Sports Coaching Books

New and Published Books

1. Study Skills for Sports Studies

   By Tara Magdalinski

   Starting university can be a daunting prospect, as students come to grips with new ways of working, learning and thinking. Studying sport at university poses particular challenges, with students often engaged in playing or coaching sport alongside their studies and having unconventional working...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. Professional Practice in Sport Psychology

   A review

   Edited by Sheldon Hanton, Stephen Mellalieu

   Sport psychologists working with athletes, teams and sports performers are only as effective as their professional techniques and competencies will allow. This is the first book to offer a detailed and critical appraisal of the conceptual foundations of contemporary professional practice in sport...

   Published May 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Lifelong Engagement in Sport and Physical Activity

   Participation and Performance across the Lifespan

   Edited by Nicholas Holt, Margaret Talbot

   Series: ICSSPE Perspectives

   Sport and physical activity should now be understood as lifelong activity, beginning in childhood, and accessible to participants of all levels of ability. This book offers an overview of some of the core concerns underlying lifelong engagement in sport and physical activity, encompassing...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. Science and Football VII

   The Proceedings of the Seventh World Congress on Science and Football

   Edited by Hiroyuki Nunome, Barry Drust, Brian Dawson

   Science and Football VII showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as ‘football’. These include soccer, the national codes (American football, Australian rules football and Gaelic football), and the rugby codes (union and league). Bridging the gap between theory...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
5. Children and Exercise XXVII

   The Proceedings of the XXVIIth International Symposium of the European Group of Pediatric Work Physiology, September, 2011

   Edited by Craig Williams, Neil Armstrong

   Children and Exercise XXVII presents the latest scientific research into paediatric sport and exercise science and medicine, including contributions from a wide range of leading international experts and early career researchers. The book begins with chapters devoted to the five invited...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
6. Youth Sport, Physical Activity and Play

   Policy, Intervention and Participation

   Edited by Andrew Parker, Don Vinson

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Sport, physical activity and play are key constituents of social life, impacting such diverse fields as healthcare, education and criminal justice. Over the past decade, governments around the world have begun to place physical activity at the heart of social policy, providing increased...

   Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
7. Complexity and Control in Team Sports

   Dialectics in contesting human systems

   By Felix Lebed, Michael Bar-Eli

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science

   Complexity and Control in Team Sports is the first book to apply complex systems theory to ‘soccer-like’ team games (including basketball, handball and hockey) and to present a framework for understanding and managing the elite sports team as a multi-level complex system. Conventional...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
8. An Introduction to Sports Coaching

   Connecting Theory to Practice

   Edited by Robyn Jones, Kieran Kingston

   An Introduction to Sports Coaching provides students with an accessible and engaging guide to the scientific, social scientific, medical and pedagogical theory that underlies the practice of quality sports coaching. Now in a fully updated and revised second edition, it introduces students to the...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
9. Mental Toughness in Sport

   Developments in Theory and Research

   Edited by Daniel Gucciardi, Sandy Gordon

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science

   The pursuit of excellence in sport depends on four key facets of performance, namely physical, technical, tactical and mental skills. However, when physical, technical and tactical skills are evenly matched, a common occurrence at elite level, it is the performer with greater levels of mental...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
10. Projectile Dynamics in Sport

    Principles and Applications

    By Colin White

    How can we predict the trajectory of a baseball from bat to outfield? How do the dimples in a golf ball influence its flight from tee to pin? What forces determine the path of a soccer ball steered over a defensive wall by an elite player? An understanding of the physical processes involved in...

    Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge