Posts Tagged ‘statistics’
Two good books for the sports scientist/ sports coach/ interested reader.
Good books about sports science and statistics are as rare as rocking horse dung. I have read two, back to back, that were both readable and informative: ‘Everest’ by Harriet Tuckey and ‘How to Read Numbers’ by Tom Chivers and David Chivers. One of the problems with sports science is that it has disappeared down…
Read MoreSpreading the joy of movement: Willand School and Kelvin Giles
“We spend the first two years of their life trying to get them to move and say Dada, then spend the next 16 years telling them to sit down and shut up.”
Kelvin Giles gave a great 2 hour presentation to the staff at Willand School last Friday as part of their back to school training.
10 things Sports Science has taught us in the last decade
“Accurate observations of human nature hold true no matter their age.
Tom Kurz (in his guest blog about coach observation).
I am of the view that pseudoscience is only repeating what we already know or suspect. However, conscious that I may be a luddite, I asked Matt Brookland to come up with 10 things it has taught us in the last decade:
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