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• Cover Page
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Figures
• Tables
• List of Contributors
• Foreword
• Introduction – defining, delineating, and driving elite performance
• Defining Elitism
• Delineating Elitism
• Driving Elite Performance
• In Conclusion
• Part I Coaching Elites – Art and Science
• 1 The Principles of Elite Coaching – Blending Knowledge, Experience, and Novelty
• Coaches and Coaching at the Elite Level: Some Initial Thoughts
• Part 1. Characteristics
• Part 2. Processes/Systems
• In Conclusion
• References
• 2 Being the Personal Coach
• Editors’ Introduction
• My Role – How it Started and How it Evolved
• The Personal Focus
• Who Else Comes on the Journey?
• Managing Upwards and Downwards – Issues With ‘The Management’
• Being the Personal Coach – Skills Required
• Differences Between Personal Coaches and Other Top Level Coaches
• In Summary
• 3 Being the National Coach in an Olympic Sport
• Editors’ Introduction
• Getting Started: The Background to my Appointment
• Into the New Role: The Challenges
• Building the System: First Steps
• Contributory Factors: The Appliance of (The Right) Science
• Subsequent Progress and Evolutions
• Leadership in the Role: What Did I Bring to the Party?
• Process Markers: Key Innovations Brought to the Programme
• Moving On
• Advice to Others: Considerations For National Coaches and PDs
• 4 Coaching a National Team in Professional Football
• Editors’ Introduction
• My Role
• Philosophy of Work
• Key Empirical Studies
• Match Analytics
• Leadership and Communication
• Competing with and Beating Bigger Nations
• 5 Doing it Week In, Week Out
• Editors’ Introduction
• Overall Role and Responsibilities
• Outcomes of My Work: What I Try to Deliver
• Delivering the Outcomes: Key Processes and Skills
• Building a Base: Understanding and Shaping Expectations from Appointment
• A Key Mechanism for the Long Run: Consistency, Consistency, Consistency!
• Concluding Comments
• 6 Coaching in Action/Adventure Sports – a Novel Challenge
• Editors’ Introduction
• Action/Adventure/Extreme Sports and the Move to the Mainstream
• The Particular Challenge to Coaching
• And for Coaches. . .
• The Performance Pathway
• At the Top and Other Ways In
• Getting an Edge – Innovations for Progress
• The Team Coaching Approach
• In Conclusion
• References
• 7 Specialist Coaching – Coaching Quarterbacks in NFL, College, and High School
• Current Role
• My Path
• Specialist Coaching
• Evaluating Quarterback Performance
• Developing Quarterbacks
• A Training Day
• Cognitive Training
• The Demands on Players
• 8 Developing the Players of Tomorrow
• Editors’ Introduction
• Introduction
• Johan Cruyff: The Inspirator
• The Philosophy
• The Player Paradigm
• The Process of Introducing a New Paradigm in a Professional Football Club
• Essential Relationships
• Personal Challenges
• Conclusions
• Notes
• References
• Part II The Appliance of Science – Uni-Disciplinary Perspectives
• 9 Physiology – Working in Endurance
• Editors’ Introduction
• Getting Started – Aspirations and Progression
• The Scientist-Practitioner Approach: An Exemplar from My Research
• Working with Coaches and Athletes
• What Do You Need to Work Effectively?
• Promoting Professional Practice
• In Conclusion – Using a Physiologist
• 10 Strength and Conditioning in the Elite Team Sport Environment
• Editors’ Introduction
• Understanding the Role
• Train the Individual within the Team
• Sports Specificity and Athletic Development
• Understand the Desired Outcomes
• In the Heat of Battle – Stay Calm!
• Essential Relationships: The Player(s)
• Essential Relationships: The Coach(es)
• The Medical Team Make Me Better
• My Team-Mates
• Essential Knowledge and Skills: What Did I Need to Do the Job?
• In Summary
• 11 Performance Analysis – Working in Football
• Editors’ Introduction
• Introduction
• The Contemporary PA: Role and Place in the Team
• The Skillset of a PA
• Working Practice
• Conclusion
• References
• 12 Working with Psychology in Professional Football
• The Paranoid Game
• My Journey
• Philosophy
• Nature of Work: Management Consulting
• Nature of Work: Team Presentations
• Nature of Work: One-to-One
• Nature of Work: Academy
• Nature of Work: Recruitment and Scouting
• Conclusions
• References
• 13 Keeping Them on the Pitch
• Introduction
• My Path
• Philosophy/Foundations
• Science or Art
• Testing
• Psychology
• Adapting to Different Sports
• Typical Mistakes
• Communication
• Conclusions
• 14 Medical Practice with Elite Athletes
• Editors’ Introduction
• Introduction
• The Role of Medicine in Elite Sport
• Organisation of Sports Medicine Within Elite Sport
• Key Considerations When Establishing a Medical Team in Elite Sport
• The Role of the Team Doctor
• Ethical Challenges for Sports Medicine in Elite Sport
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• Part III the Appliance of Science – Interdisciplinary Perspectives
• 15 Effective Performance Support – an Integrated View
• Origins and Explosion of the Sport Science Industry
• The Sport Science ‘Industry’ – Academic or Effective?
• Reductionism in a Complex World
• Constraints of Institutionalisation
• Training Creativity
• The Expert Performance Scientist
• Conclusion
• Notes
• 16 Interdisciplinary Performance Development in Elite Sport – Applied Sport Science
• Introduction
• Performance Consulting
• Sport Science
• Getting Results
• It is About People
• Theory and Research
• Specialists and Generalists
• Integrating Staff
• Testing
• 17 Using Data in Football
• Introduction
• Historical Development
• My Path
• Role of the Research Department
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• 18 Research and Innovation – Seeking and Securing Competitive Advantage
• Introduction
• My History
• Examples of Innovations in Sport
• Finding Things That Matter
• Where and How Does Research Fit In?
• The (Research and) Innovation Process
• Why Innovation Efforts Fail
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Part IV Managing Elite Performance Systems
• 19 Culture, Leadership, and Management with Elites
• Introduction
• The Goals of Leadership in Elite Sport
• Achieving Success: High Performing Cultures and their Components
• Cultural Challenges for Leaders in Elite Sport
• Processes, Mechanisms, Styles, and Skills for Leading and Managing in Elite Sport
• Concluding Comments
• References
• 20 Developing Elites – Academy Systems
• Introduction
• Professional Sport Academies
• The Issue of Coherence Across the Academy Process and Network
• Professional Sport to Olympic Sport
• Academy Environments and Talent Pathways – the Challenges
• Modelling the Pathway
• Dynamics That Conspire to Trip You Up Within the Pathway
• What Is an Effective Talent Development Environment?
• Optimising the Pathway
• Next Steps
• References
• 21 Supporting Performance – A National Institute Perspective
• Introduction and Context
• Vision and Mission
• How Did I Get Here?
• Emerging into an ‘Occupied’ Space
• Complex Adaptive Systems
• The High-Performance System as an Ecology of Ideas
• Evolving Relationships
• Multidisciplinary Support Work
• Do You Want to Dance?
• Relationship with Athletes
• Summary
• References
• 22 the Performance Director’s Role
• Introduction
• Contextualising the PD Role in UK Olympic and Paralympic Sport
• So, What Do You Have to be Able to Do as a PD?
• The Present and Future of the PD Role?
• Concluding Comments
• 23 Leading a National System
• Introduction
• National Systems and the Responsibility of the CEO: a Brief Overview
• Delivering Outcomes for the Nation: Some Principles on ‘WHAT to Do’
• Delivering Outcomes for the Nation: Some Principles on ‘HOW to Do It’
• Concluding Comments
• 24 Managing a Professional Football Club
• Editors’ Introduction
• Introduction
• My Path
• Type of Leadership
• Why is Football Specific?
• Obstacles to the Job
• Conclusions
• 25 Managing Impressions and Relationships When Speaking to the Sports Media
• Introduction
• Impression Management in the Sports Media
• Bear in Mind Your Context!
• Relationship Management in the Media: Protecting Your Working Relationships
• Other Interpersonal Goals: Praising and Playing Mind Games in the Media
• Conclusion
• References
• Part V Fitting Systems to Societies
• 26 Fitting Within the Social Milieu
• Introduction
• My Journey
• Current Role
• The Chinese Football Club as an Organisation
• Cultural Differences
• Language
• Typical Mistakes When Working in China
• Adapting to a New Culture
• Conclusions
• 27 Vive la Difference – Perspectives on the Challenges of Being a Woman in High-Level Sport
• Introduction
• Men’s World
• Gender Stereotypes
• Possible Challenges: “Just Because You’re a Woman”
• Prescriptive Stereotypes: The Cause of Devaluation and Social Rejection
• Other Occupational Fields and Minority Groups
• What Can We Do in the Elite Sport Workplace to Increase Gender Diversity?
• Conclusion
• References
• 28 Developing Coaches and Players Around the Globe
• Introduction
• What is an Elite Athlete?
• The Imperatives of Athlete Development Policies
• Complex Issues in the Development of Elite Athletes
• Cultural and Social Impacts on Elite Athlete Development: The Issues for Athlete Development Within the Context of a Nation
• Structural Differences: The Impact of Macro (International) and Meso (National) Policies on the Needs of the Elite Athletes in Different Nations
• The Challenges to Developing a Sport Around the Globe
• 29 The Coach Nomad
• Introduction
• My Beginnings
• My Staff
• My Bosses
• The Players
• Language
• Personal Factors
• Conclusions
• Note
• 30 The Transition to Elite Performance – Societal Contrasts in the Same Sport
• Introduction
• Background
• Checking for Differences – Method
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• References
• Part VI Living in the System – the Performer Perspective
• 31 The New Kids on the Block
• Introduction
• Nico’s Story
• Miguel’s Story
• The Coach Perspective
• The Parent’s Perspective
• Some Summary Thoughts
• Reference
• 32 Staying at the Top in Olympic Rowing for 25 Years
• Introduction
• Pain
• Motivation
• Adversity
• Sacrifice and Lifestyle
• Cycles
• Coaches
• Conclusion
• 33 Playing Home and Away – and Away and Away
• Introduction
• Living in the Professional Football System: Some Stand-Out Demands
• Surviving and Thriving in Professional Football: What Can Help?
• Setting the Context: Tore’s Journey in Football
• Using the ‘Surviving and Thriving Principles’: How Tore Managed His Journey
• Concluding Thoughts
• Note
• References
• 34 Life AND Sport – Making it Happen AND Progressing While You Play
• Editors’ Introduction
• Introduction
• My Early Involvement in Sport as a Foundation for Later
• The Start of My Rowing Career
• A Cycling Detour
• Family Decisions
• Motherhood and Elite Sport
• The Path to Rio 2016
• Finding a Way to Make it Happen
• Conclusion
• References
• Part VII Integration – Making it All Work
• 35 Driving the Performance System – DOES Research Help?
• Introduction
• Research in Elite Performance – Embedded Challenges and Possible Solutions
• Researcher Goals and Epistemology – Important Considerations
• One Particular Approach – Pragmatism
• Next Steps – the Future for Research in Elite Performance
• References
• 36 Working in the Jungle – How Should Elite Sport Practitioners Operate and Be Developed?
• Introduction
• Environmental Appreciation
• Role Appreciation or Clarity
• Interpersonal Skills (And Understanding People)
• Functioning in a Team (The Team Player)
• Professional Judgement and Decision-Making (PJDM): Getting the Content–Style Blend Right
• Preparing for the Jungle
• In Conclusion
• References
• 37 Creating Long-Term High Performing Teams
• Introduction
• The Performance Pyramid
• External Factors
• Conclusion
• Index