Highlights•The essence of coaching effectiveness has yet to be agreed and
captured.•Proliferation of coaching conceptualisations limits its systematic study.•Coaching …

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 …

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 A growing body of literature identifies the importance of conditionality in
coaching and coach education. In simple terms, the complexity and hyperdynamic nature of …

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 …

The popularity of electronic sports (esports) has increased over the last decade, and
knowledge has been shared between sports and esports. Yet, research on esports coaching …

This chapter provides an introductory guide to poststructuralist theory for researchers
interested in conducting sport coaching research to develop pragmatic interventions …

There appears to be general agreement that interaction with significant challenge should be
a central feature of the development pathways for future high performers. There is, however …

The purpose of this paper is to locate the pedagogical notion of scaffolding within the field of
sports coaching. The aim, however, is not only to present scaffolding as a wide-ranging …

The general purpose of this article is threefold. Firstly, it is to further the notion of coaching as
orchestration through developing insight into precisely how and what coaches orchestrate …