coaches’ development ( Nelson & Cushion, 2006 ; Trudel et al., 2010 ). We must remember that uncovering our guiding paradigm and initiating change is difficult because our “common sense assumptions about how we learn operate, unquestioned, at a subconscious level” ( Light, 2008 , p. 33). Therefore, it
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Learner-Centered Coach Education: Practical Recommendations for Coach Development Administrators
Kyle Paquette and Pierre Trudel
What It Really Means To ‘Think Outside The Box’: Why Foucault Matters For Coach Development
Jim Denison
writing that melds expression and theory can become a method for learning and a means for change ( Denison, 2016 ); this is how writing can become a coach development strategy, particularly when Foucault’s ( 1995 ) analysis of discipline services the theory. I read further to my students from this essay I
Coach Development: Practical Recommendations for Interscholastic Sport
Pete Van Mullem and Kirk Mathias
coach development activities, coaching educators often consider the importance of experiential learning ( Gilbert, Lichtenwaldt, Gilbert, Zelezny, & Côté, 2009 ; Walker, Thomas, & Driska, 2018 ), the learning preferences of coaches ( Nelson, Cushion, & Potrac, 2006 ; Vargas-Tonsing, 2007 ), and long
Transformational Coaching Workshop: Applying a Person-Centred Approach to Coach Development Programs
Jennifer Turnnidge and Jean Côté
It is well established that coach learning and athlete outcomes can be enhanced through participation in Coach Development Programs (CDPs). Researchers advocate that the quality of CDPs can be improved by: (a) placing a greater emphasis on facilitating coaches’ interpersonal behaviours (Lefebvre, Evans, et al., 2016), (b) using appropriate and systematic evaluation frameworks to guide the evaluation of interpersonally-focused CDPs (Evans et al., 2015), and (c) incorporating behaviour change theories into the design and implementation of these CDPs (Allan et al., 2017). In doing so, the relevance of CDP content and the uptake of this content among coaching practitioners may be enhanced. Transformational leadership theory provides a valuable guiding framework for designing CDPs that aim to promote positive development in youth sport. Thus, the goal of the present paper is to outline the development of a novel, evidence-informed CDP: The Transformational Coaching Workshop and to provide practical strategies for the implementation of this workshop.
Athlete and Coach Development in the Sevilla Club de Fútbol Youth Academy: A Values-Based Proposition
Antonio Solana-Sánchez, Sergio Lara-Bercial, and David Solana-Sánchez
Professional youth football (soccer) academies face a number of challenges related to the contrasting and at times competing nature of their goals. Marrying long-term development of players with success in youth competitions and combining the development of young people as athletes with their growth as human beings are some examples. Professional football clubs and those tasked with leading their academies have to make key decisions as to how these challenges will be addressed. In this paper we argue that those decisions must be made based on a clearly shared philosophy and accompanying set of values. We present some of the key principles governing the work of the Sevilla Club de Fútbol Youth Academy and the rationale behind them. These principles span from developmental, methodological and pedagogical choices to the building of an internal long-term approach to coach development.
Coach Development: Practical Recommendations for Collegiate Sport
Pete Van Mullem and Chris Croft
.e., soccer license), and inconsistent across similar contexts ( Bodey, Brylinsky, & Kuhlman, 2008 ; Dieffenbach, 2020 ). Thus, to develop as a coach in collegiate sport, one must engage in ongoing coach development activities and learn to navigate career pathways for professional advancement. Furthermore, the coach
Influence of a Coach Development Curriculum on Preservice Coaches’ Habitus
Clayton Kuklick, Stephen Harvey, and Roch King
formative, formal, and professional experience, coaches’ habitus become strongly ingrained and, consequently, make it difficult for coaches to develop and change ( Harvey et al., 2010 ; Nash, Sproule, & Horton, 2008 ). Formal coach development programs in higher education settings have increased in recent
“Lightbulb Moments”: The (Re)Conceptualization of Coach Development in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Glenn Fyall, Jackie Cowan, Blake Bennett, Jeremy Hapeta, and Simon Walters
Traditional coach development contexts have used many terms to describe the people who develop coaches (e.g., coach educator, facilitator, and instructor). However, more recently there appears to be a growing appetite for the term Coach Developer to describe those who coach the coaches ( Callary
“Walking the Tightrope”: Reflections on Mobilizing Foucauldian Theory Within an Endurance Running Coach Development Intravention
Zoë Avner, Jim Denison, Tim Konoval, Edward T. Hall, Kristina Skebo, Royden Radowits, and Declan Downie
; Whitehead & Coe, 2021 ) as well as a recent special issue in the Sports Coaching Review ( Denison et al., 2019 ) dedicated to the advancement of Foucauldian-informed sports coaching and coach development scholarship. Despite the increased inclusion of Foucauldian-informed research within sports coaching
Supporting Coaches to Learn Through and From Their Everyday Experiences: A 1:1 Coach Development Workflow for Performance Sport
Bob Muir and Julian North
This paper overviews an intensive 1:1 coach development workflow developed and used extensively by the first author, and to a degree by the second author in a research and development context, in U.K. performance and high-performance sport. The workflow has been developed and utilized in work with