Successful Coaching - Softcover

Martens, Rainer

 
9780880116664: Successful Coaching
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0880116668 ISBN 13: 9780880116664
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, 2004

Synopsis

Provides updated information for coaches for all sports at the secondary school and club level as well as above.

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Review

"It will make you reexamine your approach to coaching. A real winner that is not to be missed." -- Morgan Wootten - Head Basketball Coach - DeMatha High School

About the Author

Sport has always been a vital part of Rainer Martens' life. He has coached at the youth, high school, and collegiate levels and has studied sport as a research scientist. The founder and president of Human Kinetics, he also started the American Sport Education Program, the largest coaching education program in the United States. An internationally recognized sport psychologist, Martens is the author of more than 80 scholarly articles and 15 books, including Successful Coaching, the best-selling coaching book ever published, and Directing Youth Sport Programs. He has also been a featured speaker at more than 100 conferences around the world and has conducted more than 150 workshops and clinics for coaches and athletes at all levels. After receiving his PhD in physical education from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1968, Martens was a member of its faculty for 16 years. A past president of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education, he has been recognized for his contribution to sport by the National Recreation and Park Association and by his induction into the National Association of Sport and Physical Education Hall of Fame. He has received Distinguished Alumni awards from Emporia State University in Kansas (where he earned a bachelor's degree), the University of Montana (where he earned a master's degree), the University of Illinois, and Hutchinson High School. Martens continues to enjoy sport today, especially senior softball. As a member of the world champion 60+ Florida Legends, Martens has been named to six all-world teams.

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Publisher
Human Kinetics Publishers
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0880116668
ISBN 13 
9780880116664
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
232

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