Journal article
Introduction to Training Athletes with Disabilities: "Give It A Go"
Strength and Conditioning Coach, Vol.6(2), pp.10-11
1998
Abstract
Elizabeth's coaching background includes/our years with the Queensland Academy a/Sport in netball and baseball development squads and the many sports that encompass with disabilities. She has recently been offered a coaching position with the Australian Institute of Sport {AIS) in the specialised area of athletes with disabilities, which is the areas in which she plans to specialise.
BACKGROUND:
Physical activity and especially sport for people with disabilities involved initially to meet rehabilitation needs. Often it is an initial contact with a physiotherapist that provides a beginning for involvement in physical activity and/or sport. Sport has developed over a period of almost fifty years from competitions involving only sixteen athletes to international events involving over three thousand athletes.
Details
- Title
- Introduction to Training Athletes with Disabilities: "Give It A Go"
- Authors
- Elizabeth Pressick (Author)
- Publication details
- Strength and Conditioning Coach, Vol.6(2), pp.10-11
- Publisher
- Australian Strength and Conditioning Association
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Student Services and Engagement
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99679898202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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