ABSTRACT
The aim of this chapter is 'to better understand the processes involved in conceptualizing and researching sustainable Olympic sports development legacy construction and its implementation'. The study was worth pursuing because it concerned the global Olympic Movement's explicit aim to use sport for the betterment of society. The current Olympic Special Issue of Reflective Practice is dedicated to understanding coaching for performance and therefore provides a perfect outlet for revisiting the main thrust of the paper. The chapter argues for the importance of studying the process of knowledge creation and its use to inform policy making in sport. Epistemologically, the study was located within the constructivist perspective with its insistence on understanding what counts as knowledge and who is responsible for producing it. What the study did not address, however, was the relationship between knowledge and power, and how the knowledge about sport legacy creation has been used to inform current and future policies and practices.
