Developing Sport Expertise Researchers and Coaches Put Theory into Practice, Second Edition

Name: Developing Sport Expertise Researchers and Coaches Put Theory into Practice, Second Edition
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ISBN: 9780415525244

ISBN-10: 0415525241

ISBN-13: 9780415525244

Edition: 2nd 2013

Authors: Damian Farrow, Joe Baker, Clare MacMahon

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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.In this fully revised and updated new edition of the leading student introduction to the development of sports expertise, a team of world-class sport scientists and professional coaches examine the fundamental science of skill acquisition and explore the methods by which science can be applied in real…

Book details

List price: $48.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 6/7/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 274
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of figures


List of tables and boxes


Contributors


Preface


Acknowledgments


Permissions



Introduction




Expert Systems



Outliers, Talent Codes, and Myths



Coach's Comer




How Good are We at Predicting Athletes' Futures?



Coach's Comer




Functional Sport Expertise Systems



Coach's Corner


Tricia Heberle


Adam Sachs



Expert Official and Coaches



The Sport Official in Research and Practice



Coach's Corner




Developing the Expert Performance Coach



Coach's Corner




Contemporary Coaching Approaches



Observation as an Instructional Method



Coach's Comer




Organizing Practice



Coach's Corner




Practicing Implicit (Motor) Learning



Coach's Corner




Expert Athlete Processes



"Choking" In Sport



Coach's Corner




Expert Visual Perception



Coach's Comer




The Recipe for Expert Decision Making



Coach's Comer




Developing Tactics



Coach's Comer




Expert Commentary



Research: Informed Practice




There is No Easy Route to Expertise



Index