Advances in rugby coaching : An holistic approach
- Authors: Light, Richard , Evans, John , Harvey, Stephen , Hassanin, Remy
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book
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- Description: Contemporary sports coaching studies have moved beyond simple biophysical approaches to more complex understandings of coaching as a set of social relationships and processes. This is the first book to examine what that means in the context of one major international sport, rugby union. Drawing on cutting-edge empirical research in the five most powerful rugby-playing nations, as well as developments in pedagogical and social theory, the book argues for an holistic approach to coaching, coach development and player and team performance, helping to close the gap between coaching theory and applied practice. With player-centered approaches to coaching, such as Game Sense and Teaching Games for Understanding, at the heart of the book, it covers key contemporary topics in coach education such as: Long term coach development Experience and culture in coaching practice Positive coaching for youth rugby Improving decision-making ability Collaborative action research in rugby coaching Informed by work with elite-level rugby coaches, and examining coaching practice in both the full and sevens versions of the game, this book encourages the reader to think critically about their own coaching practice and to consider innovative new approaches to player and coach development. It is essential reading for all students of sports coaching with an interest in rugby, and for any coach, manager or administrator looking to develop better programmes in coach education
Contemporary developments in games teaching
- Authors: Light, Richard , Quay, John , Harvey, Stephen , Mooney, Amanda
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Book
- Relation: Routledge studies in physical education and youth sport
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- Description: The teaching of games is a central component of any physical education or youth sport programme. 'Contemporary developments in games teaching' brings together leading international researchers and practitioners in physical education and sports coaching to examine new approaches in games teaching and team sport coaching that are player/student centred and inquiry based.
Ethics in youth sport : Policy and pedagogical applications
- Authors: Harvey, Stephen , Light, Richard
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book
- Relation: Routledge studies in physical education and youth sport
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- Description: The influence of professional, adult sport on youth sport is now a global concern. Children are involved in high-stakes competitive sport at national and international levels at an increasingly young age. In addition, the use of sport as a medium for positive youth development by governments and within the community has fuelled ambitious targets for young people's participation in sport at all levels. In this important study of ethical issues in and around youth sport, leading international experts argue for the development of strong ethical codes for the conduct of youth sport, and for effective policy and pedagogical applications to ensure that the positive benefits of sport are optimized and the negative aspects diminished.