Book Chapter
Lascu, Alex (2025). Coaching Cricket. Ecological Dynamics in Sport Coaching. (pp. 104-123) New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003529972-8
Journal Articles
Kittel, Aden, Cunningham, Ian, Lascu, Alex, Larkin, Paul, Vickery, Will and MacMahon, Clare (2026). Developing sport officials: What can we learn from our knowledge on coach development?. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 21 (3), 1703-1717. doi: 10.1177/17479541251408003
Morganti, Gabriele, Blackwood, Thomas, Lascu, Alexandra, di Villanova, Francesca Strassoldo, Padua, Elvira, Ruscello, Bruno and Kelly, Adam L. (2026). "It was clear from his childhood that he was destined to be a top striker": investigating the construction of football talent narratives in the Italian sporting press. Frontiers in Psychology, 17 1817389, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1817389
Cronwright, Andrew R.J., Lascu, Alex, Hinck, Kris, Kenneally-Dabrowski, Claire, Dwyer, Dan B. and Feros, Simon A. (2026). Community cricket coaches are ill-equipped for technical coaching of pace bowlers: A survey of Australian coaches. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching 17479541261421423. doi: 10.1177/17479541261421423
Santos, Fernando, Lascu, Alex, O’Sullivan, Mark and Woods, Carl T. (2026). Beyond the box: toward an ethic of response-ability in coaching science. Quest. doi: 10.1080/00336297.2026.2616260
Selimi, Erch, Lascu, Alex and Woods, Carl T. (2025). Continuing the conversation: charting a course for a situated approach to coach education in Australian football. Sport, Education and Society, 1-19. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2025.2483798
Morganti, Gabriele, Kelly, Adam L., Lascu, Alexandra, Brustio, Paolo R., Padua, Elvira, Filetti, Cristoforo, Porta, Marco, Briotti, Gianluca and Ruscello, Bruno (2025). Relative age effects in European soccer: their association with contextual factors, impact on youth national teams' performance, and presence at the senior level. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 7 1546978, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1546978
Morganti, Gabriele, Lascu, Alexandra, Kelly, Adam L., Ruscello, Bruno, Apollaro, Gennaro and Blackwood, Thomas (2025). Influences of sociocultural and historical constraints on athletes' developmental experiences: a case study of baseball in Japan. Sport in Society, 28 (5), 776-798. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2024.2390982
Moulds, Kylie, Lascu, Alexandra, Bai, Alison and Davidson, James (2025). Removing the straight jacket in practice approach: An investigation into coach learning and development in Australian female tennis. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 20 (1), 102-115. doi: 10.1177/17479541241287117
Lascu, Alex (2024). Some Threads Worth Caring About in a Corresponsive Sport Science. Sports Medicine, 54 (8), 2001-2003. doi: 10.1007/s40279-024-02048-7
Lascu, Alexandra, Wood, Matthew A., Moulds, Kylie and Davids, Keith (2024). Coach education as 'leading out with an experienced other'. Sports Coaching Review, 13 (2), 277-292. doi: 10.1080/21640629.2024.2343571
Morganti, Gabriele, Lascu, Alexandra, Apollaro, Gennaro, Pantanella, Laura, Esposito, Mario, Grossi, Alberto and Ruscello, Bruno (2024). (Beyond) the field of play: contrasting deterministic and probabilistic approaches to talent identification and development systems. Sport, Education and Society, 29 (7), 876-889. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2023.2212689
Selimi, Erch, Lascu, Alexandra, Serpiello, Fabio and Woods, Carl T. (2023). Exploring football coaches' views on coach education, role, and practice design: An Australian perspective. Plos One, 18 (5) e0285871, e0285871. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285871
Lascu, Alexandra, Spratford, Wayne, Pyne, David B. and Etxebarria, Naroa (2022). "Train how you play": Using representative learning design to train amateur cricketers. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40 (5), 498-508. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2021.2001160
Lascu, Alexandra, Spratford, W., Pyne, D. B. and Etxebarria, N. (2021). Talent development in women's cricket: Perceptions and practices of elite players and coaches. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 16 (4), 900-912. doi: 10.1177/17479541211012943
Lascu, Alexandra, Spratford, W., Pyne, D. B. and Etxebarria, N. (2020). Evaluating task design for skill development in an amateur female cricket team. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 26 (4), 330-344. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2020.1752648
Lascu, Alexandra, Spratford, W., Pyne, D. B. and Etxebarria, N. (2020). Practical application of ecological dynamics for talent development in cricket. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 15 (2), 227-238. doi: 10.1177/1747954120908816