Developing sport expertise : researchers and coaches put theory into practice

Farrow, Damian, 1970- (Added Author). Baker, Joe, PhD. (Added Author). MacMahon, Clare. (Added Author).

Summary: 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 revised and updated edition 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 the real-world context of sport performance.

Record details

ISBN: 9780415525244 (pbk)
ISBN: 9780415525237 (hbk)
ISBN: 9780203119914 (ebk)
Physical Description: print
xxix, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, c2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1.Introduction --Part I. Expert Systems -- 2.Outliers, Talent Codes, And Myths -- 3.How Good Are We At Predicting Athletes' Futures? -- 4.Functional Sport Expertise Systems // Part II. Expert officials and coaches -- 5.The Sport Official In Research And Practice -- 6.Developing The Expert Performance Coach // Part III. Contemporary coaching approaches -- 7.Observation As An Instructional Method -- 8.Organizing Practice -- 9.Practicing Implicit (Motor) Learning // Part IV. Expert athlete processes -- 10."Choking" In Sport -- 11.Expert Visual Perception -- 12.The Recipe For Expert Decision Making -- 13.Developing Tactics // Part V. Expert commentary -- 14.Research: Informed Practice -- 15.There Is No Easy Route To Expertise.