Background: Despite an increasing recognition of the existence of a process of coaching,
and a resulting increase in research activity, there remains a lack of a clear conceptual base …

Background: The development of high performance sports coaches has been proposed as a
major imperative in the professionalization of sports coaching. Accordingly, an increasing …

The aim of this paper was to critically review existing literature relating to, and critically
analyse current conceptualisations of,'coaching philosophy'. The review reveals a …

Despite evidence that experience within practical coaching contexts serves as the principal
knowledge source for coaches, academic (and professional) coach education programmes …

Coaching is a central feature of sport at all levels. This groundbreaking new text is the first to
offer a comprehensive introduction to the conceptual issues that underpin sports coaching …

Despite a recent upsurge in scholarly interest, coaching remains an illdefined and under-
theorised field. Indeed, it has been argued that no conceptual framework currently exists …

An examination of the considerable landscape of coaching research [1] reveals a range of
theoretical and empirical perspectives and insights into coaching. Despite this, an in-depth …

The purposes of this paper are twofold. First, we argue that the rationalistic assumptions on
which dominant conceptions of the coaching process rest are rather unrealistic. We …

Following a brief introduction, in which the chosen format is discussed, this article comprises
a dialogue between present-day coaching science (CS) and a critic, educational …

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 …