Every successful sports coach knows that good teaching and social practices are just as
important as expertise in sports skills and tactics. Now in a fully revised and updated fourth …

Abstract DECISION-MAKING IS A KEY FACTOR IN DEVELOPING COACH EXPERTISE
AND EFFECTIVENESS. THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS A FRAMEWORK FOR ENHANCING …

Research investigating coach education and development has grown significantly over the
past three decades. Most of these efforts have focused on establishing how coaches learn; …

Although there have been increasing calls to recognise the “voice of the coach” in both
policy and research, there has been very little work that has asked the coaches …

The present study used a prospective cohort design to explore the reasons why young
athletes decided to quit playing handball. The theoretical underpinnings were drawn from …

Despite its obvious importance, we argue that assessment as a feature of coach education
programmes has been overlooked in the peer-reviewed published literature. As a result, it is …

Alongside knowledge and understanding of the sport (what to coach) and strategies to
support learning (how to coach), critical reflection is an important feature of high-quality …

The purpose of this position paper is to promote the interest, usefulness and specificity of a
coherent system that is based on psychophenomenology as a theoretical framework …

Over the last decade, there has been increased recognition of the size and role of the
coaching workforce in Europe. This has led the European Commission to increase its focus …

Although global policy states that coaches are a key stakeholder group for anti-do**
education, very little is known about how performance and participation coaches develop …