Los deportes colectivos: teoría y realidad. Desde la iniciación al rendimiento


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El deporte como escuela para la vida es aprender a exigirse, a esforzarse cada día (Película Camino a la Gloria). Cuando alguien necesite ayuda la debe pedir puesto que el equipo es más que algo que nos sirve para ganar, pasarlo bien…Debe ser algo que nos sirva para formarnos como personas, ser mejores individuos y saber que podemos confiar unos en otros (Película El Milagro). La responsabilidad como entrenador es ayudar a mis jugadores a alcanzar su máximo potencial como seres humanos y el baloncesto es solo un deporte que ayuda a conseguir ese objetivo (John Wooden).




Deportes de equipo


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En los últimos años ha surgido una preocupación creciente hacia el tema de los deportes de equipo. A veces, de forma poco rigurosa, se han generado teorías y planteamientos de dudosa solidez científica. Los autores plantean que no existen teorías generales para explicar el comportamiento de los jugadores y de los equipos en situación real de juego. La competición es un hecho imprevisible que no permite pronósticos. Situaciones imperceptibles pueden generar efectos considerables, y del mismo modo, fenómenos espectaculares no ocasionan resultados trascendentes. Pero en cambio, los autores proponen que se pueden utilizar postulados que sirven para explicar fenómenos parciales de esa problemática realidad que es el partido y la competición. Comprender y partir de la complejidad de los deportes de equipo constituye una fructífera vía de análisis para interpretar e identificar lo que sucede en el terreno de juego. Eliminar la aleatoriedad y aumentar la previsión de lo que va a suceder sólo es posible utilizando una metodología contundente. Los sistemas complejos, como es el caso de los deportes de equipo, requieren un paradigma que interprete adecuadamente los cambios imprevistos y las situaciones de incertidumbre que constantemente aparecen en la cancha. Los entrenadores deben integrar estas metodologías y modos de interpretar los deportes si quieren avanzar en el entrenamiento y rendimiento de sus equipos. Esta obra constituye un paso firme en el recorrido del estudio de los deportes de cooperación. Su lectura permite entender mejor lo que sucede en el interior de un equipo, aceptando su complejidad, y favoreciendo el rendimiento.




Teaching and Learning Team Sports and Games


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Written as a resource for both pre-service and in-service educators, this theory-to-practice book focuses on the foundations and applications of constructivism applied to the teaching and learning of invasion sports and games.




Sport Education


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Sport Education: International Perspectives presents a series of studies of the innovative pedagogical model that has taken the physical education world by storm. Since the emergence of the Sport Education model in the mid-1990s it has been adopted and adapted in physical education programs around the world and a new research literature has followed in its wake. With contributions from leading international scholars and practitioners from the US, Europe and Asia, this book offers a more thoughtful and critical set of perspectives on Sport Education than any other. It is essential reading for any student, pre-service teacher, classroom teacher or university instructor working in SE, PE, youth sport, sports coaching or related disciplines.




Sequential Analysis and Observational Methods for the Behavioral Sciences


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Behavioral scientists – including those in psychology, infant and child development, education, animal behavior, marketing and usability studies – use many methods to measure behavior. Systematic observation is used to study relatively natural, spontaneous behavior as it unfolds sequentially in time. This book emphasizes digital means to record and code such behavior; while observational methods do not require them, they work better with them. Key topics include devising coding schemes, training observers and assessing reliability, as well as recording, representing and analyzing observational data. In clear and straightforward language, this book provides a thorough grounding in observational methods along with considerable practical advice. It describes standard conventions for sequential data and details how to perform sequential analysis with a computer program developed by the authors. The book is rich with examples of coding schemes and different approaches to sequential analysis, including both statistical and graphical means.




Child Friendly Schools Manual


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This Child-Friendly Schools (CFS) Manual was developed during three-and-a-half years of continuous work, involving the United Nations Children's Fund education staff and specialists from partner agencies working on quality education. It benefits from fieldwork in 155 countries and territories, evaluations carried out by the Regional Offices and desk reviews conducted by headquarters in New York. The manual is a part of a total resource package that includes an e-learning package for capacity-building in the use of CFS models and a collection of field case studies to illustrate the state of the art in child-friendly schools in a variety of settings.




Endurance in Sport


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Endurance in Sport is a comprehensive and authoritative work on all aspects of this major component of sports science. The book also embraces medical and sport-specific issues of particular relevance to those interested in endurance performance. The scientific basis and mechanisms of endurance - physiological, psychological, genetic and environmental - are all considered in depth. Measurement of endurance is extensively reviewed as is preparation and training for physical activities requiring endurance.







Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries


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Facilitating and responding to the emergence of grass-root needs at the local level is also essential. Support to entrepreneurs and local communities should be primarily provided in matching grant forms to facilitate the mobilization of local resources and ownership. It is of primary importance to pay the greatest attention to country specificities, not only in terms of development level, size, and specialization, but also in terms of administrative and cultural traditions. At the global level, major issues need also to be considered and dealt with by appropriate incentives and regulations: the role of foreign direct investment in developing countries' technological development, conditions of technologies' patenting and licensing, the North-South research asymmetry, and brain drain trends.




Innovation and the Development Agenda


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Innovation drives long-term economic growth. This book examines the role of innovation in developing countries, with a focus on Africa.