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Explain how individual performance in sport can be analysed, identifying principles of good practice. Set out the role and value of such analysis to the coach.
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Explain how individual performance in sport can be analysed, identifying principles of good practice. Set out the role and value of such analysis to the coach. Throughout the assignment, use specific sport examples to illustrate general principles. Performance coaching is '...the purposeful improvement of competitive sports performance through a planned programme of preparation and competition' (Lyle, 1999). The art of performance coaching is both multifaceted and multidisciplinary and is aimed to instigate observable changes in behaviour. Successful performance involves the incorporation of various disciplines and a number of different specialists. On considering the essentials necessary for effective coaching behaviour, it becomes obvious that contributions to an athlete's development constitute inputs in the area of technique (e.g. biomechanics and skill learning), physiology, psychology, nutrition, theoretical knowledge of the sport, lifestyle management and tactics. Although the coach may not be held personally responsible for providing all of the expertise in each particular...
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