A Games-Based Approach for Athletic Development
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If developing a skilled athlete means improving not just physical attributes but technical, tactical, and mental ones too, how can a coach—especially an S&C coach—accomplish that? Coach Nick Gies has found a games-based approach a useful way for S&C coaches to help improve the transfer of skills to performance.
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Long Term Athlete Development
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PDF) A Review of the Game-Based Approaches to Coaching Literature in Competitive Team Sport Settings
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Athlete Development Tasmanian Institute of Sport
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Game design - Wikipedia
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The Sport Journal – A peer-reviewed journal of sports, published by the United States Sports Academy
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Nick Gies, Author at SimpliFaster
High-Level Skill Development Revolution Basketball, by Revolutionbasketball
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The Long-Term Athletic Development (LTAD) Model – Sport Science Insider
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PDF) A Review of the Game-Based Approaches to Coaching Literature in Competitive Team Sport Settings
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PDF) A Review of the Game-Based Approaches to Coaching Literature in Competitive Team Sport Settings