Binding: Paperback
Description: Understanding and developing expertise is an important concern for any researcher or practitioner working in elite or high performance sport. Whether it's identifying talented young athletes or developing methods for integrating cutting - edge sport science into daily coaching practice scientists coaches and researchers all need to understand the skills characteristics and knowledge that distinguish the expert performer in sport. The Routledge Handbook of Sport Expertise is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of current research and practice in the emerging field of sports expertise. Adopting a multi - disciplinary multi - faceted approach the book offers in - depth discussion of methodological and philosophical issues in sport expertise as well as the characteristics that describe sporting experts and how they can be facilitated and developed. Exploring research theory and practice the book also examines how scientists and practitioners can work together to improve the delivery of applied sport science. With contributions from many of the world's leading researchers in expertise and skill acquisition in sport the Routledge Handbook of Sport Expertise is important reading for any advanced student researcher coach or sport science support officer looking to better understand this cutting - edge topic.
Title: Routledge Handbook Of Sport Expertise
Author(s): Farrow Damian (Victoria University Australia)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138295070
Pages: 480 Pages, 47 Line Drawings, Black And White; 16 Halftones, Black And White; 74 Illustrations, Black
Publication Date: 5/25/2017
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
Category: Sports Psychology