This handbook is an extensive scholarly resource comprising thirty-two chapters written by respected researchers and educators working at the intersection of sport and creativity research. Showcasing a wide range of topics relevant to this emerging interdisciplinary field, the Handbook is organised into three parts:

1. Theoretical Positions: The Nature of Creativity in Sport
2. Contextual Perspectives: The Role of Creativity in Sport
3. Applied Approaches: The Promotion of Creativity in Sport

Across these parts, readers are invited to navigate the varied terrain of creativity research, reconsider their assumptions about the meaning of creativity, and critically engage with the multifaceted possibilities and dilemmas of fostering creativity. Encouraging readers to move with creativity in novel ways, the Handbook provides the conceptual frameworks and applied tools to understand and work with creativity a dynamic, context-sensitive phenomenon central to growth, wellbeing, performance and innovation in sport. As such, the Handbook is a vital resource for researchers, students, and practitioners across the realms of sport – particularly those concerned with psychology, philosophy, pedagogy, coaching, youth development, sport participation, talent development, skill acquisition, and expert performance.

Ludvig Johan Torp Rasmussen is an Associate Professor in innovation and entrepreneurship at the Department of Health Science and Technology at Aalborg University, Denmark. His primary research interest is creativity in children and youth sport, which he explores from qualitative and applied perspectives, involving the voices of practitioners and participants. Integrating cultural psychology, sport pedagogy, and pragmatism his work aims to explore and cultivate creative experiences and creative environments across various performance levels and sport contexts.

Véronique Richard is a Lecturer and Researcher in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at The University of Queensland, Australia. Her research programme is centred on creativity in sport, enriched and embodied movement practices, and psychological wellbeing. Integrating performance psychology, ecological and dynamical perspectives, and applied interventions her work aims to understand how creative environments can support adaptability, skill development, and holistic flourishing in performers.