Preventing sports injuries
Chapter Three Preventing sports injuries Learning outcomes Improve safety in sport by identifying and reducing risks to players’ safety, in particular by conducting safe and appropriate warm-up and training sessions,…
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Principles of injury management
Chapter Six Principles of injury management Learning outcomes Identify the context and operations of a sports trainer in accordance with accepted principles of injury management. 1. Define and apply the…
Sports nutrition
Chapter Four Sports nutrition Learning outcomes Demonstrate a sound knowledge and understanding of basic nutrition for athletes. 1. Explain the general guidelines of food and nutrition for athletes. 2. Explain…
Functional musculoskeletal anatomy
Chapter Two Functional musculoskeletal anatomy Learning outcomes Use the correct anatomical terminology to: 1. Describe the major anatomical terms 2. Identify major skeletal bones of the body 3. Explain the…
Moving injured athletes
Chapter Nine Moving injured athletes Learning outcomes Demonstrate a sound knowledge and safe application of moving an injured athlete. 1. Demonstrate a range of transport techniques for injured athletes. 2….
Coach education effectiveness
Introduction This chapter on coach education effectiveness is divided into five sections. First we highlight events indicating that coach education has recently received special attention from sport stakeholders as well…
Narrowing the field
some key questions about sports coaching John Lyle and Chris Cushion Introduction Our intention for the book was to cover the constituent parts of the coaching process and current themes…
Coaching philosophy
Introduction All coaches will have developed a personal set of views on coaching, interpersonal relationships, and on issues relevant to their sport. These views will have evolved over time and…
Coaches’ expertise
‘Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile’…
Coaching practice and practice ethics
Introduction When the word ethics is mentioned, often the first reaction is to assume that what follows is a ‘right’ and a ‘wrong’ way of doing things. This is not…
