Academic Publications
Institute of Youth Sport: Research Outputs
The details below relate to research outputs produced by Institute of Youth Sport staff in recent years. In addition the Institute produces at least 25 full research reports annually for project sponsors.
Refereed journal papers
Armour, K., Sandford, R.A. & Duncombe, R. (in press) Positive Youth Development and Physical Activity/Sport Interventions: Mechanisms Leading to Sustained Impact. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy.
Armour, K. & Duncombe, R. (in press) Changing Lives? Critical Evaluation of a School-based Athlete Role Model Intervention, Sport Education and Society. DOI:10.1080/13573322.2011.608941
Harris, J., Cale, L., & Musson, H. (2011). The effects of a professional development programme on primary school teachers' perceptions of physical education. Professional Development in Education, Volume 37 Issue 2, 291-305.
Harris, J., Cale, L. & Musson, H. (2011). The predicament of primary physical education: the consequences of 'insufficient' ITT and 'ineffective' CPD? Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy 1–15, iFirst Article
Bradbury, S. (2010) 'From racial exclusions to new inclusions: Black and minority ethnic participation in football clubs in the East Midlands of England' in International Review of the Sociology of Sport,
Kay, T. and Bradbury, S. (2009) 'Youth sport volunteering and the development of social capital' in Sport, Education and Society, Volume 14, Issue 1, February 2009
Barrett, L. A., Morris, J. G., Stensel, D. J. and Nevill, M. E. (2007). Exercise and postprandial plasma triacylglycerol concentrations in healthy adolescent boys. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 39: 116-122.
Sunderland, C, Morris, J. G. and Nevill, M. E. (2007). A heat acclimation protocol for team sports. British Journal of Sports Medicine. Published Online: 1 June 2007. DOI:10.1136/bjsm.2006.034207
Kay, T. A. (2007) Fathering through sport, World Leisure, vol. 49/2.
Bradbury, S. and Williams, J. (2006). 'New Labour, racism and 'new' football in England' in Patterns of Prejudice, Volume 40, Number 1, February 2006
Barrett, L. A., Morris, J. G., Stensel, D. J. and Nevill, M. E. (2006). Effects of intermittent games activity on postprandial lipemia in young adults. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 38: 1282-1287.Bradbury, S. and Williams, J. (2006) ‘New Labour, racism and ‘new’ football in England’ Patterns of Prejudice (40) 1: 61-82
Sandford, R.A., Armour, K.M. & Warmington, P.C. (2006) Re-Engaging Disaffected Youth through Physical Activity Programmes. British Educational Research Journal, 32, 2, 251-271.
Dunman, N., Morris, J.G., Nevill, M.E. and Peyrebrune, M. (2006). Characteristics for success in elite junior and senior swimmers. Portuguese Journal of Sports Sciences. 6 (suppl. 2): 126-128
Fitzgerald, H., Kay, T.A. and Shopland, K. (2006) ''In your "expert opinion" - what experts think about pupils insights into physical education and sport'', Physical Education Matters. 2 (1): 36-41
Kay, T. A. (2006), Daughters of Islam, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, vol. 41/3-4, 339-35
Kay, T. A. (2006) Fathering through Leisure, Editorial, Leisure Studies vol. 25 (2) pp. 125 - 132.
Kay, T. A. (2006) Where's dad? Fatherhood in Leisure Studies, Leisure Studies 25 (2), pp. 133- 152
Lindsey, I. (2006) Local partnerships in the United Kingdom for the New Opportunities for PE and Sport initiative: A policy network analysis. European Sports Management Quarterly. Vol 6, No 2, pp167-184.
Whitehead, S.H., Biddle, S.J.H., O’Donovan, T. and Nevill, M.E. (2006). Socio-psychological and physical environmental factors in groups differing by levels of physical activity: A study of Scottish adolescent girls. Paediatric Exercise Science 18(2): 226-239.
Biddle, S.J.H., Whitehead, S.H., O’Donovan, T.M., and Nevill, M.E. (2005) Correlates of participation in physical activity for adolescent girls: A systematic literature review and update. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2:423-434.
Morris, J. G., Nevill, M. E., Boobis, L. H., Macdonald, I. A. and Williams, C. (2005). Muscle metabolism, temperature and function during prolonged, intermittent, high-intensity running in air temperatures of 33 and 17 C. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 26: 805-814. Published online 15th March 2005, DOI 10.1055/s-2005-837448.
O'Donovan, T.M. and Kay, T.A. (2005) ''Focus on Girls in Sport'', British Journal of Teaching Physical Education, 36(1), 29-31. ISSN 04419057.
Kay, T.A. (2004) ''Leisure, gender and self in the analysis of family'', World Leisure Journal, 45(4), 4-14,
Siu, P.M., Wong, S. H., Morris, J.G., Lam, C.W., Chung, P.K. and Chung, S. (2004). Effect of frequency of carbohydrate feedings on recovery and subsequent endurance run. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 36: 315-323.
Chapters in edited works
Bradbury, S. (2011) 'Racisms, resistance and new youth inclusions: the socio-historical development and shifting focus of black, Asian and minority ethnic football clubs in Leicester in Burdsey, D. (ed.) Race, Ethnicity and Football: Persisting Debates and Emergent Issues Abingdon: Routledge.
Armour, K., Sandford, R. & Duncombe, R. (2011) Right to be active: 'looked after children' in physical education and sport, in K. Armour (Ed), Sport Pedagogy: An introduction for teaching and coaching, London: Prentice Hall.
Sandford, R. & Duncombe, R. (2011) Disaffected youth in physical education and youth sport, in K. Armour (Ed), Sport Pedagogy: An introduction for teaching and coaching, London: Prentice Hall.
Bradbury, S. (2010) ''It's not as simple as black and white': challenging racisms in English professional football through locally grounded multi-agency collaboration' in 'Sport and Challenges to Racism' Long, J and Spracklen, K (eds). Palgrave Macmillan
Sandford, R.A., Armour, K.M. & Duncombe, R. (2010) Finding their Voice: Disaffected
Youth Insights on Sport/Physical Activity Interventions, in: M. O'Sullivan & A. MacPhail (Eds), Young People's Voices in Physical Education and Sport, London: Routledge.
Armour, K.M., Makopoulou, F., Chambers, F, & Duncombe, R. (2010). Career-long professional learning for the professional physical education teacher. In Bailey (Ed). Physical Education for Learning, London: Continuum.
Bradbury, S. and Kay, T. 'Youth sport volunteering: developing social capital?' in Sport, Leisure, Culture and Social Capital: Discourse and Practice, Leisure Studies Association Publications Number 100, February 2008.
Bradbury, S. and Kay, T. 'Stepping into Community? The impact of youth volunteering on young people's social capital' in Sport and Social Capital, Nicholson, M. & Hoye, R. Elsevier. Butterworth-Heinemann (UK) March 2008.
Bradbury, S. and Kay, T. (2008) ‘Sport, citizenship and social capital: A study of youth volunteering in the UK’ in Nicholson, M. & Hoye (eds), R Sport and Social Capital,.London: Elsevier: Butterworth-Heinemann
Bradbury, S. and Kay, T. (2007) Youth sport volunteering: developing social capital’; in Hoplmes, K. (ed) Leisure studies and the social capital discourse, Brighton: Leisure Studies.
Jeanes, R. and Kay, T. A. (2007) Can football be a female game? An examination of girls’ perceptions of football and gender identity in (Eds) J. Caudwell and J. Magee Women and football in Europe Brighton: Leisure Studies Association
Sandford, R.A., Armour, K.M. and Duncombe, R. ( 2007) Physical Activity and Personal/Social Development for Disaffected Youth in the UK: In Search of Evidence, in N.Holt (Ed) Positive Youth Development and Sport. (Routledge)
Jeanes, R. (2006) Researching children: Practical Ethical Issues in (Eds) F Jordan and S Flemming Ethical issues in Sport and Leisure Research Brighton: Leisure Studies Association
Kay, T.A. ‘Family, community and leisure’; in Jackson E.L. (ed), Leisure and the Quality of Life: Impacts on Social, Economic and Cultural Development, Hangzhou Consensus, China: Zhejiang University press, 2006.
Kay, T. A. ‘The sexist state: leisure, labour and the ideology of welfare policy’, in Kennedy, E. and H. Pussard, Defining the field: 30 years of the Leisure Studies Association, Brighton: Leisure Studies Association, 2006.
Kay, T.A., ‘Families, communities and leisure’: academic review of the contribution of leisure to well-being; presented at the World Leisure Expo, Hangzhou, China, April 2006 as part of the Leisure Consensus Project of the World Leisure Research Association
Sandford, R.A. and Rich, E.J. (2006) Learners and Popular Culture, in D. Kirk, M. O'Sullivan and D. Macdonald, Handbook of Research in Physical Education. (Sage)
Jeanes, R. (2005) Girls, football participation and gender identityin (Eds) P Braham and J Caudwell Sport, Active Leisure and Youth Cultures Brighton: Leisure Studies Association
Kay, T. A. (2005) The voice of the family: influences on Muslim girls’ responses to sport, in Flintoff, A. (ed) Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Leisure Studies Association, 2005, Brighton: LSA
Lowrey, J. and Kay, T. A. (2005) Doing sport, doing inclusion: An analysis of provider and participant perceptions of targeted sport provision for young Muslims, in Flintoff, A. (ed) Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Leisure Studies Association, Brighton: Leisure Studies Association, 2005
Kay, T. A., (in press), ‘Daughters of Islam, sisters in sport’ in Aitchison, C., Peter Hopkins, P. and Kwan, M., Geographies of Muslim Identities: Diaspora, Gender and Belonging, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing
Kay, T. A. and Jeanes, R. (in press) 'Sport and gender', in Houlihan, B. (ed.), 'Sport and Society' (2nd edition) London: Sage.
Conference presentations and invited addresses
Duncombe, R., Harris, J. & Cale, L. (2011) Primary PE: What's the problem? What's the solution? Paper Presented at the British Educational Research Association's Annual Conference, London, UK (September).
Sandford, R.A., Duncombe, R., Musson, H. & Gorely, T. (2011) Exploring Girls' Views of Fun & Competition in Sport/Physical Activity. Paper Presented at the British Educational Research Association's Annual Conference, London, UK (September).
Bradbury, S. (2011) 'It's just an old boys club: the representation of women in football governance in Europe' Sport and the European Union conference, Nottingham Trent University, June 2011
Bradbury, S. (2011) 'Cracking the glass ceiling?: the representation of minorities and women in European football' Sport and interculturalism: problems, practice and evaluation, North East Peace III sport and leisure programme conference, University of Belfast, May 2011
Sandford, R. & Duncombe, R. (2011) Evaluation Research in Practice. Presentation at the Sports Coach UK workshop - Impact and Evaluation: Theory and Practice, University of Birmingham, UK (April).
Bradbury, S. (2011) 'Representation and structural discrimination in professional football in Europe: the case of minorities and females' UEFA conference on institutional discrimination in football. Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 2011
Sandford, R.A. & Duncombe, R. (2010) Facilitating inclusion through physical activity
programmes for disaffected young people. Paper presented at the Institute of Youth Sport
researching Youth Sport conference, Loughborough, UK (November).
Bradbury, S. (2010) 'It's not as simple as black and white: challenging racisms in professional football through locally grounded multi-agency collaboration' Leisure Studies Association conference, Leeds, July 2010
Bradbury, S. (2010) 'From racial exclusions to new inclusions: Black and minority ethnic participation in football clubs in the East Midlands of England' Institute of Youth Sport conference, Loughborough University, 2010
Sandford, R.A., Armour, K.M. & Duncombe, R. (2009) Putting Words in their Mouths?:
Seeking authentic disaffected youth insights on sport/physical activity interventions. Paper
presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Manchester,
UK (September).
Sandford, R.A., Armour, K.M. & Duncombe, R. (2009) Positive Adults for Positive Youth Development in Physical Activity Interventions: Negotiating Boundaries. Paper presented at the AIESEP Specialist Symposium, Pensacola FL, USA (September).
Cale, L., Duncombe, R., Waring, M. & Webb, L. (2009) Achieving 'High Quality' Physical
Education: An intervention to facilitate high quality teaching and learning in gymnastics and athletics in a City School. Poster presented at the Association for Physical Education National Conference, Gloucestershire, UK (June).
Armour, K.M., Sandford, R. & Duncombe, R. (2009) Youth Disaffection and Anti-Social
Behaviour in Education: Physical Activity/Sport Interventions and Sustainable Impact.
Poster presented at the Association for Physical Education National Conference,
Gloucestershire, UK (June).
Bradbury, S. (2009) 'From racial exclusions to cultural fusions: The experience of black and minority ethnic football clubs in the East Midlands of England' New perspectives on 'race' and football' conference, University of Brighton, May 2009
Morris, J. G., Sedgwick, M. J. and Nevill. M. E. (2007 forthcoming) The Relative Age Effect: More evident in males than females? BASES Conference (University of Bath) 12th September 2007.
Bradbury, S. and Kay, T. (2007) ‘Racism, resistance and identity in local football in Leicestershire’ International Sociology of Sport conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1-4 August 2007
Jeanes, R. and Kay, T. (2007) ‘Sport Makes People Listen’ Sport, HIV/AIDS education and young people in Zambia. Paper to presented at the International Sociology of Sport conference, Copenhagen Denmark, August 2007
Bradbury, S. and Kay, T. (2007) 'Racism, resistance and identity in local football in Leicestershire' International Sociology of Sport conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2007
Kay, T.A. (2007) 'Family leisure, what leisure? Juggle and struggle in the leisure society', Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference, University of Brighton, July 2007
Kay, T.A. and Bradbury, S. (2007) 'Youth sport volunteering: developing social capital? Issues of impact and evidence', Leisure Studies and the Social Capital Discourse seminar, Leisure Studies Association, London Metropolitan University, May 2007.
Lindsey, I. (2007) Local partnership approaches to central government funding initiatives. Political Studies Association Conference. University of Bath.
Kay, T. and Bradbury, S. (2007). 'Youth sport volunteering: developing social capital' Leisure Studies and Social Capital Discourse conference at London Metropolitan University, May 2007.
Jeanes, R. (2006) ‘Pure Football?’ An examination of girls’ soccer participation in England. Presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference Vancouver, November 2006
Kay, T.A. and Bradbury, S. (2006) 'Step into Citizenship? Youth experiences of sports volunteering', annual conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Vancouver, November 2006.
Kay, T. and Bradbury, S. (2006). 'Sport: Stepping into Citizenship'. Paper presented at the 'Re-imagining Community and Re-envisioning Sport', North American Society for the Sociology of Sport conference. Vancouver, November 2006
Leslie, V., Price, J., Morris, J.G., Sunderland, C. and Nevill, M.E. Physiological characteristics of junior and senior male international hockey players. The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Conference (University of Wolverhampton, UK) 11-13th September 2006
Hulse, M., Morris, J.G., Hodson, A. and Nevill, M.E. Validity and reliability of a battery of physical field based performance tests in elite child and adolescent soccer players. The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Conference (University of Wolverhampton, UK) 11-13th September 2006.
Kay, T. A. (2005) Family factors in the development of children's sporting talent, BASES annual conference, Loughborough University, 7th September.
Jeanes, R., Kay, T., and Lindsey, I. (2006) Discussing sport, education, and HIV in Zambia: Hearing youth voices. Presentation at the Researching Youth Sport Conference, Loughborough University, September 2006
Stewart, K.E. (2006). Thinking outside the pyramid: Rethinking physical education/sports performance relationship from a developmental socialisation perspective. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Conference, Warwick University, UK, September, 2006
Stewart, K.E. and Kirk, D. (2006). The developmental socialisation process of the elite performer: An analysis of the ’10-Year rule’. Paper presented at the AIESEP World Congress, Jyväskylä, Finland, July, 2006.
Harris, J., Cale, L., Musson, H. (2006) An Evaluation of a Primary Physical Education Programme in England. Paper presented to AIESEP World Congress, Finland, July 2006.
Sunderland, C., Tyler, C., Tunaley, V., Macleod, H. and Morris, J.G. The physiological demands of elite field hockey. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) 53rd Annual Meeting (Denver, Colorado, USA) 31st May – 3rd June 2006.
Barrett, L.A., Stocker, A., Morris, J.G., Stokes, K.A., Stensel D.J. and Nevill, M.E. A bout of repeated short sprints reduces postprandial triacylglycerol concentrations in young men. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) 53rd Annual Meeting (Denver, Colorado, USA) 31st May – 3rd June 2006.
Kay, T.A., (2006) 'Tolerance? Sports research with young Muslim women,', annual conference of the European Association for the Sociology of Sport, Jyvaskyla, Finland, June 2006.
Kay, T. A. (2006) 'Families, communities and leisure': invited paper to the Consensus Symposium of the World Leisure Expo, Hangzhou, China, April 2006 as part of the Leisure Consensus Project of the World Leisure Research Association.
Jeanes R., (2006) Researching children and young people: Critical reflections on the research process. Presentation at the 2nd Sport and Qualitative Research Conference, Liverpool John Moores University, April 2006Kirk, D., &
Lindsey, I. (2006) Can central agencies promote local partnership working? A case study of the lottery-funded New Opportunities for PE and Sport initiative. Partnership & Collaboration conference, Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research, University of Warwick, March 2006.
Lindsey, I. (2006) Sustainability of sports programmes: Theory, Policy and Practice. European Association of Sport Management Conference. Nicosia, Cyprus.
Dunman, N., Morris, J.G., Peyrebrune, M., Warr, C.R., and Nevill, M.E. The relative age effect in junior elite swimmers. The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Conference (Loughborough University, UK) 4-7th September 2005.
Hulse, M., Hawkins, R., Morris, J.G., Hodson, A., and Nevill, M. A. cross-sectional analysis of the anthropometric and physiological development of young, elite soccer players. The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Conference (Loughborough University, UK) 4-7th September 2005
Harris, J., Cale, L., Musson, H. (2005) The Impact of the TOP Programmes on Teaching and Learning in Primary Schools in England. Paper presented to the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Glamorgan, September 2005.
Barrett, L.A., Morris, J.G., Stensel, D.J. and Nevill, M.E. Continuous exercise and intermittent games activity reduce postprandial triacylglycerol concentrations in adolescent boys. The Physiological Society Meeting (University of Bristol, UK), 23rd July 2005
Kay, T. A. (2005) 'Tackling the gender gap in sporting activity and female obesity - involving girls, boys and families'': invited presentation to 'Sport, Activity and Health; Ensuring implementation of both Game Plan and Choosing Activity', Centre for Public Policy Seminars, Sheffield, 8th July 2005.
Mason,C.L.J., K.M. Armour and M.E. Nevill (2004) Physical activity and social change: Exploring theories of change through the use of Logic Models ', presented at The 1st International Conference for Qualitative Research in Sport and exercise' at Liverpool John Moores.
Other research outputs
Cale, L., Webb, L., Waring, M. & Duncombe, R. (2011) An intervention to facilitate 'high quality' physical education – from gymnastics to athletics. Physical Education Matters, 6 (3), 35-37.
Cale, L., Waring, M., Webb, L. & Duncombe, R. (2011) Facilitating 'high quality' physical education and 'high quality' gymnastics: an intervention in a city school. Physical Education Matters, 6 (2), 38-39.
Coalter, F., Kay, T.A. and Lyle, J. (2007) ''Research-based information reviews to inform policy: evaluations of sport and physical activity programmes'', 2007 Edinburgh: sportscotland.
Hulse, M., Morris, J.G., Hodson, A. and Nevill, M.E. (2007). Validity and reliability of a battery of physical field based performance tests in elite child and adolescent soccer players. Journal of Sports Sciences. 25: 266
Leslie, V., Price, J., Morris, J.G., Sunderland, C. and Nevill, M.E. (2007). Physiological characteristics of junior and senior male international hockey players. Journal of Sports Sciences. 25: 269-270
Morris, J.G. and Nevill, M.E. (2006). A Sporting Chance. Enhancing opportunities for high-level sporting performance: influence of ‘relative age’ Produced for Sport Nation, (a national ‘think tank’ relating to 2012). Institute of Youth sport, Loughborough University.
Jeanes, R. (2005) Experiences of conducting research with children, Leisure Studies Newsletter September 2005
Kay, T.A. (2005) ''Research by proxy - reaching across divides'', Leisure Studies Association Newsletter no. 70, March 2005, 28-31.
Kay, T.A. (2004) ''Family factors affecting sports participation: academic review commissioned by Sport England'', 2004
