The book combines key theory with illustrative case studies, to analyse the complexities of athletic development.
Long-term Athlete Development
Part I. Introduction to Long-Term Athlete Development -- Chapter 1.
Athletic Identity
The book examines the role athletic identity plays in an athlete’s personal, social and professional development. The book also introduces unique stages all athletes enter and exit while involved in sports participation.
The Athletic Skills Model
The book sets out the scientific underpinnings of the ASM before going on to offer practical guidance on the content of the programme, how to adapt and vary the programme, and how to apply the approach to different age groups and sports.
Development of the Youth Athlete
The book critically analyses the development of the youth athlete in the context of current and future sport performance and long-term health and well-being.
Coach Education and Development in Sport
Designed to stimulate ideas and provide flexible, practical tools, this book is an essential read for anybody working in sport, including coach developers, sport managers, coaches, mentors, athletic directors, sport psychology consultants, ...
Athletic Development
Merging principles of anatomy, biomechanics, and exercise physiology with sports conditioning applications and four decades of professional practice, this is the definitive guide to performance-enhancing training.
Alternative Models of Sports Development in America
In Alternative Models of Sports Development in America, B. David Ridpath—a leading sports development researcher who has studied both the US system and the European club model—offers clear steps toward creating a new status quo.
The Warm-Up
The Warm-Up is the first book to describe the science of the warm-up and provide guidelines to maximize its effectiveness through the process of constructing effective RAMP-based warm-ups.
The Athletic Development of the Dressage Horse
Unlike other dressage books that explain how to exercise a horse in order to ride a standardized test, this book explains how such exercises can and should be used to increase performance ability, suspension, collection and changes of gaits ...
Athletic Movement Skills
Athletic Movement Skills covers the underlying science and offers prescriptive advice on bridging the gap between scientist and practitioner so coaches and athletes can work together to achieve dominance.
