A constraints-led approach to baseball coaching
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A constraints-led approach to baseball coaching
(Routledge studies in constraints-based methodologies in sport)
Routledge, 2023
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [136]-145) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first book to apply the constraints led approach to baseball.
The chapters include case studies to show how the theoretical research is applied in training.
This volume provides practice activities to help coaches immediately begin using the constraints led approach.
The book is aimed at a wide range of players- from beginners to elite.
The techniques can also be applied to closely related sports such as softball or cricket.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction: The Problems with Traditional Baseball Practice
2 The Alternative, Self-Organization Approach to Skill
3 Constraints and the Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching
4 Batting
5 Pitching
6 Fielding
7 Extensions to and Things We Can Learn from Softball and Other Related Sports
8 A Look at Research Evaluating the CLA to Coaching
Epilogue: Concluding Thoughts and Some Coaching Tools
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