{"product_id":"athletic-coaching-9781433147661","title":"Athletic Coaching","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach year, millions of youth athletes participate in organized sport under the guidance of a coach, who is entrusted with overseeing their development and performance, as well as providing a safe environment. A communicative approach to coaching recognizes that the skills, lessons, values, and experiences that athletes gain are determined by how coaches interact with athletes and structure their sporting environments. \u003cem\u003eAthletic Coaching: A Communication Perspective\u003c\/em\u003e provides a foundation for a communicative perspective of coaching in an effort to better understand and promote coach effectiveness. As part of this effort, this book conceptualizes coaching as a communicative endeavor, provides a framework from which to understand coaching effectiveness, and explicates four common perspectives (i.e., instructional, organizational, group, and interpersonal) utilized by communication scholars to examine coaching. Moreover, this book forwards a scholarly agenda for building a holist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements – List of Abbreviations – A Communicative Approach to Athletic Coaching – Defining Effective Coaching – The Instructional Perspective: Coaches as Instructors – The Organizational Perspective: Coaches as Managers – The Group Perspective: Coaches as Group Members – The Interpersonal Perspective: Coaches as Relational Partners – Setting a Scholarly Agenda: Building Toward a Holistic Framework – Building Athletic Coaching Theory: Extending Confirmation Theory to Athletic Coaching.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039622725975,"sku":"9781433147661","price":77.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433147661.jpg?v=1750944290","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/athletic-coaching-9781433147661","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}