Chapter One:Overview 9
Part One:Introduction 9
Part Two:Analyzing Framework 15
Part Three:Methodology 22
Part Four:Outline of the Book 32
Chapter Two:The Chinese Elite Athletes and their Occupational Prestige 34
Part one:A Survey of Chinese elite Athletes 34
Part Two:Composition of the Chinese Elite Athletes 41
Part Three:The Occupational Prestige of Chinese Elite Athlete 46
Part Four:Summary 49
Chapter Three:From Non-Athlete to Athlete:Demonstration of Sports Genius 51
Part one:Beginning Training 51
Part Two:Entering an Elite Team 61
Part Three:Athlete's Personal Background and Choice of Sports 72
Part Four:Summary 76
Chapter Four:From Ordinary Athlete to Elite Athlete:Function of Performance Capital 78
Part one:Performance Becomes Capital 78
Part Two:Factors Influencing Athletes'Mature 82
Part Three:Sports Experience and Sports Performance 108
Part Four:Summary 111
Chapter Five:From Elite Athletes to Retirement and Reemployment:Application of Performance Capital 112
Part one:Mental Preparation 112
Part Two:Occupational Shift 114
Part Three:Status Attainment 119
Part Four:Intergenerational Mobility 122
Part Five:Summary 124
Chapter Six:Geographic Mobility and Athletes'Transfer System 126
Part one:The Hukou System and the Inter-provincial Mobility 126
Part Two:The Open-door Policy and the International Mobility of Athletes 130
Part Three:The Registration and the Transfer of Athletes 134
Part Four:Summary 136
Epilogue:Bridge the Present and the Future 138
Part one:The Relationship between the Performance Capital and the Social Mobility of Athletes 138
Part Two:The Characteristics of Athletes'Social Mobility and Their Reverberations on the Management of Sports Teams 141
References 145