Description
Based on the testimonies of a hundred or so illustrious international coaches and athletes, The Art of Coaching offers an original reflection on the conditions of emergence of high-level performance. Here, their words are put into perspective with thinkers and artists from the world of music, painting, poetry, theater, and cinema, individuals who are also confronted with the creation of a work of art. Mozart, Bertolt Brecht, Picasso, Paul Klee, Rimbaud, and Depardieu are thus summoned for an improbable dialogue with selectors, coaches, and athletes from numerous sports disciplines.These correspondences shed new light on concepts used daily by coaches such as talent, singularity, work, doubt, error, creation, decision, management, governance, environment, professionalism, etc. The Art of Coaching is a precious companion to help coaches, athletes and their parents, sports federations and all sports enthusiasts to better understand the foundations of all sports performance and of the human condition
