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BTEC National Sport: Development, Coaching and Fitness
Jennifer Stafford-Brown,Simon Rea

Paperback
RRP: £24.99
ISBN: 9780340940822
ISBN-10: 0340940824

Published: 29/06/2007
Extent: 512 pages

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Summary:

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the core and optional units for the Development, Coaching and Fitness pathway of the BTEC National in Sport Diploma and Certificate.

Published in full colour and written to cover the new 2007 specifications, BTEC National Sport brings your studies to life with numerous illustrations, exercises, definition boxes, review questions and summaries. Each chapter contains practical activities that put theory into practice and generate data for use in assignments. It also includes a chapter on how to write your assignments. This book covers compulsory and optional units in detail providing you with all you the knowledge you need to succeed in your BTEC National.



  • Covering the core units and the Development, Coaching and Fitness pathway of the 2007 specifications

  • Published in full colour
  • Includes a comprehensive chapter on writing assignments

  • Numerous additional activities help generate data for assigments

  • Accompanied by a Teacher's CD-ROM



Table of Contents:
1. Writing Assignments
2. The Body in Action
3. Health and Safety in Sport
4. Training and Fitness
5. Principles of Sports Coaching
6. Sports Development
7. Fitness Testing for Sports Performance
8. Practical Sport (Team and Individual Sports)
9. Outdoor and Adventurous Activities
10. Nutrition For Sport
11. Sport in Society
12. Sports Leadership
13. Exercise, Health and Lifestyle
14. Instructing Physical Activity and Exercise
15. Exercise For Specific Groups
16. Psychology for Sport
17. Sports Injuries
18. Analysis of Sports Performance
19. Talent Identification and Development in Sport
20. Sport and Exercise Massage
21. Rules, Regulations and Officiating in Sport
22. Organising Sports Events
23. Working with children in Sport
24. Business Enterprise in Sport
25. Work Based Experience in Sport


About the Author(s):
Jennifer Stafford-Brown is a Senior National and International External Verifier for a major examining board, runs many training events for this examining board and is an experienced teacher. Simon Rea has been teaching in FE for 14 years. He is an External Verifier for a major examining board and he also works as a Personal Trainer and Sport Psychologist.

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