Sports Coaching
A Reference Gude for Students, Coaches and Competitors
Published on 1. December 2011
320 pages
978-1-84797-364-1 (ISBN)
Description
Sport plays a crucially important role in our society and the benefits of participating in sport and physical activity are widely acknowledged in terms of personal health and well-being. Coaching makes a key contribution to sport, helps to promote social inclusion and participation, and assists athletes in achieving performance targets. Accordingly, this authoritative and comprehensive reference work will be widely welcomed. Written by acknowledged experts, it presents a detailed analysis of performance and good coaching practice and performance, and provides a concise overview of the coaching process from a scientitic and pedagogical perspective.
Reviews / Votes
This is an important and timely book. The editor and contributors have produced and interesting and comprehensive range of chapters. Together, they offer a valuable contribution to sports coaching and coach education.' -- Professor Richard Bailey, author and academicMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Marlborough
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations; 155 Halftones, color
File size
32,74 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84797-364-1 (9781847973641)
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Book
04/2011
The Crowood Press Ltd
€47.91
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Person
Anita Navin is currently Head of Department for Sport Development, Management and Coaching at Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and is committed to the development of the under-graduate, post-graduate and professional doctorate programmes in sport coaching. Alongside her academic role, Anita is an experienced coach and coach educator and has been involved with England Netball for over twenty-five years.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributor Profiles
- Part 1: Pedagogical issues in sport coaching
- 1 Effective Coaching Behaviour
- 2 Exploration of the 'How to Coach' Skills
- 3 Athlete-Centred Coaching
- 4 The Coaching Climate for Learning
- 5 Planning the Coaching Session
- 6 Coaching the Individual Child Athlete in Performance Sport
- 7 Inclusive Coaching and Differentiation
- 8 Management of Participant Behaviour
- 9 Decision Training as a Coaching Method
- Part 2: Applying sport science principles in coaching
- 10 Planning a Training Programme
- 11 Sport-Specific Fitness Testing in Squash
- 12 The Role and Importance of Sport Psychology
- 13 Sport Psychology Interventions
- 14 Case Study Examples from Sport Psychology Interventions
- 15 Nutritional Guidelines for the Athlete
- 16 Athlete Recovery
- 17 Fatigue Management in the Preparation of Athletes
- 18 Performance Analysis and the Role of Biomechanics
- Part 3: Identifying and developing talent
- 19 Modelling Long-Term Athlete Development Pathways in Sport
- 20 Multi-Skills Contexts and Constraints
- 21 A 'Fit for Purpose' Approach Within the Rugby Football League
- 22 Establishing a Talent Development Pathway
- Part 4: Athlete support and management systems
- 23 The Delivery Structure of High Performance Sport in the UK
- 24 The Role of the English Institute of Sport
- 25 An Athlete-Centred Approach to Performance Lifestyle
- 26 Key Athlete Transitions
- 27 Applying Management Principles in Sports Coaching
- 28 Competition Preparation and Management
- Part 5: Professional issues in coaching
- 29 Sports Equity: Policy to Practice
- 30 Supporting Coach Development Through Mentoring
- 31 The Coaching Profession and Career Pathways
- References
