This textbook provides all the core content for sports coaching, as well as real-life case studies, support in gaining work placements and a special chapter on study skills, so that students have all the essentials covered for taking a foundation degree in sports coaching.
No other introductory textbook explains the importance of a holistic approach to sports coaching practice. This is an essential companion to any sports coaching course.
This book is essential reading for all students of sports coaching and for any practising sports coach looking to develop and extend their coaching expertise.
This is an essential textbook for any degree-level course in sports coaching, and for any professional coach looking to develop their coaching expertise.
This second edition features more case studies from real top-level sport, including football, basketball and athletics, helping the student to understand how to apply their knowledge in practice and providing useful material for classroom ...
Even the biophysical aspects of life, training and performance occur in a dynamic, complex social environment, and the relatively young field of S&C hadn't yet done much about that in its journals. Fortunately for me, and for our field, ...
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Offering a complete introduction to sport development policy and practice, this book covers key theory, themes, issues, and debates in sport development, without assuming any prior knowledge on the part of the reader.
This is the first book to present a critical sociological perspective of sports coaching and, as such, it represents an important step forward in the professionalization of the discipline.
Sport Coaches' Handbook supports the education and development of sport coaches by providing them with the knowledge required to fulfill their roles as coaches while considering their personal values and philosophy, the athletes they coach, ...
3–13. Jowett, S., 2005. On enhancing and repairing the coach–athlete relationship. In: Jowett, S., Jones, M. (Eds.), The psychology of coaching. British Psychological Society, Leicester, pp. 14–26. Jowett, S., 2007.