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Author:   Damian Farrow (Victoria University, Australia) ,  Joseph Baker ,  Clare MacMahon
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.564kg
ISBN:  

9780415771863

ISBN 10:   0415771862
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   06 December 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Developing Expertise in Sport – How Research Can Inform Practice  Section 1: Developing Elite Athletes: From the Backyard to the Big Stage  2. Play, Practice and Athlete Development  3. Does Practice Make Perfect?: The Role of Training in Developing the Expert Athlete  4. The Motivation to Become an Expert Athlete: How Coaches can Promote Long-Term Commitment  5. Identifying and Developing Sporting Experts  Section 2: Designing Practice to Make Athletes Think – (But Not Too Much)!  6. Expert Coaches in Action  7. Skill Learning the Implicit Way: Say No More!  8. Performance Pressure and Paralysis by Analysis: Research and Implications  9. Organising Practice: The Interaction of Repetition and Cognitive Effort for Skill Performance  Section 3: Through the Eyes and Thoughts of an Expert  10. A Recipe for Expert Decision Making  11. Tactics: Using Knowledge to Enhance Sport Performance  12. The Sports Official in Research and Practice  13. The Past and Future of Applied Sport Expertise Research

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Damian Farrow is the Senior Specialist in Skill Acquisition at the Australian Institute of Sport. Joe Baker is Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University, Canada. Clare MacMahon is a Lecturer in the School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance at Victoria University, Melbourne

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