Coaching Sport

An Introduction to Sports Coaching provides students with an accessible, informative guide to the theory underlying the practice of quality sports coaching. This unique, readable text explains the practice of coaching from a variety of sports science perspectives, showing how such various knowledge strands underpin effective sports coaching. Real-life coaching examples are used in every chapter to demonstrate theory in practice, and to show how athletes can benefit from a coach's broad understanding of sport. The text provides full coverage of how Sport Psychology, Motor Learning, Physiology, Sports Medicine, Biomechanics, Notational Analysis, Sociology, History, Philosophy, Pedagogy and Sports Development can and should inform sports coaching. An Introduction to Sports Coaching is edited by a team of senior sports coaching academics, all of whom are also experienced sports coaches. The text contains: Insights from practising international and club coaches Clear definitions of important themes and key concepts relating to the sports science knowledge which underpins coaching Seminar and self-test questions to help confirm your understanding. An Introduction to Sports Coaching offers an ideal support text for today's student of sports coaching. Robyn L. Jones is Professor of Sports Coaching, Mike Hughes is Professor of Performance Analysis and Kieran Kingston is Senior Lecturer in Sport Psychology. All are based at the Cardiff School of Sport, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), South Wales, UK.Jones, Robyn L. is the author of 'Coaching Sport', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415411318 and ISBN 0415411319.