Coaching Youth Gymnastics
An Essential Guide for Coaches, Parents and Teachers
Published on 27. October 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-78500-220-5 (ISBN)
Description
Coaching Youth Gymnastics is an invaluable resource for both new coaches and also for more experienced teachers. Those who train coaches will also find much of value in the book. The various disciplines of gymnastics are explained, together with how they fit into the framework of international gymnastic competition, and the author discusses various coaching styles and how they might best be applied in different circumstances. Topics covered in this new book include the role of the coach; sports psychology; floor exercise skills; coaching use of apparatus and preparing for competition.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ramsbury
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Diagrams; Halftones, color; Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78500-220-5 (9781785002205)
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Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
12/2016
The Crowood Press Ltd
€23.99
Available for download
Person
Lloyd Readhead is a former Director of Coach Education with British Gymnastics and has vast experience of coaching gymnasts and training coaches at all levels. As a British National Coach for Men's Artistic Gymnastics, Lloyd was the architect of the talent selection and development programme tht became the foundation upon which the success of British Men's Gymnastics was built, and has directed and tutored a number of international training courses on behalf of the world governing body for gymnastics (FIG) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).