The Routledge Handbook of Coach Development in Sport

The Routledge Handbook of Coach Development in Sport is a comprehensive text that underscores the importance of learning and context for those who sculpt the environment in which people of all ages develop in and through sport. Coaches and those responsible for the development of coaches are best positioned as both learners and facilitators of learning. As sport becomes more globalised, the concomitant professionalisation of coaches necessitates ongoing learning and development to embrace new knowledge and understanding. Moreover, contemporary coach development presents as a wicked problem, in that it continues to evolve, it is contextually bound, and there is no single or obvious way to approach it. Problematically, there is often limited assistance available to support coaches and coach developers in their ongoing development. As such, this book provides a truly international reference point that brings together leading scholars and practitioners from across the globe to provide an overview of the theories and practices of coaches and coach developers that are impacting the quality of sporting environments. Therefore, this book is an important reference for researchers, scholars, and practitioners alike in the fields of Sport Coaching, Coach Development, Sport Development, Sport for Development, Physical Education and related disciplines.

Steven B. Rynne is an Associate Professor in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at The University of Queensland, Australia. Clifford J. Mallett is a Professor in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at The University of Queensland, Australia.

Part I: Coach Development Globally 1. Foundations and Evolution of Coach Development 2. Coach Development in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: Evolutions and Current Directions 3. Coach Education and Development Systems in Asia 4. Coach Development across North America 5. The Richness, Diversity and Inequality of Coach Development in South America 6. This Ship is Going to be Wicked Hard to Steer: Coach Development in Europe 7. Coach Development in Africa Part II: Theorising and Research Informing Coach Development 8. Sport as a Learning Setting 9. Introducing Coach Learners to Behaviourist Coaching Principles: Critical Reflections on Coach Educator Practice 10. Internal Processes and Cognitive Approaches to Coach Learning and Development 11. 'Becoming and Being' a Contemporary Coach Through the Framework of Ecological Dynamics. 12. Learning as a Social Enterprise: Wenger-Trayner's Social Learning Theory in Coach Development Part III: Perspectives on Coach Development in Action 13. Quality in (Performance) Coach Development 14. Coach Development Curriculum 15. Coach Development Pedagogy 16. Assessment in Coach Education 17. Coach Development in a Rugby Union Context (New Zealand) 18. Football Coaching, the Portuguese way: The Ecology of Practice as the Referent for Evidence-based Coach Education 19. Coach Development in an Ice Hockey Context 20. Coach Development in World Athletics 21. Coach Development in a Basketball Context: Identification and Development of Youth Performance Coaches in Spain. 22. Developing Coach Developers in and for Performance Development and High-performance Sport Part IV: Critical Issues in Coach Development 23. Global Coach Development in a Knowledge Society: Critical Issues 24. Coaching's Urgent Need: Addressing Coaches' Abuse of Their Power 25. Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Coach Development 26. What Forms of Learning in Sport Coaching are Valued, Valuable, or 'Rubbish'? 27. Challenging the Norm: Sporting Megatrends and their Implications for Athlete Learning and Coach Development 28. High Performance Coach Development: A Wicked Problem