Este libro pretende ser una revisión básica sobre el aprendizaje motor y el trabajo de la coordinación en las etapas de infantil y primaria de las clases de educación física.

Kongresse, ICHPER, Sport-(Allgemeines).

The Science of Gymnastics provides the most comprehensive and accessible introduction available to the fundamental physiological, biomechanical and psychological principles underpinning performance in artistic gymnastics. The second edition introduces three new sections: applied coaching, motor learning and injury prevention and safety, and features contributions from leading international sport scientists and gymnastics coaches and instructors. With case studies and review questions included in each chapter, the book examines every key aspect of gymnastic training and performance, including: physiological assessment diet and nutrition energetics kinetics and kinematics spatial orientation and motor control career transitions mental skills training and perception injury assessment and prevention, with clinical cases advanced case studies in rotations, vault approach and elastic technologies in gymnastics. A fully dedicated website provides a complete set of lecture material, including ready-to-use animated slides related to each chapter, and the answers to all review questions in the book. The book represents an important link between scientific theory and performance. As such, The Science of Gymnastics is essential reading for any student, researcher or coach with an interest in gymnastics, and useful applied reading for any student of sport science or sports coaching.

Creativity is an essential component of sport performance. The player who can make decisions that are both unexpected – and therefore less easily predicted by his/her opponent – and appropriate is the player who is likely to be successful. In this ground-breaking new book Daniel Memmert explores the concept of tactical creativity, introducing a new theoretical framework based on extensive empirical research. He argues for the importance of encouraging divergent thinking abilities at an early age, and explains how tactical creativity sits alongside conventional approaches to 'teaching games for understanding'. The book outlines essential rules for environmental and training conditions, and suggests a wide range of game forms for teaching and coaching tactical creativity to children and young people. This is important to all students, researchers, coaches and teachers working in physical education, sports coaching, sport psychology or skill acquisition.

En este libro se exponen ciertos aspectos básicos teórico-metodológicos y de aplicación del entrenamiento deportivo moderno con deportistas altamente cualificados. Éstos reflejan el carácter interdisciplinario de la actividad cognoscitiva y práctica en la esfera del gran deporte y la necesidad de una sólida preparación metodológica de estos profesionales. Este libro se presenta dividido en tres partes. La primera parte introduce al lector en las funciones sociales del deporte moderno y en las bases metodológicas del entrenamiento deportivo. Esta parte dedica una especial atención a ciertas cuestiones discutibles sobre los criterios de la forma deportiva y las posibilidades de optimizarla. La segunda parte está dedicada a algunos problemas teórico-metodológicos y prácticos de la preparación física, técnica, táctica y psíquica. La tercera parte presenta y utiliza los datos de investigaciones científicas de destacados especialistas de la esfera de las ciencias pedagógicas, médico-biológicas y psicosociales, así como también ejemplos de los sistemas líderes de preparación deportiva en los países de la Europa del Este.

This text contains an in-depth discussion of physiological adaptation to exercise with a goal of providing practical applications to facilitate exercise prescriptions for a variety of athletes.