Adventure Sports Coaching - Chris  Hodgson

Adventure Sports Coaching

By: Chris Hodgson (Editor), Matt Berry (Editor), Jane Lomax (Editor)

Hardcover | 27 March 2015 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Hardcover


RRP $284.00

$200.95

29%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $50.24 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate

Coaching adventure sports is part of the core work of many adventure educators but has been largely neglected in the adventure studies literature. This is the first book to link contemporary sports coaching science with adventure sports practice. It examines the unique set of challenges faced by adventure sports coaches, such as the dynamic natural environment and the requirement to train athletes to levels of high performance outside of traditional structures of competition, and explores both key theory and best practice.

The book covers key topics such as:

  • Skill acquisition and skill development
  • Models of learning and teaching
  • Performance analysis
  • Tactics and decision-making
  • Training principles
  • Mental skills techniques
  • Goal setting and progression
  • Risk management

Each chapter contains applied examples from a range of adventure sports, including mountaineering, rock climbing, canoeing, kayaking, surfing, and winter sport, as well as practical coaching techniques and a guide to further reading. Written by a team of authors with wide experience of coaching, teaching, researching and high performance participation in adventure sports, this book is invaluable reading for any student or practitioner with an interest in adventure, outdoor education, sports coaching or lifestyle sport.

More in Sports Training & Coaching

Relentless : From Good to Great to Unstoppable - Tim Grover
Breath : The New Science of a Lost Art - James Nestor

RRP $24.99

$23.75

Strength Training Anatomy - Frederic Delavier

RRP $58.99

$42.90

27%
OFF
Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology - Robert S. Weinberg

RRP $293.00

$224.75

23%
OFF