Practical sports coaching

"Practical Sports Coaching is a thorough and engaging guide for all sports coaching students and practitioners. Drawing on real-life case studies and examples, the book is designed to develop practical coaching skills and provides readers with the methods and tools they need to become an expert...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • The role of the coach / Peter Horton
  • Planning your coaching: a focus on youth participant development / Andy Abraham, Sergio Lorenzo, Jiménez Sáiz, Steve Mckeown, Gareth Morgan, Bob Muir, Julian North and Kevin Till
  • The importance of a coaching philosophy / John Sproule
  • The competition environment / Dave Collins and John Kiely
  • The practice session: creating a learning environment / Terry McMorris
  • The practice session: creating a motivational climate / Kevin Morgan and Mohamad Faithal Haji Hassan
  • The practice session: talent development / Russell Martindale
  • Coaching tactics / Shirley Gray and Edward Hall
  • How coaches learn and develop / Christine Nash
  • Emotional intelligence / Áine MacNamara and John Stoszkowski
  • Mentoring as a coach development tool / Christine Nash and Sarah McQuade
  • Reflective practice / Amanda Martindale and Dave Collins
  • Learning through communities of practice in sport coaching / Christine Nash and Cedric English
  • Technology in sports coaching / Jill Clark and Christine Nash
  • Using geotechnology tools in sports coaching / Jill Clark and Joseph Kerski
  • Putting it all together / Christine Nash.