Sports Training & Coaching

Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Physical Education Two ...

The single manufacturer one-design (SMOD) Laser, launched just over 50 years ago, has now been renamed the ILCA and moved to multiple licensed buil...

'Compelling' Irish TimesAidan O'Mahony was at peak physical fitness and making his mark on the Kerry Senior Football team when he made the devastat...

The phenomenal international number one bestseller with exclusive interviews with Richie McCaw, Steve Hansen, Beauden Barrett and Dan Carter, The J...

This book offers a comprehensive synthesis of over 40 years of research on models in physical education to suggest Models-based Practice (MbP) as a...

Drawing from evidence-based practice and the latest research, this book explains the multitude of benefits of big body play for young children's so...

Carlstedt makes a compelling argument for the need to be open to new integrative approaches when it comes to applied practice, from initial assessm...

An Introduction to Sports Coaching provides students with an accessible and engaging guide to the scientific, social scientific, medical and pedago...

The Know the Game Skills series is the perfect introduction to a sport for every budding player.Each book aims to teach young players the basic ski...

Globalization has had a profound impact on the sports industry, creating an international market in which sports teams, leagues and players have be...

Social exclusion is one of the most pressing challenges in post-industrial societies, encompassing economic, social, cultural and political dimensi...

Whether you are an athlete suffering from nerves or someone who lacks motivation to exercise, sport and exercise psychology can help. As the discip...

Contemporary sports coaching studies have moved beyond simple biophysical approaches to more complex understandings of coaching as a set of social ...

Coaching adventure sports is part of the core work of many adventure educators but has been largely neglected in the adventure studies literature. ...

This book takes a radically different approach to the challenge of coaching in strength and conditioning. In doing so, it addresses many of the par...

Many observers have pointed out what is wrong with youth sport: an emphasis on winning at all costs; parental over-involvement; high participation ...

A ‘coach’ is more than just somebody who leads in the organisation and delivery of structured sport. The role of a coach goes beyond leadership, re...

This book highlights the latest advances in coach education and development through collaborative research co-ordinated by the English Football Ass...

The measure of a great coach is bringing the best out of athletes. This is the first guide to motivational interviewing (MI)--the proven approach t...

The relationship between sport and exercise psychology and the realm of professional sport and performance has grown exponentially in recent years....

Conventional wisdom holds that youth sports are a positive experience for our children. Unfortunately, 70% of kids drop out of organized athletics ...

As technology becomes an ever more prevalent part of everyday life and population-based physical activity programmes seek new ways to increase life...

Golf is one of the world’s major sports and consequently the focus of world-class scientific research. This landmark publication is the most compre...