Richard Light is Professor and Head of School: Sport and Physical Education, in the College of Education at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He played and coached rugby in Australia and Japan and has conducted research on coaching and learning in sport across a range of sports and cultures. His recent publications with Routledge include, Game Sense: Pedagogy for Performance, Participation and Enjoyment (Light, 2013), Contemporary Developments in Games Teaching (Light, Quay, Harvey and Mooney (eds), 2014) and Ethics in Youth Sport: Policy and Pedagogical Applications (Harvey and Light, 2013). Stephen Harvey is an Associate Professor in Instructional Methods and a member of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences at West Virginia University, USA. Stephen has an extensive background in field hockey as player and coach and, before moving to the USA from the UK, was a National Governing Body coach educator and active field hockey coach, coaching with the England U16 Boys. His research is centred on improving teaching and coaching practice thorough the use of games-based approaches. John R. Evans is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney.

He has extensive experience as a rugby player and coach in Australia, Japan and France and is the first Indigenous Australian to be awarded a PhD in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney. His Research focuses on the use of Game Sense in team sports with a particular interest in rugby. Rémy Hassanin is completing a PhD at Federation University Australia under the supervision of Richard Light. Rémy is a French citizen who played and coached rugby in South Africa and France. His PhD study looks at the role experience within particular social and cultural settings plays in shaping rugby coaches' practice. His study examines these processes in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.