Foundations of Sports Coaching

Comprehensive sport coaching book

Athletes and sports people at all levels rely on their coaches for advice, guidance and support.

Foundations of Sports Coaching is a thorough introduction to the practical, vocational and scientific principles that underpin the sports coaching process. It provides the student of sports coaching with all the skills, knowledge and scientific background they will need to prepare athletes and sports people technically, tactically, physically and mentally.

Your foundation in sports coaching

With constructive coaching tips, techniques and tactics highlighted throughout, the book covers all the key components of a foundation course in sports coaching, including:

• the development of sports coaching as a profession
• coaching styles and techniques
• planning and management
• basic principles of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and psychology
• fundamentals of training and fitness
• performance analysis
• reflective practice in sports coaching.