Science and Football | Identifying and Developing Talent

A. Mark Williams

ISBN 10: 1032452188 / ISBN 13: 9781032452180

Published by Routledge, 2024

About this Item

Science and Football | Identifying and Developing Talent | A. Mark Williams | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2024 | Routledge | EAN 9781032452180 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstr. 24, 80331 München, gpsr[at]taylorandfrancis[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Science and Football | Identifying and Developing Talent
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032452188
• ISBN 13: 9781032452180
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 280W x 210H x 16D millimeters 280 millimeters width by 210 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 749 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of the science underpinning talent identification and development in the world’s most popular sport. It covers a broad range of topics that span the various sub-disciplines of sports science with contributions from some of the foremost scientists and applied practitioners globally. The chapters provide readers with a comprehensive insight into how sport science is helping practitioners to create more evidence-based approaches when attempting to identify and develop future generations of elite players rather than relying on tradition and precedence. This book dispels some of the myths involved in talent identification and highlights how science is playing an ever-increasing role in guiding and shaping the practices used at the most renowned professional clubs across the globe. It is a must-read for anyone involved in the game at any level including sports scientists, medical staff, coaches, and administrators. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Sports Sciences.

About the Author

A. Mark Williams is a highly-cited and world-renowned sports scientist. He is Senior Research Scientist at the Florida Institute of Human and Machine Cognition and a Visiting Professor at several prominent universities in the US and UK. He has published over 300 journal articles and 19 books focusing on the science underpinning how best to identify and develop talent in sport.