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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965162203321

Titolo

Routledge handbook of sports coaching / / edited by Paul Potrac, Wade Gilbert and Jim Denison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-47772-1

1-136-47768-3

0-203-13262-9

1-299-28061-7

1-136-47773-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (527 p.)

Collana

Routledge handbooks

Altri autori (Persone)

DenisonJim <1963->

GilbertWade

PotracPaul <1974->

Disciplina

796.07/7

Soggetti

Coaching (Athletics)

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Historical and conceptual overview of sports coaching : what do we know about the field of sports coaching and how to study it? -- pt. 2. Perspectives on sports coaching in action : what do we know about the act of sports coaching? -- pt. 3. Influences on becoming a sports coach : what do we know about the process of becoming and developing as a sports coach?.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last three decades sports coaching has evolved from a set of customary practices based largely on tradition and routine into a sophisticated, reflective and multi-disciplinary profession. In parallel with this, coach education and coaching studies within higher education have developed into a coherent and substantial field of scholarly enquiry with a rich and sophisticated research literature.The Routledge Handbook of Sports Coaching is the first book to survey the full depth and breadth of contemporary coaching studies, mapping the existing disciplinary terr