Developing Sport Expertise - Researchers and Coaches Put Theory into Practice (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

The athlete development process spans from initial sport engagement to elite-level performance to effective career transition out of sport. This is a long and complicated process. Identifying and nurturing talent, 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 fully revised and updated new edition of the leading student and researcher overview of the development of sport expertise, 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.

This book surveys the very latest research in skill acquisition, provides a comprehensive and accessible review of core theory and key concepts, and includes an innovative "Coach’s Corner" feature in each chapter, in which leading coaches offer insights from elite sport and critique contemporary practice in sport skill development. The third edition of Developing Sport Expertise will be invaluable reading for all researchers and students in the areas of expertise in sport, skill acquisition, motor control and development, sport psychology, or coaching theory and practice.

Table of Contents

1. A Very Brief Introduction to Applied Sport Expertise

Damian Farrow, Joe Baker, and Clare MacMahon

2. Sowing the Seeds of Success: Specialization, Diversification and Early Athlete Training

Joe Baker, Gillian Ramsay and Alexandra Mosher

3. The Athletic Skills Model as a Foundation for the Development of Expertise: Creating Challenging Environments

Geert J.P. Savelsbergh and Rene Wormhoudt

4. Coaching for Creativity

Veronique Richard and Darren Holder

5. Predicting Athletes’ Futures – A Necessity with Little Scientific Basis

Till Koopmann, Kathryn Johnston, Alex Roberts, and Jörg Schorer

6. The Expert Sports Official in Research and Practice

Clare MacMahon, Tammie van Biemen, Henning Plessner, and Alexandra Pizzera

7. Developing the Expert Performance Coach

Mark W. Bruner, Colin McLaren, Rachel Van Woezik, and Jean Côté

8. Evaluating Coaching Expertise

Chris Cushion

9. Technology Supported Coaching

Damian Farrow, Peter Le Noury and Olivia Cant

10. Self-Regulated Learning in Sport Practice: Agency, Assessment, and Actioning

Bradley W. Young, Lisa Bain and Joseph Baker

11. Data Informed Practice

Tim Buszard and Sam Robertson

12. Perception and Pressure: Research and Implications

Mark R Wilson, Samuel J Vine, Tom Arthur and David J Harris

13. Play with and Against! Insights for the Development of Decision Making in Team Sports

Pedro Passos

14. Developing Technical Skill Expertise

Georgia Giblin, David Whiteside and Machar Reid

15. Female Sport Expertise through a Skill Acquisition Lens: A Key Future Direction

Clare MacMahon, Anthea Clarke, Alana Leabeater, and Alex Roberts/

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2023
Authors:	Damian Farrow
Editors:	Damian Farrow
Authors:	Joseph Baker • Clare MacMahon
Editors:	Joseph Baker • Clare MacMahon
Dimensions:	246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	180
Edition:	3rd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-225815-7
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Promotions Books > Promotion > JB Academic
LSN:	1-03-225815-2
Barcode:	9781032258157

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