Coaching for Character: Reclaiming the Principles of Sportsmanship (inscribed association copy)

Clifford, Craig & Randolph M. Feezell (to Joe Simpson)

ISBN 10: 0880115122 / ISBN 13: 9780880115124

Edité par Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers, 1997

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1997 1st ed. INSCRIBED on title p. to Atlanta Braves broadcaster Joe Simpson by Ralph Feezell 111pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Fine.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Coaching for Character: Reclaiming the Principles of Sportsmanship (inscribed association copy)
• Éditeur: Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0880115122
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780880115124
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• Signé: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Sports

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Synopsis

This guide shows coaches how to help their athletes develop respect for opponents, teammates, officials and the rules of the game. Coaches' responsibilities as models are brought to life through real situations that confront them on and off the field.

À propos de l?auteur

Craig Clifford is assistant professor of philosophy at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. He also is director of the honors program at Tarleton State.

Clifford received a PhD in philosophy from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1981. He has an extensive background teaching ethics and philosophy of sport, both at the undergraduate and graduate level.

A frequent author on the subject of sportsmanship, Clifford has published more than one hundred guest columns in major newspapers. He is also the author of The Tenure of Phil Wisdom: Dialogues (University Press of America, 1995) and In the Deep Heart's Core: Reflections on Life, Letters, and Texas (Texas A&M University Press, 1985).

From 1988 to 1992, Clifford was the head varsity men's and women's tennis coach at Tarleton. During that time, Tarleton qualified three times for the NAIA national tournament.

Recently, Clifford has taken up the sport of Olympic-style target archery. In 1996, his second year of competition, he finished the year ranked third in the state of Texas. He is an active member of the Texas State Archery Association and the National Archery Association.

Randolph M. Feezell is professor of philosophy at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.

Feezell played college baseball at the University of Oklahoma. He has coached baseball at all levels, from Little League to American Legion to college, including experience as an assistant coach at Dana College in Blair, Nebraska.

The author of numerous articles on the philosophy of sport and ethics, Feezell is the coauthor, with Curtis Hancock, of How Should I Live? Philosophical Conversations About Moral Life (Paragon House, 1991). He also is the author of Faith, Freedom, and Value: Introductory Philosophical Dialogues (Westview Press, 1989).