Developing Elite Sports Performers Lessons from Theory and Practice

An athlete's road from ordinary' talent to elite accomplishment in sport is a long one. The emergence and fine tuning of high level sport skills takes place in increments over many years and is a journey that fascinates sport scientists, sport coaches and sport fans alike. Developing Sport Expertise examines the science behind skill acquisition in sport and explores the application of science to optimal sports training and talent identification. The text also contains Coach's Corner' insets throughout to provide effective day-to-day coaching tips to take advantage of the material in the text. It includes discussion of: new approaches and implications for training decision making and cognitive training in sport conscious and unconscious learning in sports play, practice and athlete development identifying and developing sporting experts, including coaches, athletes and officials. Edited by three of the world's leading scientists in sport skill acquisition and with contributions from both world-class coaches and cutting edge researchers, this textbook provides a comprehensive, authoritative guide to the field. Damian Farrow is the Senior Specialist in Skill Acquisition at the Australian Institute of Sport. Joe Baker is an 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.Farrow, Damian is the author of 'Developing Elite Sports Performers Lessons from Theory and Practice', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415771870 and ISBN 0415771870.