Scientific Methods of Coaching and Training

Contents: 1. Sports today and tomorrow. 2. Sports schemes in India. 3. Concept of coaching. 4. Principles of coaching. 5. Psychology of coaching. 6. Scientific methods of coaching. 7. Sports training-an introduction. 8. Training methods. 9. Training load. 10. Training plan. 11. Transferring the training.

The term coach is used to indicate the director of the operation of a team in most US sports, although in baseball the term manager is used instead, particularly in the context of a team of adults as opposed to youths or even college players. Outside the US, the term manager is most common, especially in association foot ball (soccer) where a manager has overall responsibility for activities such as team selection and tactics and the term coach usually refers to a secondary official who has responsibility only for the players physical conditioning and skills training.

The present book entitled Scientific Methods of Coaching and Training discusses all the aspects of coaching and training in the field of sports.