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Coaches' Guide to Teaching Sport Skills

Coaches' Guide to Teaching Sport Skills

by RobertW.Christina (Author), Daniel M . Corcos (Author)

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    Paperback 1988

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Synopsis

This guide should help students master the essentials of teaching sport skills and improve their teaching effectiveness. It covers: teaching sport skills; introducing, explaining and demonstrating sport skills; developing and maintaining athletes' skills through practice and reinforcement; and using cognitive processes to improve performance.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 168
 Publisher: Human Kinetics
Published: Mar 1988
ISBN 10: 087322020X
ISBN 13: 9780873220200

Media Reviews

Christina and Corcos have designed an excellent text to reacquaint coaches with the first and foremost fact that: coaches are teachers whose main priority should be to educate each athlete so he/she may reach their full potential. . . .It is well written, and easy to comprehend.
Warren K. Simpson
The Pennsyvlania State University
Journal of Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics
Author Bio


A professor of exercise and sport science and director of the Motor Behavior Laboratory at Penn State University, Dr. Robert Christina has focused his research on the processes by which individuals master skilled movements. Dr. Christina has applied his findings through his work with such groups as the U.S. Ski Coaches Association, USA Wrestling, and the National Rifle Association.

Dr. Daniel Corcos actively researches the control of human movement and currently applies the principles of motor control through joint appointments in the physical education department at the University of Illinois-Chicago and the neurosurgery department at Rush Medical College.