Pressure, stress, and the threat of losing control all have the power to inhibit a tennis player's professional, athletic, and sometimes even everyday performance. How can the athlete manage these challenges? Wild Card is the must-have guide for navigating these difficult moments. Though targeted specifically at the elite tennis player, it appeals ......
Written by leading experts in motor behavior, this book provides the most recent research examining motor learning, motor development, and motor control directly related to special populations, including physical, cognitive, and social emotional behavioral disabilities.
Written by leading experts in motor behavior, this book provides the most recent research examining motor learning, motor development, and motor control directly related to special populations, including physical, cognitive, and social emotional behavioral disabilities.
Nutrition for Peak Performance in Female Team Sport Athletes
With 80 delicious, healthy, and simple fueling and recovery recipes, sample training meal plans, practical advice, and specific guidance for the female team sport athlete, this book will help the reader eat to win!
A Coach's Guide for Designing Training Sessions to Improve the Transfer
Practice may arguably be the most important predictive factor of athlete success in a sport. Designing and conducting effective practice sessions should therefore be an essential element of all coach education and development efforts. In From Practice to Competition: A Coach's Guide for Designing Training Sessions to Improve the Transfer of ......
In Functional Exercise Prescription Eyal Lederman presents a revolutionary new approach for exercise prescription that uses the individual's own movement repertoire. The book demonstrates how daily activities (the life gym) can be amplified to provide the necessary movement challenges to support movement rehabilitation in many musculoskeletal and ......
How Leaders in Academia can Learn from Elite Athletes and Coaches
This book examines lessons educational administrators (higher education and K-12) can learn about leadership, motivation, and organization from elite college, professional, and Olympic athletes and coaches.
How Leaders in Academia can Learn from Elite Athletes and Coaches
This book examines lessons educational administrators (higher education and K-12) can learn about leadership, motivation, and organization from elite college, professional, and Olympic athletes and coaches.
Using Sports Psychology and Coaching Principles Effectively
Coaching is a booming and growing industry, particularly in youth sports. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of coaches and scouts is projected to grow 12 percent from 2019 - 2029, much faster than the average for all occupations. Coaches need educational resources to enter the profession as either a paid coach or a ......
