Book description
Sport plays a crucially important role in our society and the
benefits of participating in sport and physical activity are widely
acknowledged in terms of personal health and well-being. Coaching
makes a key contribution to sport, helps to promote social inclusion
and participation, and assists athletes in achieving performance
targets. Accordingly, this authoritative and comprehensive reference
work will be widely welcomed. Written by acknowledged experts, it
presents a detailed analysis of performance and good coaching practice
and performance, and provides a concise overview of the coaching
process from a scientific and pedagogical perspective.
This is an important and timely book. The editor and contributors
have produced and interesting and comprehensive range of chapters.
Together, they offer a valuable contribution to sports coaching and
coach education.' -- Professor Richard Bailey, author and academic
Anita Navin is currently Head of Department for Sport Development,
Management and Coaching at Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne,
and is committed to the development of the under-graduate, post-graduate
and professional doctorate programmes in sport coaching. Alongside her
academic role, Anita is an experienced coach and coach educator and has
been involved with England Netball for over twenty-five years.
