Coaching for Performance: Realising the Olympic Dream (Hardcover, New)

1. Realising the Olympic dream ? bring on the alchemists  2. Coaching for performance: an interview with Olympic diving coach, Andy Banks  3. Coaching for performance: reflections of Olympic diving coach, Andy Banks  4. Reflection and the art of coaching: fostering high-performance in Olympic Ski Cross  5. ‘One door closes, a next door opens up somewhere’: the learning of one Olympic synchronised swimmer  6. Stories of success: Cultural narratives and personal stories of elite and professional athletes  7. Thought Piece: Realising the Olympic dream: vision, support and challenge  8. Developing rapid high-pressure team decision-making skills. The integration of slow deliberate reflective learning within the competitive performance environment: A case study of elite netball  9. Reflections on a dream: towards an understanding of factors Olympic coaches attribute to their success  10. Sacrifice: the lonely Olympic road  11. ‘Multi-directional management’: exploring the challenges of performance in the World Class Programme environment  12. Politics, power & the podium: coaching for Paralympic performance  13. Thought Piece: The political process of constructing a sustainable London Olympics sport legacy: three years on