Sport & Fitness

BBC Sport Academy - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/academy/default.stm

Extensive range of resources for sport including short instructional videos, animations and games.

Gatorade Sports Science Institute – http://www.gssiweb.com

Articles and information on a variety of topics including: sports injuries, nutrition, psychology and training.

Health Scotland - http://www.healthscotland.com/

Health information and resources, including diseases, lifestyle and other health issues for Scotland.

The Higher Education Academy - http://www.hlst.ltsn.ac.uk/

The HE Academy Subject Centre for hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism - one of 24 Subject Centres providing subject-based support to both individuals and departments.

Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management - http://www.ispal.org.uk/index.cfm

This site has an excellent careers section for all levels and some summaries from Leisure Manager magazine.

Institute of Sport and Recreation Management - http://www.isrm.co.uk/

This site includes vacancies and information on ISRM qualifications and contains some useful publications some of which are free.

Leisure Opportunities - http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk

This site provides job adverts for the sector as well as relevant news stories.

Sports Coach- http://www.sportscoachuk.org/

This site allows access to a range of fact sheets, resources and links to coaching information sources.

Sports Fitness Advisor - http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/

An American site providing a wide range of sports training and related articles.

SportScience - http://www.sportsci.org/index.html?jour/0201/0201.htm&1

The main feature of the site is the journal Sportscience. Articles and links are available in a number of areas, including: sports medicine and science, sport and mechanisms of performance.

SportScotland - http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/

Sportscotland is the national agency for sport in Scotland and has responsibility to develop sport and physical recreation in Scotland, working with sports bodies, local authorities, schools, health boards and other organisations across the voluntary, public and private sectors.

Virtual Sports Injuries Clinic - http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/index.htm

The site provides information on over 90 sports related injuries. There is a discussion forum and illustrated diagrams, plus a virtual clinic for possible diagnoses. (Comes with a disclaimer).

Virtual Library of Sport - http://sportsvl.com/

This easy to use site provides links to information on individual sports (including some histories), coaching, sports injuries, a variety of current events, the Olympics, and sport in other countries.

Women's Sports Foundation - http://www.wsf.org.uk/

The Links section of this site is very easy to use and could be accessed by all levels of students.