Complexity in Games Teaching and Coaching

ISBN-13: 9781032225142 / Miękka / 2023 / 192 str.

Israel) Lebed Felix (Kaye Academic College of Education

Opis

Shedding new light on sport pedagogy and the teaching and coaching of games, this book shows how complexity theory can be used to improve team sport performance, coach education and young player development.

Spis treści

Introduction,  Part I: What Is Human Play? A Philosophical Issue,  1. Play as a Phenomenon and a Value,  2. Play, Game and Sport as a “Tricky Triad” in the Philosophy of Sport,  Part II: How Humans Play: A Psychological Issue,  3. Cognition, Behaviour, and Activity in Games Playing Through a Complexity Prism,  4. Psychology of Play as Mental Escape,  Part III: How Human Culture Plays Games: A Social-Anthropological and Historical Issue,  5. From Ritual to Sport Show,  6. From Games Playing to Games Teaching,  Part IV: How to Teach and Coach Games: The Pedagogical Issue,  7. Complexity Paradigm in Games Teaching and Coaching,  8. The “8 & 4” Approach to Games Teaching and Coaching (I): Main Principles,  9. The “8 & 4” Approach to Games Teaching and Coaching (II): Basic Concepts

O autorze

Felix Lebed is Head of the M.Ed. degree program in the Physical Education Department at Kaye Academic College of Education, Israel.