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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800082603321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-31783-X

0-415-52524-1

0-203-11991-6

1-136-31784-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BakerJoe, PhD.

FarrowDamian <1970->

MacMahonClare

Disciplina

613.7/1

Soggetti

Sports sciences

Physical education and training

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

<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