Routledge Handbook of Sports Coaching by Potrac, Paul

Routledge Handbook of Sports Coaching (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138860438)

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Routledge Handbook of Sports Coaching by Potrac, Paul

Routledge Handbook of Sports Coaching

$72.99
Routledge Handbook of Sports Coaching by Potrac, Paul

Routledge Handbook of Sports Coaching

$72.99
Format: Paperback
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The Routledge Handbook of Sports Coaching is the first book to survey the full depth and breadth of contemporary coaching studies, mapping the existing disciplinary territory and opening up important new areas of research. Bringing together many of the world's leading coaching scholars and practitioners working across the full range of psychological, social and pedagogical perspectives, the book helps to develop an understanding of sports coaching that reflects its complex, dynamic and messy reality. This book makes an important contribution to the professionalization of coaching and the development of coaching theory. It is important reading for all students, researchers and policy makers with an interest in this young and flourishing area.



Author: Paul Potrac
ISBN-10: 1138860433
ISBN-13: 9781138860438
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/04/2015
Pages: 510
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.05lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 1.06d
By Paul Potrac
By Paul Potrac
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Paul Potrac is Professor of Sports Coaching at Edge Hill University. His research interests focus on exploring the social complexity of sports coaching, with a particular emphasis on the political and emotional nature of coaching practice.

Wade Gilbert is a Professor and Sport Psychology Coordinator in the Department of Kinesiology at Fresno State University, USA. He is an active researcher and consultant in the areas of coach education, coaching effectiveness and athlete talent development.

Jim Denison is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Canada and Director of the Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre. A sport sociologist and coach educator, his research examines the social construction and historical formation of coaching 'knowledges' and coaches' practices.

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