Sports Coaching

Sports Coaching: Professionalisation and Practice is a comprehensive evidence-based textbook of sports coaching theory and practice. The book is edited by leading academics in sports coaching studies and authored by a world-renowned team of experts in sports coaching research. It deals with all aspects of coaching behaviour and practice, including coaches' decision making, coaching pedagogy, and the development of expertise. Each of the chapters provides an up-to-date position statement on coaching themes, and makes explicit reference to the professionalisation of coaching. Written in an accessible style, and identifying critical ideas and issues, the book will complement and challenge both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes, and will be an invaluable source of ideas for researchers and academics. Multicontributed chapters follow uniform structure to increase clarity and accessiblity of text 'Snapshots' of critical ideas and issues presented as models or diagrams to facilitate students' understanding Case examples and scenarios illustrate key concepts in each chapter Latest research and current literature summarised for each thematic topic.

Foreword Preface Acknowledgement Dedication Chapter summaries Contributor biographies Chapter 1 Conceptual development in sports coaching Chris Cushion and John Lyle Chapter 2 Complex practice in coaching: studying the chaotic nature of coach-athlete interactions Robyn L. Jones, Imornefe Bowes and Kieran Kingston Chapter 3 Coaches' decision making: a Naturalistic Decision Making analysis John Lyle Chapter 4 Coach behaviour Chris Cushion Chapter 5 Athlete development and coaching Jean C^ote-, Mark Bruner, Karl Erickson, Leisha Strachan and Jessica Fraser-Thomas Chapter 6 Planning for team sports John Lyle Chapter 7 The professionalisation of sports coaching: definitions, challenges and critique Bill Taylor and Dean Garratt Chapter 8 Becoming a high-performance coach: pathways and communities Clifford J. Mallett Chapter 9 Coach education effectiveness Pierre Trudel, Wade Gilbert and Penny Werthner Chapter 10 The learning coach. . .the learning approach: professional development for sports coach professionals Kathleen M. Armour Chapter 11 Towards a socio- Chapter 12 Understanding athlete learning and coaching practice: utilising 'practice theories' and 'theories of practice' Tania Cassidy Chapter 13 Coaching workforce development Alan Lynn and John Lyle Chapter 14 Coaching practice and practice ethics Hamish Telfer Chapter 15 Coaches' expertise Paul G. Schempp and Bryan McCullick Chapter 16 Coaching philosophy Simon Jenkins Chapter 17 Narrowing the field: some key questions about sports coaching John Lyle and Chris Cushion