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Effective sports coaching : a practical guide / Alan Lynn.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ramsbury : Crowood, 2010.Description: 208 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1847971946 (pbk.)
  • 9781847971944 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.077 LYN
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 796.077 LYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100400671
Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 796.077 LYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 39002100407890

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From coaching ethics to the challenges of coaching children, all the "how to" of sports coaching Based on latest research, this comprehensive book covers all the essential elements of coaching and demonstrates how effective coaching practice can be developed. It provides recommendations for coaching behavior and conduct, examines coaching research and the complexities of the coaching process, looks at how one can develop a personal coaching philosophy, investigates the issues and challenges of coaching children, and makes recommendations for safe and best practice. It examines in detail nine expert coaching actions: building relationships; creating a learning environment; effective communication, organization, and control; coaching pedagogy; goal-setting; planning and preparation; observation and analysis; and reflective practice. It also considers disabled athletes and discusses long-term planning.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Alan Lynn is a coach and coach educator for British Swimming, a member of sportscoach UK's Coaching Standards Group, a former sportscotland Coach of the Year, and he has coached swimmers up to Olympic level. He is the author of Conditioning for Swimmers: A Guide to Land-Based Training , High Performance Swimming , and Swimming: Technique, Training, Competition Strategy .

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