Developing sport expertise : researchers and coaches put theory into practice / edited by Damian Farrow, Joseph Baker and Clare MacMahon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baker, Joe, PhD.

Farrow, Damian, 1970-

MacMahon, Clare.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports sciences.

Physical education and training.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>The development of an athlete from basic performance to elite level of accomplishment is a long and complicated process. Identifying and nurturing talent, developing and fine tuning sport skills, and maintaining high levels of performance over the course of a career requires many thousands of hours of training and, increasingly, the input and support of expert coaches and sport scientists.</P><P>In this fully revised and updated new edition of the leading student and researcher overview of the development of sports expertise, a team of world-class sport scientists and professional coaches e

Contents:

Cover; Developing Sport Expertise; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables and boxes; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Permissions; 1 Introduction; Part I: Expert Systems; 2 Outliers, Talent Codes, and Myths; Coach's Corner; 3 How Good are We at Predicting Athletes' Futures?; Coach's Corner; 4 Functional Sport Expertise Systems; Coach's Corner; Tricia Heberle; Adam Sachs; Part II: Expert Officials and Coaches; 5 The Sport Official in Research and Practice; Coach's Corner; 6 Developing the Expert Performance Coach; Coach's Corner

Part III: Contemporary Coaching Approaches7 Observation as an Instructional Method; Coach's Corner; 8 Organizing Practice; Coach's Corner; 9 Practicing Implicit (Motor) Learning; Coach's Corner; Part IV: Expert Athlete Processes; 10 "Choking" in Sport; Coach's Corner; 11 Expert Visual Perception; Coach's Corner; 12 The Recipe for Expert Decision Making; Coach's Corner; 13 Developing Tactics; Coach's Corner; Part V: Expert Commentary; 14 Research: Informed Practice; 15 There is No Easy Route to Expertise; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 12, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-31783-X

0-415-52524-1

0-203-11991-6

1-136-31784-8

OCLC:

852758080