Teaching Sport and Physical Activity

Becoming a great teacher or coach requires extensive knowledge and prolonged practice. Teaching Sport and Physical Activity (2nd ed) provides practical suggestions supported by contemporary research thus offering a blueprint for successful sport instruction and coaching at any level in any setting.

Becoming a great teacher or coach requires extensive knowledge and prolonged practice. Teaching Sport and Physical Activity (2nd ed) provides practical suggestions supported by contemporary research thus offering a blueprint for successful sport instruction and coaching at any level in any setting. Teaching Sport and Physical Activity (2nd ed) highlights essential techniques and strategies used by all successful teachers and coaches to promote their students' learning, enjoyment and success. From this book, you will learn to *form effective relationships with students *use the 3 steps required to teach sport and physical activity skills *create stimulating and exciting learning environments *establish and maintain order in a team or class. *use the latest technology to promote student and athlete achievement *master the indispensable skills that apply no matter what the sport is being taught. Anyone wishes to teach and coach others will find that the road to excellence begins here with Teaching Sport and Physical Activity (2nd ed).

Paul Schempp, Ed.D. is first and foremost a teacher. He loves teaching and continuing strives to discover ways to improve--a quest that has led to extensive research on teaching and coaching expertise. Named a Distinguished Scholar by the International Center for Performance Excellence at West Virginia University, he has dedicated his professional life to identifying what it takes to be expert. As a research professor and the Director of the Sport Instruction Research Laboratory at the University of Georgia, he has spent over a decade conducting award winning research into the characteristics and development of expertise. He has delivered over 200 programs in 28 countries on 3 continents making Professor Schempp an internationally recognized speaker, scholar, and consultant. He has served as a consultant for the Chinese Taiwan Olympic Committee, Golf Digest, GOLF Magazine, the Ladies Professional Golf Association, Professional Golf Association of America, International Professional Tennis Registry, Singapore Olympic Committee, and the Swiss Soccer Federation. He currently coaches several champions on the PGA and European Professional Golf Tours. Schempp holds and EdD in human movement studies from Boston University.