Author: ASEP
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: tennis, youth, coaching
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2008-05-21
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0736064192
ISBN-13: 9780736064194

Written by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP) in conjunction with Kirk Anderson, director of recreational coaches and programs at the United States Tennis Association (USTA), this fourth edition of Coaching Youth Tennis offers you baseline information every coach needs on coaching philosophy, communication, and safety. It also provides you with step-by-step instructions for executing and teaching the basic technical skills and the tactical aspects of singles and doubles tennis. The book begins with a baseline introduction to coaching philosophy, communication, and safety. It then tur

Author: ASEP
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: skills, tactical, technical, series, football, coaching
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2006-05-30
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0736051848
ISBN-13: 9780736051842

As a coach, it is often cause for concern to see your athletes performing skills well in practice but struggling in the game. Coaching Football Technical and Tactical Skills focuses on the situational decisions players and coaches make that often determine the outcome of games. Written by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP) in conjunction with Rob Ash, the head football coach at Drake University, this book allows players to gain valuable gamelike playing experience in practice by putting them in key tactical situations like the scramble, man-to-man and zone pass coverage, and onside ki

Author: ASEP
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: skills, tactical, technical, softball, coaching
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2008-12-22
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 073605376X
ISBN-13: 9780736053761

Unlike other softball instruction books, Coaching Softball Technical and Tactical Skills goes beyond teaching the technical basics and focuses on skills such as in-game decision making and detecting the strengths and weaknesses of opponents--the tactical skills--to prepare players for game day. This text is written by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP), the nation’s leading sport education provider, in conjunction with content experts Kirk Walker and Mona Stevens and endorsement from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), the premier national organization for fastp

Author: ASEP
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: lacrosse, youth, coaching
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2007-03-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0736037942
ISBN-13: 9780736037945

Coaching Youth Lacrosse is an excellent introduction to youth coaching and teaching young lacrosse players valuable skills. It provides all the information you need to coach effectively and help 6- to 14-year-old athletes, both boys and girls, learn and enjoy the game. This second edition features the games approach to coaching lacrosse, which makes practice more fun for the kids and teaching more effective for you, the coach. Also included are chapters on communicating with athletes and parents, planning and conducting practices, coaching during games and specific programs for both boys and g

Author: ASEP
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Keywords: skills, tactical, technical, series, baseball, coaching
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2005-12-08
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0736047034
ISBN-13: 9780736047036

It is frustrating as a coach to see your athletes performing skills well in practice, only to later witness their defeat in the games. Coaching Baseball Technical and Tactical Skills helps you cover the fundamentals while putting players in key tactical situations, including 1st-and-3rd, hit-and-run, and rundown situations, allowing your players to gain valuable gamelike playing experience in practice. Baseball skills are clearly described, and nearly 180 photos and illustrations are used to further help you to understand and implement the techniques in specific situations. Included are qu

Author: ASEP
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Keywords: tactical, skills, amp, technical, tennis, coaching
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-05-29
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0736053808
ISBN-13: 9780736053808

Coaching Tennis Technical and Tactical Skills is a practical resource that will help you become a better high school, club, or college tennis coach. With the expert guidance of Kirk Anderson, director of recreational coaches and programs for the United States Tennis Association (USTA), you’ll learn coaching and evaluating skills and then focus on technical and tactical skills of tennis, including quick tips on detecting and correcting errors in your athletes, cues athletes need to be aware of in various tactical situations, and key information your athletes need to know in order to make

Author: ASEP
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Keywords: fourth, softball, youth, coaching
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2007-01-04
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0736062580
ISBN-13: 9780736062589

Fun, safety, and effective instruction are the focus of the fourth edition of Coaching Youth Softball, helping you create an environment that promotes learning, cultivates a love of the game, and motivates your athletes to come out for the team year after year. Numerous coaching books present the skills and drills of softball. But here’s a book that teaches you how to convey those skills to your athletes in an engaging and positive manner. Endorsed by Babe Ruth Softball, Coaching Youth Softball is focused on teaching offensive and defensive skills through gamelike dril