Aim Despite becoming a common area of academic study, our understanding of sports
coaching remains scant. This, in large part, has been due to the limited perspectives …

Thanks to a surge of research in the past decade, it has come to be generally acknowledged
that the dynamic and intricate nature of coaching precludes any 'paint by number'plans that …

Abstract THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO DESCRIBE AND APPLY THE SALIENT
CHARACTERISTICS AND LEARNING PREFERENCES OF EACH OF THE 3 STAGES OF …

Studying the acquisition and maintenance of expertise can be done by applying longitudinal
group studies. In a longitudinal study, multiple measurements are taken within each …

When Victorian and Edwardian coaches used the term 'science'they were generally referring
to technique or to systematic training regimes, and traditional coaching practices, derived …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical discussion on the role of the coach
developer. The discussion is framed within the context of the roles coach developers play …

Chris Cushion's highly defensible assertion that we know next to nothing about coaches and
precious little about the coaching process is one with which I am in full agreement. The …

The role of skill acquisition specialists within sport systems has become more prominent and
imbedded in daily training environments with coaches; however, literature pertaining to their …

The first edition of this book in 2002 was a success by being one of the first textbooks in the
UK, in this field, to put together a non-sport-specific analysis of the coaching process (Lyle …