Coaching knowledges : understanding the dynamics of sport performance / [edited by] Jim Denison.

By:

Denison, Jim, 1963-

Contributor(s):

Denison, Jim, 1963-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : A. & C. Black, 2007.Description: [vi], 217 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780713681864 (pbk.) :
9780713681864 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

796.077 DEN

LOC classification:

GV711

Contents:

Part 1.Coaching today -- 1.What is coaching? -- Coaching identity and social exclusion -- 3.Ethical coaching: gaining respect in the field -- 4.Communicating with athletes -- 5.Coaching experience, coaching peformance -- 6.Knowledge for sports coaching -- 7.Coach interview: Lyn Gunson -- 8.Coach interview: Chris Volley -- 9.Coach interview: Andy Tillson.

Summary: Too often coaching is seen by sports science students as mechanistic and prescriptive. What a coach does in training and on the sidelines, however, is far more complex and involved than simply setting exercises and drills. This text looks at how various 'knowledges' influence every coach's daily practices.

Holdings ( 2 )
Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	796.077 DEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		204937
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	796.077 DEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		204938

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Too often coaching is seen by sports science students as mechanistic and prescriptive. What a coach does in training and on the sidelines, however, is far more complex and involved than simply setting exercises and drills. This text looks at how various 'knowledges' influence every coach's daily practices.