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Tactical Decision-Making in Sport: How Coaches Can Help Athletes to Make Better In-Game Decisions book cover

1st Edition

Tactical Decision-Making in Sport How Coaches Can Help Athletes to Make Better In-Game Decisions

Edited By David Cooper, Barrie Gordon Copyright 2020
226 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book expands on the ‘Developing Thinking Players’ model across a wide range of team and individual sports, to explain how coaches can help athletes to learn how to make better decisions during play and to think for themselves. It provides an overview of game-centred and athlete-centred approaches to teaching and coaching in sport, combining essential theory with practical tips and guidance.... Read more

Part I: Introduction

 

1.          Linking Athlete-Centred Coaching, Game Centred Approaches and Developing Thinking Players to in-game tactical decision-making

            David Cooper

 

Part II: Tactical Decision Making - Ideas, Theories and Thoughts

 

2.          Developing Thinking Players

            Barrie Gordon

 

3.          Theoretical considerations of athlete decision-making

            Kaleigh Ferdinand Pennock

 

4.          Common Considerations within the four pillars of coaching with reference to territory games

            Guido Geisler

 

5.          Challenges that coaches face in empowering athletes to “think for themselves”

            Karlene Headley-Cooper

 

6.          Can game data measure the effectiveness of the athlete decision-making process?

            Tom Williams

 

Part III: Tactical Decision Making & Sport Specific Coaching for a Variety of Sports  

      

7.          Soccer (North America) or Football (Rest of the World)

            Guido Geisler and James Wallis

 

8.          Touch rugby

            Tabitha McKenzie and Barrie Gordon

 

9.          Ice hockey

            Darren Lowe

 

10.        Basketball

            John Campbell

 

11.        Netball

            Nathalie Williams

 

12.        Football (NFL/CFL)

            John M. McCarthy and Dave Brunner

 

13.        Strategies for teaching and coaching Territory games – “The End Zone Game”

            David Cooper

 

14.        Volleyball

            John Barrett

 

15.        Softball/Baseball

            Barrie Gordon

 

16.        Cricket

            David Cooper

 

17.        Coaching tactics and decision-making in target games

            Barrie Gordon

 

18.        Squash

            Mike Way

 

19.        Karate

            Gerard Lauziere

 

Part IV: Through the Lens of a Coach

 

20.        A coach’s journey

            Greg Gary

 

21.        Reflection on a lifetime of coaching

            David Cooper

 

Part V: How Can Coaches Successfully Turn Theory into Practice?

 

22.        Conclusion

            Barrie Gordon

Biography

David Cooper is Associate Professor, Teaching Stream in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is a National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Course Facilitator and was Head Coach (1998–2015) of the successful University of Toronto Varsity Blues women’s squash team.

Barrie Gordon is Associate Professor in Health and Physical Education at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Barrie has been involved in playing fastpitch softball in the New Zealand national league and currently represents New Zealand in the over 55s TAG football team.

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