The Ethics of Sports Coaching

Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, The Ethics of Sports Coaching examines the key ethical issues at the centre of sports coaching practice. Arguing that the coaching process is inherently moral rather than simply instrumental, and that coaches must be fully aware of the ethical implications of their actions, the book adds an important dimension to our understanding of sports coaching and the relationship between coach and athlete. The book is structured around three interrelated themes that are central to an understanding of coaching from a moral point of view: the practice of coaching, the character of the coach, and the coaching environment. It explores a range of key themes in contemporary sports coaching, including gender, coaching young athletes, coaching in disability sport, performance enhancement, dangerous and violent sports, and expatriate coaching. This edition also has brand new material on topics including professional ethics, professional judgment, women coaches, and ambiguity in coaching. Combining powerful theoretical positions with clear insights into the everyday realities of sports coaching practice, this is an agenda-setting book. It is essential reading for all students, researchers, and practitioners with an interest in sports coaching or the ethics and philosophy of sport.

Alun R. Hardman is Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics of Sport in the School of Sport at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff. He has published in the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport and Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. Carwyn Jones is Professor of Sports Ethics at the Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University. He has published widely in the area of sports ethics in both peer-reviewed journals and books. His particular interest is in the relationship between sport, virtue, and mental health. He coaches youth football (soccer). Pam R. Sailors is Professor of Philosophy at Missouri State University. She is a past president of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport, a recipient of the Warren P. Fraleigh Distinguished Scholar Award, and the current editor of the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport.

Introduction Alun R. Hardman, Carwyn Jones, and Pam R. Sailors PART I The Nature of Coaching 1 The Good Coach as an Enlightened Generalist Sigmund Loland 2 Codes of Conduct, Compliance, and Trust in Coaching Ethics Mike McNamee and Julian North 3 Coaching of Ambiguity: The Sports Coach as an Existential Pedagogue Kenneth Aggerholm PART II The Character of the Coach 4 Becoming a Good Coach: Sports Coaching and Phronesis Øyvind F. Standal and Liv B. Hemmestad 5 Objectivity and Subjectivity in Coaching Paul Davis 6 Sports Coaching and Virtue Ethics Alun R. Hardman, Carwyn Jones and Tafara Chivasa PART III Coaching Specific Populations 7 The Moral Ambiguity of Coaching Youth Sport John S. Russell 8 Women Coaches Coaching Women Pam R. Sailors 9 Men Coaching Women Athletes: More Thoughts Michael Burke 10 Coaching Ethics and Disability Sport Rachael Newport and Alun R. Hardman PART IV Coaching in Context: Contemporary Ethical Issues 11 Coaching Ethics and Performance Enhancement Irena Martínková and Jim Parry 12 Ethical Issues in Coaching Dangerous Sports Emily Ryall and Steve Olivier 13 A Defense of Expatriate Coaching in Sport Cesar R. Torres