developmental opportunity, administrators in the United States have labeled high school sport as “education-based athletics” defined as “an extracurricular sport-based context that supports the mission of the academic institution through offering youth experiential learning of life skills with the aim of
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Examining the Relationship Between Perceived Coaching Approaches for Life Skills Development and Life Skills Outcomes for High School Athletes
Scott Pierce, Liam O’Neil, Martin Camiré, Corliss Bean, and Scott Rathwell
The Process of “Becoming” a Certified High-Performance Coach: A Tailored Learning Journey for One High-Performance Athlete
Pierre Trudel, Kyle Paquette, and Dan Lewis
period of time—generally 5 years. More details on the NCCP can be found on the Coaching Association of Canada’s website and in Culver, Werthner, and Trudel ( 2019 ). As mentioned previously, at the time of the launch of the project, the competition—HP program of the NCCP was in its developmental phase
Integrating Psychosocial Skill and Characteristic Development Into an English Academy Soccer Coaching Program: A Preliminary Investigation
Tom O. Mitchell, Ian H.J. Cowburn, Dave B. Alder, Kevin Till, Martin A. Littlewood, Tony Cook, and David Piggott
developmental opportunities, largely via coaching. The Elite Player Performance Plan ( The Premier League, 2011 ) guides U.K. soccer player development processes and is underpinned by a technical and tactical program with associated physical, social, and psychological developmental efforts ( The Football
Players’ Perceptions of the Talent Development Environment Within the English Premier League and Football League
Tom O. Mitchell, Adam Gledhill, Ross Shand, Martin A. Littlewood, Lewis Charnock, and Kevin Till
subscales are (a) Long-Term Development: the extent to which developmental programs are specifically designed to facilitate athletes’ long-term success (e.g., fundamental training and rounded development, ongoing opportunities, and de-emphasis of winning); (b) Holistic Quality Preparation (HQP): the extent
Practice Design and Coaching to Support Learning in Elite Youth Soccer Players: Recommendations From International Coaches, Coach Educators, and Researchers
Fynn Bergmann, Svenja Wachsmuth, Donna O’Connor, Paul Larkin, Damir Dugandzic, and Oliver Höner
). According to Gagné ( 2021 ), talent evolves if a person with outstanding natural abilities in at least one domain is enabled to systematically develop a high level of competencies in a certain field. This developmental process is moderated by intrapersonal (e.g., psychological dispositions) and
From a Junior Coach to the Senior Ranks: Relational Transition From a Collaborative Autoethnographic Perspective
Jaakko A.O. Nikander and Tatiana V. Ryba
commitment to a long-term developmental path. Junior-to-senior mobility may also include transitioning into a new psychosocial environment, including changes in cultural narratives and expectations for both athletes and coaches as well as changes in how the dyad construct their relationship to reach
Coaching Effectiveness: A Personal Discourse on Bringing Clarity to an Overused Concept
John Lyle
“success by association” rather than effectiveness. It raises the distinction between what might be termed input measures, that is, particular behaviors or environment, and output measures, that is, athlete performance or other psychosocial or developmental objectives. The limitations of identifying
Bridging the Gap Between Science and Application: The Use of Cocreation Educational Workshops in Professional Youth Soccer
Matthew Andrew, Paul R. Ford, Matthew T. Miller, Allistair P. McRobert, Nathan C. Foster, Guido Seerden, Martin Littlewood, and Spencer J. Hayes
relationships with other research disciplines (i.e., strength and conditioning, physiology). The meetings took place in various facilities within the club (e.g., indoor training centre) and were initially informal in the developmental stage of the working relationship. These meetings included: (a) The initial
The Duality of Sport Social Workers Coaching Critical Positive Youth Development Within Competitive Youth Sport
Cecelia Tarr, Tarkington J. Newman, Fernando Santos, and Stéphanie Turgeon
must be strategically used by stakeholders, particularly coaches, to foster positive developmental outcomes. For example, Holt et al. ( 2017 ) raised several hypotheses based on a grounded theory of PYD through sport, including that a supportive climate alongside a life skill focus may generate better
Talent Development in Football—A Holistic Perspective: The Case of KRC Genk
Knud Ryom, Mads Ravn, Rune Düring, and Kristoffer Henriksen
solely on football skills, supports previous findings that show that this is key to a positive developmental pathway ( Larsen et al., 2014 ). Positive youth development environments allow the members to develop life skills that are useful across a range of arenas ( Holt et al., 2017 ). The study suggests