The purpose of this study was to develop and deliver a humanistic coaching workshop, as well as investigate coaches’ perceptions of this workshop and their experiences using humanistic coaching. Participants were 12 coaches of grade 7–11 basketball teams from schools in low socioeconomic communities in a major Canadian city. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and personal journals. An inductive thematic analysis revealed coaches perceived the workshop to be effective in teaching the humanistic principles and how to apply them in youth sport settings. The perceived strengths of the workshop included the group discussions, use of videos, practical coaching examples, and learning about the findings from empirical studies. The participants applied the humanistic principles with their teams by asking questions that guided athlete learning and by requesting feedback about various individual and team matters. Despite facing challenges such as increased time and effort to implement humanistic coaching principles, the participants reported positive outcomes in their athletes related to autonomy, communication, motivation, and willingness to help teammates. These results are discussed using literature on youth sport coaching, knowledge translation, and youth development through sport. Findings from this study can be used to enhance youth sport coach training protocols.
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Coaches’ Experiences Learning and Applying the Content of a Humanistic Coaching Workshop in Youth Sport Settings
William R. Falcão, Gordon A. Bloom, and Andrew Bennie
Motives for and Experiences of Expatriation to Coach
Evelyne Felber Charbonneau, Martin Camiré, and Pierre-Nicolas Lemyre
, 2000 ). This movement involves coaches expatriating to different countries and thus experiencing different cultures, values, and philosophies, as these vary from one nation to another ( Sekot, 2004 ). Despite increased international mobility in coaching, little research has examined coaches
The Acculturation Experiences of Elite Rugby Union Coaches
Andrew J.A. Hall, Cedric English, Leigh W. Jones, Tony Westbury, and Russell Martindale
language as well as coping with being away from the support of family and friends ( Schinke, Yukelson, Bartolacci, Battochio, & Johnstone, 2011 ). Such stressors are often magnified in sport where individuals may also experience potential change in their coaching demands, different coach
Most Valued Experiences in an International Coach Developer Training Programme
Sara M. Campbell, Ashley Fallaize, and Paul Schempp
include any formal training. Instead, these individuals often attribute their knowledge to experiences as an athlete, coach, and coach educator ( Brasil, Ramos, Milistetd, Culver, & do Nascimento, 2018 ; Cushion, Griffiths, & Armour, 2019 ). These experiences appear to leave coach developers feeling a
“A Really Strong Bond”: Coaches in Women Athletes’ Experiences of Inclusion in Parasport
Jessica J. Ferguson and Nancy L.I. Spencer
People experiencing disability 1 encounter significant barriers and participate in sport and physical activity far less often than their peers who do not experience disability ( Martin Ginis, Ma, Latimer-Cheung, & Rimmer, 2016 ). In Canada, the setting for the current study, it is estimated that
Coaches’ Use of Remote Coaching: Experiences From Paralympic Sport
Sarah Taylor, Ian Renshaw, Ross Pinder, Remco Polman, and Scott Russell
et al., 2012 ; Pinder & Renshaw, 2019 ; Taylor et al., 2015 ). Research has also shown that coaches experience further challenges in accessing competition opportunities or suitable equipment and training venues ( Allan et al., 2019 ; Cregan et al., 2007 ; McMaster et al., 2012 ; Pinder & Renshaw
Coaching on the Talent Pathway: Understanding the Influence of Developmental Experiences on Coaching Philosophy
Graham G. Williams and Áine MacNamara
, 2013 ). Given the critical role of high-quality coaching practice in supporting young athletes to fulfil their potential and the large financial investment in talent pathways over the past decade, understanding the philosophical positioning and developmental experiences of pathway coaches is an
A Comparison of High-Performance Football Coaches Experiencing High- Versus Low-Burnout Symptoms Across a Season of Play: Quality of Motivation and Recovery Matters
Marte Bentzen, Nicolas Lemyre, and Göran Kenttä
The purpose of the current study was to provide insights in how and why four head coaches in elite football experienced being either high or low in burnout symptoms (BS) during a competitive season. A longitudinal sequential quantitative-qualitative mixed method approach was used to enhance the understanding of coaches’ experiences. First, data were collected using online questionnaires at the start and at the end of the competitive season with all coaches working at the Norwegian Elite Football League level. Second, in-depth interviews were conducted with four head coaches who were purposefully selected based on having the two highest and the two lowest burnout scores across the season compared with the overall sample. A quantitative approach was used to explore whether these four coaches differed when compared with the overall population on the associated variables: performance, budget, quality of motivation, perceived workload, work-home-interference (WHI), and recovery. A qualitative approach helped gain more insight in the experiences these four coaches had with possible onset variables. Analyses comparing the two sets of coaches, indicated no difference related to performance, budget and workload. However, the motivational profile, WHI, and ability to meet recovery demands were variables that contributed to explain differences in coaches’ BS.
In Every End, There Is Also a Beginning: Experiences of Career Transitions Through Sport
Christine Nash and Melissa Thompson
Across the lifespan, humans experience so many life transitions (e.g., marriage, parenting, career) that we have developed a number of colloquialisms to describe them. For example, people frequently say, “I’m closing this chapter of my life and starting a new one” or “When one door closes, another
Coaches’ Experience of the “Gaelic4Teens” Program in Ireland
Wesley O’Brien, Irene Hogan, and Tara Coppinger
Ireland, there is an insufficient body of evidence in terms of the efficacy of team sport coach education provision ( Farmer et al., 2018 ; Woods et al., 2018 ). Coaches bring different coaching expertise, approaches, and playing experiences into their respective coaching situations, which is linked to
