Level 3 Recommended Reading

Coaching for Long Term Athlete Development
This resource includes a background to LTAD, a description of the key development stages within LTAD and approaches to help coaches identify and develop talent in sport. The title also highlights the implications of LTAD on coaching and coach education and how National Governing Bodies are responding to this revolutionary new coaching concept.

Coaching Young Performers ISBN-13: 978-1902523569
This book includes essential information on physical growth, social and emotional development and early skill learning but cuts through the theory to present the information in a practical way. It will help you adapt your coaching style for different stages of development and individual needs.

Safeguarding and Protecting Children ISBN-13: 978-1909012134
The revised 3rd edition of this best-selling title is essential reading for everybody involved with youth sport, from parents to coaches, and teachers to governing bodies. Sport can disguise child abuse - this fact cannot be ignored. This resource will help you to identify and understand the signs of child abuse and guide you on the appropriate action to take.

Equity in your Coaching ISBN-13: 978-1905540808
Everyone should have access to sport, regardless of ability, race and gender – this is what equity is all about. But in reality, disabled people, ethnic minorities, women and girls experience discrimination on a regular basis. Everyone involved in sport has a responsibility to improve this situation – as a coach, you have an important role to play.

Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise ISBN-13: 978-0736051019
With a unique presentation of biomechanical concepts supported with illustrations, the book helps students learn to appreciate external forces and their effects, how the body generates forces to maintain position, and how forces create movement in physical activities.

An Introduction to Sports Physiology ISBN-13: 978-1902523651
Knowledge of how the body functions during exercise will enhance your coaching. It will help you to understand exactly what you are asking your performers to do. This pack is written to help sports coaches understand performance. It describes how energy is created and used in the muscle, how the physiological demands of your sport can be assessed, and how to devise training programmes that meet the specific needs of your performers. This information will help you to devise more effective training programmes and sessions.

Developing Decision Makers — Lynn Kidman ISBN-13: 978-0473075873
Learn about the 'Empowerment Approach to Coaching' and how effective a tool it is in enabling your players to develop their decision making abilities. Players and Coach share the ownership of learning and the development of a team vision. The result being enhanced performance and a thriving, supportive team culture.

Fun and Games — Dowson & Morris ISBN-13: 978-0736054386
100 fun games that have been designed to improve children's basic skills in a wide
variety of sports. All games use commonly available equipment and are easily set up. They are supported by easy to follow instructions and illustrations.

Changing Kids Games — Morris & Steihl ISBN-13: 978-0873221870
This book looks at how to adapt and modify games to help achieve training aims. It is particularly useful in development movement literacy in line with the FUNdamentals and Learning to Train stages of LTAD

101 Warm Up and Cool Down Games — John Byl ISBN-13: 978-0736048491
Offers a practical approach to warm ups and cool downs. Although the practices are not basketball specific they can with ease be adopted to suit the specifics of our game.

Gameskills — Hanrahan & Carlson ISBN-13: 978-0736002035
Contains over one hundred games and activities that have been proven to help develop fitness, as well as general movement skills.

Teaching Sports Concepts and Skills — Griffin, Mitchell & Oslin ISBN-13: 978-0736054539
A unique publication that looks at a comprehensive tactical approach to teaching games and sport, by letting children experience the excitement of actual play before they begin practicing specific skills.

Strength Training for Young Athletes — Kraemer & Fleck ISBN-13: 978-0873223966
This authoritative guide to strength development for 7 to 18 year olds presents the latest facts on the effects of strength training on growth, development and performance. The author’s advice on starting age, choice of exercise and progression rates in programmes designed for young athletes.

Play Practice - Alan G Launder ISBN-13: 978-0736030052 
The author shows how to replace mindless drills and repetitive training methods with creative and enjoyable games and practices that will improve your players’ skills, and decision making and tactical understanding.

Successful Coaching - Rainer Martens ISBN-13: 978-0736040129
A must have book for all aspiring sports coaches with over 500,000 copies sold since it was first published. Looking at all aspects of the coaching process with content including how to motivate your players and how to communicate more effectively. It also provides an introduction in how to introduce the 'Game Sense' method of coaching.

Better Coaching - Frank S Pyke ISBN-13: 978-0736041133
Provides up to date information on the sports sciences, including anatomy, physiology, psychology and biomechanics, areas that are all vital to coaches. Features practical guidelines on how to improve your players endurance, strength, speed, power and flexibility.

Sports Talent - Jim Brown ISBN-13: 978-0736033909
This book offers a guide on how to identify, guide and nurture talented young athletes. With practical guidelines are offered on how to assess and measure these potentially talented youngsters.

Further Reading: 

•	The Brain Book – Peter Russel+
•	The Right Brain Manager – Harry Alder
•	Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century – Howard Gardner
•	Working with Multiple Intelligences – Daniel Goleman
•	Success is a Choice – Rick Pitino
•	Mind Games – Phil Jackson
•	Sacred Hoops – Phil Jackson
•	Plenty of books by Tony Buzan

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