University cricket and emerging adulthood : "Days in the dirt" /
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| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Foreword; Preface: An Insider to the Context; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; 1: Introduction: A Day in the Dirt; The Research Context; The Research Approach; The Research Problem and Conceptual Framework; The Research Product; References; 2: Mr Cricket: The Story of a Cricket Aficionado; A Station in Life; Runs and Wickets; Slicing a Way Through; Jumping Between Departments; Where I Come From; Subservient to the Game; References; 3: The Cricket Bubble: Notes on a Cricketing Lifestyle; Finding Your Cricket Legs; Life Inside the Cricket Bubble
- Day 1: Travel and RelocationDay 2: Pack Animals; Day 3: Time (Wasting); Day 4: A Cricket Orientation; Day 5: A Game of Contrasts; Day 6: Individualism and the Collective Endeavour; Day 7: No Escape; Tangled Up in Cricket; References; 4: Lady Cricket: From Flirtation to Cohabitation; Games Within the Game; Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder; Chemistry; References; 5: Finding Their Level: Trial and Repudiation of a Cricketing Identity; A Two-Year Plan; When I'm a First-Class Cricketer; Fear of the Unknown; So Many Options, Mate; The Stage We're All At; Third Year Syndrome; A Million Miles Away
- Fake It Until You Make ItNot One of These; Teach Yourself About Yourself; A Two-Year Deal; References; 6: Conclusion: University Cricket and Emerging Adulthood; The Research Findings; Do I Want to Lead a Life Like Yours?; What Does It Involve?; Am I Good Enough?; Do I Love It?; What Are My Alternatives?; Am I Risking Too Much?; The Research Implications; References; Epilogue; Where Are They Now?; Josh; Tim; Ben; George; Lewis; Connor; Patrick; References; Index