Understanding Sports Coaching: The Pedagogical, Social and Cultural Foundations of Coaching Practice

Every successful sports coach knows that good teaching and social practices are just as important as expertise in sport skills and tactics. Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Understanding Sports Coaching is still the only introduction to theory and practice in sports coaching to fully explore the social, cultural and pedagogical concepts underpinning good coaching practice. The book examines the complex interplay between coach, athlete, coaching programme and social context, and encourages coaches to develop an open and reflective approach to their own coaching practice. It covers every key aspect of coaching theory and practice, including important and emerging topics, such as: <ul>
<li>athletes’ identities</li> <li>athlete learning</li> <li>emotion in coaching</li> <li>coaching ethics </li> <li>professionalization</li> <li>talent identification and development </li> <li>coaching as a (micro)political activity </li> </ul>
Understanding Sports Coaching also includes a full range of practical exercises and extended case studies designed to encourage coaches to reflect critically upon their own coaching strategies, their interpersonal skills and upon important issues in contemporary sports coaching. This is an essential textbook for any degree-level course in sports coaching, and for any professional coach looking to develop their coaching expertise.

Sports & Outdoors

Jones, Robyn L.

Potrac, Paul

Cassidy, Tania

Coaching

Routledge

Every successful sports coach knows that good teaching and social practices are just as important as expertise in sport skills and tactics. Now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, and introducing a new author team, Understanding Sports Coaching introduces theories and practices while exploring pedagogical, social, and cultural concepts underpinning good sports coaching practice. Broken into four sections, Understanding Sports Coaching examines the complex interplay between coach, athlete, coaching programme and social context, and encourages coaches to develop an open and reflective approach to their own coaching practice. It covers key aspects of coaching theories and practice, including important and emerging topics, such as: <ul> <li>leadership</li> <li>athlete learning</li> <li>emotion in coaching</li> <li>culture as meaning making</li> <li>quality in coaching</li> <li>talent identification and development</li> <li>philosophy and sports coaching</li> </ul> Understanding Sports Coaching also includes a full range of practical exercises and extended case studies designed to encourage coaches to critically reflect upon their own coaching strategies, their interpersonal skills and upon important issues in contemporary sports coaching. This is an essential textbook for any degree-level course in sports coaching, and for any professional coach looking to develop their coaching expertise.

Understanding Sports Coaching

Rynne, Steven

Understanding Strength and Conditioning as Sport Coaching: Bridging the Biophysical, Pedagogical and Sociocultural Foundations of Practice

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Handcock, Phil

Gearity, Brian

Burrows, Lisette

Exercise & Fitness

"Contemporary strength and conditioning coaching is, for the most part, informed by the exercise sciences, with little engagement being made with the socio-cultural and pedagogical perspectives which have emerged in sports coaching research over the last two decades. In Understanding Strength and Conditioning as Sport Coaching: Bridging the Biophysical, Pedagogical and Sociocultural Foundations of Practice, the authors-whose expertise span strength and conditioning, sports coaching and pedagogy-help students and coaches to integrate perspectives from these other disciplines to enhance their strength and conditioning coaching practice. The book bridges the gap between the exercise science literature, pedagogical theory and strength and conditioning practice, and encourages readers to add moral, ethical and political considerations to the technical aspects of their coaching practice. It discusses and applies concepts to a full range of strength and conditioning settings, including elite performance, young athletes, aging athletes and returning to play following injury. Featuring an eResource, and structured around rich, narrative pedagogical cases reflecting the issues faced by practicing strength and conditioning coaches, the book offers a thoroughly engaging introduction to pedagogical and socio-cultural concepts and literature in an strength and conditioning context. This is a vital textbook for students of strength and conditioning, and an important resource for practicing strength and conditioning coaches and sport science staff"--

Understanding Strength and Conditioning as Sport Coaching

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