Coaching is a vital factor for success in sport at all levels. Sport Coaching Concepts offers a
comprehensive introduction to the theoretical issues that underpin sport coaching practice …

Research shapes our understanding of practice in powerful and important ways, in sports
coaching as in any other discipline. This innovative study explores the philosophical …

Background: Over the past 10 years, research has started to investigate the pedagogic
practices of instructors and coaches working in adventure sports settings. Outdoor …

While sport science can have significant and positive impact on coaches and athletes, there
is still a general consensus that the transfer of sport science knowledge to coaching is poor …

Despite being subject to criticism for failing to match the realities of everyday practice, there
appears to be a lack of direct empirical evidence for the impact of formal education on …

Proprioception is an ongoing topic of interest in dance research. Yet 'proprioception'can
have a wide range of meanings, and therefore is studied in many different ways. This …

Background: The realisation of the strategic importance of high quality coaching to the
achievement of national sport policy objectives is resulting in extensive movements to …

This ethnographic case study examines the long-term impact of youth sport coaching within
tennis, using observations, field notes, and interviews as data sources. We highlight the …

This study examined the integration of professional judgement and decision-making
processes in adventure sports coaching. The study utilised a thematic analysis approach to …

This paper considers the personal epistemology of adventure sports coaches, the existence
of the epistemological chain and its impact on professional judgment and decision-making …