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. How Coaches Can Help Athletes to Make Better In-Game Decisions This book expands on the ‘Developing Thinking Players’ model across a wide range of team and individual sports, to explain how coaches can help athletes to learn how to make better decisions during play and to think for themselves. It provides an overview of game-centred and athlete-centred approaches to teaching and coaching in sport, combining essential theory with practical tips and guidance.
Written by an international team of coaching researchers and practising coaches, the book provides sport-specific instructions for coaching players in territory games, net games, striking games, target games, racquet games and combat sports, including netball, basketball, ice hockey, cricket, softball, football, rugby, volleyball, squash and karate. The book argues that the implementation of these student and athlete-centred approaches creates more opportunities for athletes to understand their sport and improves their ability to think for themselves and to learn to make better in-game decisions. Providing a theoretical underpinning for teaching tactical decision-making, it considers the development of players at all levels and age groups, from youth athletes to elite level.
Thirteen sport-specific case studies offer real-world coaching insights. – This is essential reading for any student, researcher or practising teacher or coach working in sport, physical education and coach education. ISBNs for Tactical Decision-Making in Sport are 9781000063943, 1000063941 and the print ISBNs are 9780367275242, 0367275244. Additional ISBNs include 9780367275235, 9780429296482, 9781000062151, 9781000060843.
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- Author: David Cooper; ?Barrie Gordon
- Publisher: Routledge
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