Coaching

Football Skills is a unique route to improve a youngster's game, with great ways for an adult to help.The book provides a planned sequence of one-to-one ball practices with vital facts and advice for both the pupil and the teacher.This includes:What...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628601183Author Phil WhiteFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Victory Belt PublishingPublisher Victory Belt Publishing

The use of performance analysis as an evaluative tool in the coaching process is now strongly embedded. This book aims to explore a range of contemporary topics relating to current and future working practices of practitioners in the discipline...

As the best-selling guide in the sport, Training Young Distance Runners has helped countless runners achieve their best times, avoid injuries, and improve their performance progressively from season to season. Updated, expanded, and enhanced, this new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781719900386Author Vernon Brundage, JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

This is a research-based text that provides readers with established principles and concepts in ergonomics and shows how these can be applied to contemporary problems in sport and other physical activities. It is unique in that this text is the only one...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637552711Author Mike WesthoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Mascot BooksPublisher Mascot BooksWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm * 30mm

At five out of the last six Olympic Games team GBR has been the top nation in sailing, a result of strong leadership from the Royal Yachting Association and very talented sailors and coaches. But Barry Pickthall, formerly the Yachting Correspondent of...

***SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH'S 2021 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS - INTERNATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR'One of the best football books I've read for a very long time.' - Sam Pilger, FourFourTwo Magazine'An extraordinary, granular depiction of a young...

The first modern English-language coaching guide to this dynamic and exciting Olympic sport of handball. During the last few years, handball - a modern and attractive high-speed game - has been fascinating more and more spectators and fans. 101 Team...

5 Stars! Doody's Review Service! (Perfect Score of 100) "...This book is more than sufficient for exposing undergraduate students to sports-related injuries, how they are identified, and how they might be treated by a professional. It includes a good...

Sport performance analysis techniques help coaches, athletes and sport scientists develop an objective understanding of actual sport performance, as opposed to self-report, fitness tests or laboratory based experiments. For example, contemporary...

The research project or dissertation is a core component of any degree programme in the rapidly developing discipline of sport performance analysis. This highly practical and accessible book provides a complete step-by-step guide to doing a research...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781533662422Author Jim ChattertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Perhaps no football manager has ever had his personal life dissected as thoroughly as Sven-Goran Eriksson. Yet the man that monopolized the British press during five tumultuous years as England manager remains an enigma. Who, precisely, is Sven?Here, in...

Solution Focused Coaching in Practice is a practical 'how-to' guide that provides an invaluable overview of Solution Focused Coaching skills and techniques. Reflecting upon published research on the solution focused approach, Bill O'Connell, Stephen...

From an expert team of authors 'AS/A1 Revise PE for AQA' has been written to address the change in content and style of the AQA AS Physical Education syllabus commencing in September 2016. Presented in a concise and visual approach for effective and...

A must-have introductory text of unrivalled coverage and depth focusing on events planning and management, the fourth edition of Events Management provides a complete A to Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events. The...

Catapult your training efficiency and get measurable results with metabolic training! Commonly known as met con, or metabolic conditioning, this form of training is often mistaken for any combination of high-intensity exercises. The truth is that...

So you're thinking about volunteering to coach youth basketball? Great! You're in for a fun, rewarding experience. Whether you're new to the sport and looking for some guidance or you're a seasoned coach hunting for some fresh tips, Coaching Basketball...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830783250Author Brian SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint David C Cook Publishing CompanyPublisher David C Cook Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

How can coaches maximise the effectiveness of their practice?What can research tell us about how and why coaching 'works'?How can we use the evidence base to enable others to reach their full potential?Coaching with Research in Mind brings together...

"This is exactly the sort of big, meaty, ambitious thriller that the market needs. I haven't read a book like this since I Am Pilgrim." ANTHONY HOROWITZ------------"Superb - there's an ominous drumbeat throughout, and pace and tension, and a subtle and...

Bill Struth is the most celebrated Manager in the history of Rangers Football Club. In his 34 year tenure, he led the club to 30 major trophies and nurtured many of the club's greatest players. To them, he was simply 'Mr. Struth' - a father figure who...

This collection featuring chapters by leading international practitioners will offer an introduction to coaching psychology for those new to it, including students, trainees, psychologists, and coaches.Introduction to Coaching Psychology covers key...

Sports Coaching: Professionalisation and Practice is a comprehensive evidence-based textbook of sports coaching theory and practice. The book is edited by leading academics in sports coaching studies and authored by a world-renowned team of experts in...

This is the fully revised sixth edition of this ultimate reference tool for all coaches responsible for training athletes to fulfill their performance potential. Written by world-renowned and highly sought after coach and President of the European...

Super Bowl XLII was the greatest upset in NFL history. In A GIANT WIN, Coach Tom Coughlin recounts the strategies and people that made it possible.Coach Coughlin reveals the intricacies of the game, revealing details only a coach would know. He also...

'He's a great coach. He lives and breathes the game. There's nothing he doesn't know' Brian O'Driscoll'The best coach Irish rugby - arguably Irish sport - has ever had' Malachy Clerkin, Irish TimesIn the autumn of 2010, a little-known New Zealander...

This book is a comprehensive guide for coaches on how to use rational-emotive and cognitive behaviour therapy to help coachees with their emotional problems within a coaching context. In this fully updated new edition, Windy Dryden: discusses the eight...

Twelve lost boys, their coach, and the heroes who rescued them. When the 12 young members of the Wild Boars soccer club walked into a Thai cave with their coach, they expected to be out by nightfall. A birthday cake waited in the fridge for one boy,...

This is an indispensible guide for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for clients or groups. Fitness tests are crucial to measure current fitness and then monitor progress to check the effectiveness of a training programme. The theory and...

The Advanced Fitness Instructor's Handbook follows on from The Fitness Instructor's Handbook. It is the first textbook to cover the National Occupational Standards and the Qualifications framework for Level 3 and Level 4 Instructors teaching Exercise and...

Written by experienced PE teachers and examiners, this Student Book has been carefully designed to be highly visual, accessible, and practical. Matching the new Level 1/2 Vocational Award, for first teaching from September 2022, it offers high quality...

Packed with drills and tips for practice and game days The fun and easy way(r) to kick-start your soccer coaching skills Volunteering as a youth soccer coach can be a great experience, both for you and your squad. But what if you've never coached...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312616090Author Tim CrothersFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 567g

The process of talent development (TD) is essential to success in any sport. Drawing on the latest evidence and a considerable experience base, the second edition of this book dispels myths about talent development and offers practical advice on the TD...

Conditioning for Young Athletes provides coaches, instructors, teachers, and parents of future sport stars the best training advice, exercises, and programs for establishing an overall fitness base and maximizing athletic development for youth. This...

Soccer is the world's most valuable sport, generating bigger revenues, as well as being watched and played by more people, than any other. It is virtually impossible to understand the business of sport without understanding the football industry. This...

It's the simplest, fastest, most accessible way to fitness and more women than ever are discovering its unique benefits - the stress relief, weight management, endurance, and self esteem. You don't need a partner, equipment, or even much time. Here,...