Overview:
Ideal for sports science students, this book presents a range of in-depth discussions on various aspects of coaching and coaching issues. It is a compilation of papers from a variety of different coaches, offering you with the kind of insight that would take numerous lifetimes to gain on your own.
Learn from various members of Bath University’s ‘Team Bath’ coaching and teaching faculty and examine how their ‘knowledges’ influence every coach’s daily practices.
The first section is written by sports scholars who have or are still coaching. Section two is written by coach educators who are active elite coaches. The final section features three in-depth interviews with three master international coaches.
Cutting through the mechanistic and prescriptive theory, this book acknowledges your job as a coach is far more complex and involved than simply setting exercises and drills and explores the thinking behind it. Ensure your coaching is effective by combining all the ‘knowledges’ offered up in this book, which range from the pedagogical to the sociological, physiological and psychological. |
Contents:- Part One – Coaching Today
Chapter 1: What is Coaching, by Anthony Bush
Chapter 2: Coaching Identity and Social Exclusion, by Eric Anderson
Chapter 3: Ethical Coaching: Gaining Respect in the Field, by Pirkko Markula and Montserrat Martin
- Part Two – Coaching in Practice
Chapter 4: Communicating with Athletes, by Imornefe Bowes
Chapter 5: Coaching Experience, Coaching Performance, by Iain Bates
Chapter 6: Knowledge for Sports Coaching, by Zoe Avner
- Part 3 - The Coaching Act
Chapter 7: Coach interview: Lynne Gunson, by Leanne Norman
Chapter 8: Coach interview: Chris Volley, by Jennifer Hardes
Chapter 9: Coach interview: Andy Tillson, by Luke Jones
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About the Author:
Jim Dension is an Associate Professor in Physical Education and Recreation at The University of Alberta, Canada. |
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