Sports Coaching
A Reference Gude for Students, Coaches and Competitors
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The Crowood Press Ltd
Published:30th Apr '11
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Features and reviews in The Coach, Coaching Edge and Coachwise magazines. Reviews in SportsTeacher, Sport England and Sport & Exercise Scientist magazines.
Coaching makes a key contribution to sport, helps to promote social inclusion and participation, and assists athletes in achieving performance targets. This title presents an analysis of performance and good coaching practice and performance, and provides an overview of the coaching process from a scientific and pedagogical perspective.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.
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 academic
ISBN: 9781847971937
Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
Weight: 689g
320 pages