Description
Book Synopsis This book addresses important topics of coaching in order to better understand what sports coaching is and the challenges that arise when assuming this activity. It provides the reader with useful insights to the field of sports coaching, and discusses topics such as coaching education, areas of intervention, and main challenges. With contributions by experts and well-known authors in the field, this volume presents an up-to-date picture of the scholarship in the coaching field. It introduces key aspects on the future of the science of coaching and provides coach educators, researchers, faculty, and students with new perspectives on topics within the field to help improve their coaching effectiveness.
Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. 7
Part 1 - Becoming a sports coach. 12
1 – Coaching in the Sport Domain: Definitions and Conceptualisations. 13
2 – Coaching Educational Programs: (Re)conceptualising How Coaches Learn. 41
3 – Coaching Efficacy: The Leadership Effectiveness Model 68
4 – Coaching Impact: The Transformational Coach in Sports. 117
5 – Coaching Around the World: On Becoming a Profession. 147
Part 2 - Acting as a sports coach. 191
6 – Coaching Profession: Acting as a Coach. 192
7 – Coaching Youth Athletes. 218
8 – Coaching High Performance Athletes. 258
9 – Coaching Life Skills to Young Athletes in Sport Participation Contexts. 308
10 – Coaching for Adventures Sports. 345
11 – Coaching Aging Athletes. 378
12 – Coaching Athletes with Disabilities. 409
Part 3 - Challenges of sports coaching. 440
13 – Coaching and Athlete Mental Health. 441
14 – Coaching Life Skills in Sports People. 467
15 – Coaching Cohesive Teams. 494
16 – Coaching Girls and Women. 524
17 – Coaching Efficacy and the Use of Technology. 543
18 – Coaching under Stress and Burnout 570
19 – Coaching the Coach: Helping Coaches Improve Their Performance. 615
20 – Coaching and Effective Leaders: An Overview and Recommended Research Agenda 669
21- Coaching in Sports: Implications for Researchers and Coaches 711
