Coach education effectiveness
Introduction This chapter on coach education effectiveness is divided into five sections. First we highlight events indicating that coach education has recently received special attention from sport stakeholders as well…
Narrowing the field
some key questions about sports coaching John Lyle and Chris Cushion Introduction Our intention for the book was to cover the constituent parts of the coaching process and current themes…
Coaching philosophy
Introduction All coaches will have developed a personal set of views on coaching, interpersonal relationships, and on issues relevant to their sport. These views will have evolved over time and…
Coaches’ expertise
‘Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile’…
Coaching practice and practice ethics
Introduction When the word ethics is mentioned, often the first reaction is to assume that what follows is a ‘right’ and a ‘wrong’ way of doing things. This is not…
Coaching workforce development
Introduction This chapter will set out a series of problems and choices that currently face the development of the coaching workforce in the UK. While not currently a traditional ‘academic’…
Understanding athlete learning and coaching practice
utilising ‘practice theories’ and ‘theories of practice’ Tania Cassidy Introduction In the past decade scholarly interest in coaching has intensified, a situation that Lyle (2002) attributes to improved career opportunities…
Towards a socio-pedagogy of sports coaching
Introduction: The centrality of learning to sports performance: the habitus and ‘techniques of the body’ There was a time when pedagogy was not considered to be important for sports coaches…
The learning coach…the learning approach
professional development for sports coach professionals Kathleen M. Armour Ben’s story Ben started out, like so many others before him, as a volunteer in the sport in which his children…
