Coaching for Performance: Realising the Olympic Dream (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Lee, Sarah; Ghaye, Tony; Dixon, Martin

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book illustrates some of the most important links between sports coaching and high performance. It contains the reflections of world class coaches, Olympic athletes, performance directors and applied sport researchers.

It was published as a special issue of Reflective Practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134922345
• Artikelnr.: 57006456

Autorenporträt

Sarah Lee is Subject Leader of Applied Sport Science, University West of England, Hartpury, UK and an elite netball coach. Martin Dixon is a Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Professional Development, Staffordshire University, UK and UEFA-licensed football coach. Tony Ghaye is a positive psychologist and Director, Reflective Learning-International, Gloucester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Realising the Olympic dream - bring on the alchemists 2. Coaching for
performance: an interview with Olympic diving coach, Andy Banks 3. Coaching
for performance: reflections of Olympic diving coach, Andy Banks 4.
Reflection and the art of coaching: fostering high-performance in Olympic
Ski Cross 5. 'One door closes, a next door opens up somewhere': the
learning of one Olympic synchronised swimmer 6. Stories of success:
Cultural narratives and personal stories of elite and professional athletes
7. Thought Piece: Realising the Olympic dream: vision, support and
challenge 8. Developing rapid high-pressure team decision-making skills.
The integration of slow deliberate reflective learning within the
competitive performance environment: A case study of elite netball 9.
Reflections on a dream: towards an understanding of factors Olympic coaches
attribute to their success 10. Sacrifice: the lonely Olympic road 11.
'Multi-directional management': exploring the challenges of performance in
the World Class Programme environment 12. Politics, power & the podium:
coaching for Paralympic performance 13. Thought Piece: The political
process of constructing a sustainable London Olympics sport legacy: three
years on