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Heaney, Caroline; Kentzer, Nichola and Oakley, Ben eds. (2021). Athletic Development: A Psychological Perspective. Abingdon: Routledge.

Heaney, Caroline; Oakley, Ben and Rea, Simon eds. (2009). Exploring Sport and Fitness: Work-based Practice. Abingdon: Routledge/The Open University.

Oakley, Ben and Rhys, Martin eds. (2008). The Sport and Fitness Sector: an Introduction. Abingdon: Open University/Routledge.

Rienties, Bart; Roelen, Keetie; Oakley, Ben; Duncan, Elaine and Pengel, Liset (2025). Multiple and Multi-dimensional Life Transitions of World Transplant Athletes. In: Jindal-Snape, Divya ed. The Palgrave Handbook of Multiple and Multi-Dimensional Educational and Life Transitions. London: Palgrave MacMillan (In Press).

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Heaney, Caroline; Kentzer, Nichola and Oakley, Ben (2022). Effective athletic development: Closing thoughts. In: Heaney, Caroline; Kentzer, Nichola and Oakley, Ben eds. Athletic Development: A Psychological Perspective. New York: Routledge, pp. 247–250.

Oakley, Ben (2022). Athletic development: A holistic view of the journey. In: Heaney, Caroline; Kentzer, Nichola and Oakley, Ben eds. Athletic Development. A Psychological Perspective. New York: Routledge, pp. 5–7.

Oakley, Ben (2022). How Did We Get Here? Exploring the Evolution of Athletic Development Perspectives. In: Heaney, Caroline; Kentzer, Nichola and Oakley, Ben eds. Athletic Development: A Psychological Perspective. New York: Routledge, pp. 20–37.

Oakley, Ben (2021). What is athletic development? In: Heaney, Caroline; Kentzer, Nichola and Oakley, Ben eds. Athletic Development: A Psychological Perspective. New York: Routledge, pp. 9–19.

Oakley, Ben (2009). What makes successful sessions? In: Heaney, Caroline; Oakley, Ben and Rea, Simon eds. Exploring Sport and Fitness: Work-based practice. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 243–255.

Wright, Trevor; Trudel, Pierre; Culver, Diane and Oakley, Ben (2009). Learning how to coach: the different learning situations reported by coaches. In: Heaney, Caroline; Oakley, Ben and Rea, Simon eds. Exploring Sport and Fitness: Work-based practice. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 219–229.

Moore, Lucy; Oakley, Ben and Twitchen, Alex (2025). It’s never simple! People, power and relationships in the United Kingdom Olympic sport policy system. A commentary. Journal of Sports Sciences, 43(1) pp. 92–98.

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Oakley, Ben (2024). Windsurfing’s Rapid Global Diffusion: The Evolution of a 1970s Technology-First Sport. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 40(14) pp. 1253–1271.

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Rienties, Bart; Duncan, Elaine; Judd, Perry; Oakley, Ben; Pengel, Liset H. M.; Roelen, Keetie and Topley, Nicholas (2024). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity: a comparative analysis of transplant athletes competing in high intensity sporting events with other transplant recipients. PLoS ONE, 19(8), article no. e0307095.

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Twitchen, Alex and Oakley, Ben (2019). Back to the Future: Rethinking Coach Learning and Development in the UK. Applied Coaching Research Journal, 4 pp. 32–41.

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Oakley, Ben and Twitchen, Alex (2018). How might online distance learning contribute to coach development. Applied Coaching Research Journal, 2 pp. 24–31.

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Oakley, Ben (2015). What do Champions’ Autobiographical Accounts tell us About Athletes’ Learning? Olympic Coach, 26(2) pp. 20–30.

Oakley, Ben and Hencken, Clare (2005). Oral examination assessment practices: effectiveness and change within a first year undergraduate cohort. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education, 4(1) pp. 3–14.

Oakley, Ben and Green, Michael (2001). Still playing the game at arms length? The selective re-investment in British sport 1994-1999. Managing Leisure, 6(2) pp. 74–94.

Oakley, Ben and Green, Michael (2001). The production of Olympic champions: international perspectives on elite sport development systems. European Journal for Sports Management pp. 83–105.

Oakley, Ben and Shibli, Simon (2016). What do the Olympic medal tables say about your nation’s sporting priorities? The Conversation, London.

Oakley, Ben (2015). The other giant leap for mankind: how this athlete set a world record that’s still standing 20 years later. The Conversation.