. One of the spin-offs of this trend is the appearance of a
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| Fast bowling injury prevention |
26th of May 2003 |
Richard Stretch and Janine Gray
Fist published in 1998, this is a handy forty page booklet aimed at reducing injury to fast bowlers, and addressing problems in young developing fast bowlers by assisting players and coaches to spot
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| Federation newsletters: Wrestling and Skydiving |
23th of October 2006 |
One of the most effective ways for a sports federation to attract membership and expand its numbers is by publishing a quality 'official magazine'. We look at two of them.
The first is the South
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| FIFA Guide to Official Marks |
29th of June 2007 |
FIFA
This is an essential guide for media, marketers and product suppliers that are intending to use any of FIFA's official marks, since it defines those and outlines the allowed, and correct, usage of
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| High Performance Programme Policy Document |
12th of November 2003 |
South African Sports Commission
The SASC helps elite athletes who are bound for high level international events to improve their performances through its High Performance Programme. The recently published High Performance Programme
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| HIV/AIDS IN SPORT |
8th of March 2006 |
Sankaran, Volkwein & Bonsall (1999)
Impact, issues and challenges
With the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in South Africa it is imperative that coaches and athletes are equipped to deal with issues regarding HIV/AIDS. I found the book
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| hpc launches new magazine |
26th of September 2006 |
hpc - Pretoria
The well-known hpc, the University of Pretoria based sport science training centre where up-and-coming and elite athletes go to fine tune their performances with the help of top sport scientists, has
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| In Pursuit of Excellence |
3th of April 2006 |
Terry Orlick (2000)
How to win in sport and life through mental training
Although the first edition was published 26 years ago this book, now in its third edition, still has immense relevance for athletes, coaches
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| Introduction to sport contracts in South Africa |
27th of March 2002 |
Dr Steve Cornelius
Although this is a vital part of sport management, generally administrators don't give enough attention to the legal side of sport. Steve Cornelius' introduction to the topic is an easy-to-read guide
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| Nation Building at Play |
11th of February 2004 |
Marion Keim
Subtitled "Sport as a Tool for Social Integration in Post-apartheid South Africa", the aim of this book is to help teachers, trainers and sports people unlock the potential that sport potentially has
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| New edition of SA research journal |
26th of August 2004 |
F van Jaarsveld (ed)
The latest addition of the South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation features a number of interesting sport research outcomes. And also on or two on recreation:
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| ORGANISING SUCCESSFUL TOURNAMENTS |
17th of March 2006 |
John Byl (1999)
This is truly your complete guide for organising team and individual sports competitions. It is aimed at the novice tournament director and makes the planning process quick and error-free by
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| Penny Heyns, An autobiography |
26th of August 2004 |
Penny Heyns and Gary Lemke
Penny Heyns is firmly established as one of the bright icons of high performance sport in South Africa. Her candid story about life on the way, and at the top holds a few lessons for prospective
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| Research Study: 7th All Africa Games |
10th of May 2002 |
Study leader: Prof Cora Burnett
This study titled The Social Profile of Athletes who Participated in the 7th All African Games, examines the lives of participants in this event, held in Johannesburg in 1999.
The objectives of
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| Rules of Sport |
15th of October 2004 |
Rosalie Greyling
This handy reference book for sports enthusiasts and administrators in schools and clubs covers the basic rules and laws of 30 popular sports in South Africa.
The sports covered include popular
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| Sport and Recreation Research in South Africa: From Theory to Practice |
23th of January 2004 |
Conferene proceedings
The proceedings from this recently held conference is now available. The conference covered a wide variety of research topics in sport in the fields of medicine, exercise, law, and
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| Sport Development Toolkit (CDrom) |
16th of January 2006 |
NCDO
The Sport Development Toolkit is a CDrom developed by the Dutch NGO, NCDO, in close collaboration with a number of international sport related agencies.
It focuses on the most common topics
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| Sport in Contemporary African Society: An anthology |
8th of January 2004 |
L.O. Amusa & A.L. Toriola (2003)
The fact that information on sport in Africa is so scarce and hard to come by makes this anthology a more than welcome contribution to the topic. Written by two well known academics currently working
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| Sport tourism brochure |
29th of June 2007 |
SRSA
It's no secret that tourism in South Africa is booming, and sport as a niche market within tourism is due to grow even faster as the country moves closer toward the hosting of the 2010 FIFA World
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| Sport: The Right to Participate and Other Legal Issues |
29th of January 2004 |
R le Roux & S Cornelius (Editors)
This publication is a selection of papers from a sport law conference held in Cape Town in February 2003. A number of key issues in sport law is addressed, including HIV and sport, drugs in sport,
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| SPORTS TALENT |
23th of March 2006 |
Jim Brown (2001)
How to identify and develop outstanding athletes
This book consists of three sections: (1) Identifying talent (2) Assessing and developing talent and (3) Evaluating talent by sport. I found it to
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| Sports Trader magazine - October issue |
26th of October 2006 |
The October issue of Sports Trader, the magazine for the sports goods trade, offers a few articles that may be of interest to others in the sports world as well.
Your Sport covers mostly topics
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| Sportsperson's medical handbook 2002 |
12th of September 2002 |
Dr Ismael Jakoet (compiler)
This handy booklet, compiled by the Chief Medical Officer to the 2002 Commonwealth Games team, Dr Ismael Jakoet, is a concise introduction/reference for athletes and officials, particularly those
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| Springbok Rugby Uncovered |
12th of July 2004 |
Mark Keohane
Mark Keohane's tell-all book about South African rugby may be controversial, but it has many useful lessons for sport administration in general. Combined with Louis Luyt and Chester Williams's
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| Superstart Phycial Activity Manual |
22th of February 2007 |
SASC
The Superstart phycial activity manual is a valuable resource for teachers and educators in the field of play and beginner sport.
The manuals, first produced by the NSC and SASC a number of years
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| Talent identification guides available from SASC |
7th of July 2003 |
Dr Deborah Hoare
The South African Sports Commission developed talent identification, selection and development plans for selected sports to assist National Federations in their development projects. The plans will
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| The Badge |
19th of February 2008 |
While helping to preserve the rich heritage of the Springbok emblem, The Badge is also a book that is an easy and entertaining read.
Published by SA Rugby, The Badge is a glossy coffee table book
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| Your Sport: New edition available |
26th of September 2003 |
the Information and Research unit, SASC
The 2003 edition of the SASC's magazine, Your Sport, as just appeared. It is available free of charge, and contains practical information that will be useful to all sportfederations and clubs.
The
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