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Researchers and Coaches Put Theory into Practice

By Damian Farrow (Edited by), Joseph Baker (Edited by), Clare MacMahon (Edited by)

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Developing Expertise in Sport -- How Research Can Inform Practice Section 1: Developing Elite Athletes: From the Backyard to the Big Stage 2. Play, Practice and Athlete Development 3. Does Practice Make Perfect?: The Role of Training in Developing the Expert Athlete 4. The Motivation to Become an Expert Athlete: How Coaches can Promote Long-Term Commitment 5. Identifying and Developing Sporting Experts Section 2: Designing Practice to Make Athletes Think -- (But Not Too Much)! 6. Expert Coaches in Action 7. Skill Learning the Implicit Way: Say No More! 8. Performance Pressure and Paralysis by Analysis: Research and Implications 9. Organising Practice: The Interaction of Repetition and Cognitive Effort for Skill Performance Section 3: Through the Eyes and Thoughts of an Expert 10. A Recipe for Expert Decision Making 11. Tactics: Using Knowledge to Enhance Sport Performance 12. The Sports Official in Research and Practice 13. The Past and Future of Applied Sport Expertise Research

About the Author

Damian Farrow is the Senior Specialist in Skill Acquisition at the Australian Institute of Sport. Joe Baker is Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University, Canada. Clare MacMahon is a Lecturer in the School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance at Victoria University, Melbourne