Sports coaching in South Africa A status quo

Sports coaching in South Africa: A status quo is written by South Africans for South Africans. It is a textbook aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice by introducing the principles of sports coaching using real-world examples and data from the South African context.
Divided into four main parts, with altogether 12 chapters, it explores topics such as:
The history and development of sports coaching
The roles and legal responsibilities of sports coaches, as well as their competitive intelligence
Safety issues and interventions in sports coaching
Coaching differently-abled athletes
Coaching for performance, zooming in on support systems, injury prevention and management
Monitoring fitness and fatigue
The psychology of sports coaching
Using performance analysis for Generation Z players participating in invasion team sports
This book is a must-read for practising coaches as well as researchers and students in the fields of sports coaching, human movement science and sports and exercise science.