Participation Motivations of Taekwondo Athletes / Students : A research project on the sport of Taekwondo

ISBN-13: 9783659828522 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 132 str.

Howard Zhenhao Zeng; Wojciech J. Cynarski

Opis

This book included six chapters of all the works for conducting a taekwondo athletes/students' participation motivations. Chapter one explored what reasons/factors that truly motivate athletes/students continually participate in taekwondo practices and competitions that have provided the first-hand information and insight into its professionals' teaching/coaching and management in a urban city setting. Chapter two is a throughout review of literature in martial arts and taekwondo that proved: 1) Theoretical framework; 2) Genesis taekwondo; 3) Areas of practice, including "Pragmatic training model" and "Educational training model" and so on. Chapter three to six provided effective examples for those graduate students who are interested in conducting research in taekwondo or martial arts. In brief, this is a highly particle monograph for coaches, instructors or graduate students who are love taekwondo and martial arts.

O autorze

Dr. Howard Z. Zeng is an active researcher and an associate professor at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. So far, he has published nearly 90 peer reviewed articles and books in his fields of study - physical education and sport pedagogy with his 33 years severs as physical educator and athletic coach at university level.