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The first volume to examine the practical realities of operating as a performance analyst in sport and the core competencies required. Describe and presents examples of emerging techniques, technologies, and feedback mechanisms to deliver performance...

First published in 1917, Physical Education in Relation to School Life views the problems of growth and health in relation to education. The main outlines of a satisfactory physical education and its importance are indicated. The author has compared his...

Within the Sport and Exercise Sciences (SES) and allied disciplines, reflective practice has become firmly established as a fundamental aspect of education, professional training and development, and applied service delivery. This has resulted in an...

Using a pedagogical concept similar to game-based approaches such as Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) and Game Sense, this book explores the teaching and learning of modified games in physical education and sports. It includes examples of...

The International Golf Coaching Framework is intended to further develop the quality of coaching in the sport around the world. The Framework provides a common language and set of principles about coaching that span all borders. To that end, the...

Research on coaching education and development highlights, repeatedly, the difficulties of traditional coaching education to impact coaching practice. Practice seems to be disconnected from scientific theory with few coaches accessing the scientific...

Coaches are critical to achieving top performance from individual athletes and teams. Coach profiles the 150 most successful of them-in every major sport-providing ample biographical background but lasering-in on their most teachable ideas and methods...

This book provides sport educators with a comprehensive, learner-centred instructional toolkit to empower children and young people in collaborative, independent learning of sport and games (SGs).The book is unique in bringing together the various...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789355201607Author Gulu EzekielFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.Publisher Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956411663Author Joerg MadingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint DV ConceptPublisher DV ConceptWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

The modern game of rugby football has become gladiatorial, whereby muscular athletic players are involved in a form of collision chess with sophisticated defences smothering the offensive skills that were at one time a more dominant feature of the game...

Key Themes in Youth Sport is a concise, easy to read guide to core concepts in the study of young people's relationship with sport, exercise and leisure. Designed to help students get to grips with the basics and go on to master the central ideas and...

In Live Sports Media: The What, How and Why of Sports Broadcasting, Dennis Deninger provides an all-encompassing view of the sports television industry from his own perspective as an Emmy Award-winning producer at ESPN, at a time of seismic shifts in the...

With a newly restructured framework that strongly emphasizes real-world application, Fitness Professional's Handbook, Eighth Edition With HKPropel Access, provides current and aspiring fitness professionals the road map for working with clients. The text...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737976202Author Patrick TouheyFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Elite Performance Too-EPublisher Elite Performance Too-EWeight(grams)...

This book provides sport educators with a comprehensive, learner-centred instructional toolkit to empower children and young people in collaborative, independent learning of sport and games (SGs).The book is unique in bringing together the various...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905540266Author Nicky FullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Coachwise LtdPublisher UK Coaching SolutionsWeight(grams) 633g

With Lance Armstrong setting the pace, cycling is one of the fastest growing sports. It is a brilliant way to combine getting fit with covering vast areas of ground. It improves your cardiovascular system, tones your legs and gets you out in the fresh...

Ecological Dynamics in Sport Coaching provides coaches and students with sport-specific guidance to coaching within the ecological dynamics framework, presenting guidance to support coaches in creating representative learning designs that will enhance...

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First published in 1963, this book was aimed at students and teachers of Physical Education, to coaches interested in the more theoretical aspects of their work, and individuals who wished to find out the best ways to acquire skill in any particular game...

Sports can build character. But it doesn't happen automatically. And good intentions are not enough. PRIMED to Compete: Coaching for Character is the definitive book for coaches who want to optimize young peoples' experience of competition and promote...

First published in 1917, Physical Education in Relation to School Life views the problems of growth and health in relation to education. The main outlines of a satisfactory physical education and its importance are indicated. The author has compared his...

This book is a practical, nontechnical guide to incorporating sports data into decision making, giving leaders the knowledge they need to maximize their organization’s investment in analytics.

Stretching? Sleep? Fatigue? Psychological Safety? Pregnancy? Leadership?Sport Performance is a complex, highly studied, highly debated and often controversial mixture of theories, opinions and evidence. This book aims to demystify some of the most...

Are you ready to play? Current training sessions are built to meet the needs of coaches and their egos, instead of learning the needs of young players. Play: Principles of Training Sessions for Children explores this area in more detail and draws on the...

Reimagining Talent Development in Sport takes a fresh look at the processes, systems and fundamental beliefs about talent. It brings together researchers, practitioners and former Olympic athletes to re-imagine the way talent development programmes work...

Research Methods in Sports Coaching is a key resource for students and scholars who are completing research into sports coaching. The book comprises five distinct parts that prompt readers to think about important considerations:preparing and initiating...

Academic research on the Paralympics and disability sport is growing. University courses, governing bodies, and sporting organisations are also witnessing a rise of interest in disabled sport. This book is therefore timely and of importance. Written by...

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Taoist Wisdom to Inspire, Empower, and Lead in Sports & Life.In the world of athletics, an innovative breed of coaches is emerging-men and women who insist on fostering strong, healthy relationships with their players where respect and integrity are...

It's no secret that a strong midsection is a necessity for elite-level athletes. In fact, research has established a direct correlation between core strength, performance, and injury risk reduction. With Developing the Core, Second Edition, you can gain...

Exercise immunology is a discipline at the nexus of exercise physiology and immunology that aims to characterise the effects of exercise on the immune system in health and disease. This new edition of Exercise Immunology begins by providing an...

Exercise immunology is a discipline at the nexus of exercise physiology and immunology that aims to characterize the effects of exercise on immune competency in health and disease. This new edition of Exercise Immunology provides an evidence-based...