Sports Coaching Cultures: From Practice to

This book is about expert coaches and the ways in which their individual life and career experiences lead to their personal beliefs about effective coaching.

Kathleen Armour is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy at Loughborough University, UK.

Acknowledgements

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Chapter One Introduction

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Background and purpose

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Structure

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Who are the coaches?

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Interview framework and presentation of the coaches' stories

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(2)

The theme chapters

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Chapter Two Steve Harrison

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Introduction

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Becoming a coach

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Relating to players

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(2)

A positive coaching environment

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Learning to be a coach

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Coach certification

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And what of the players?

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Effective coaching

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Summary

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Chapter Three Graham Taylor

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Introduction

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Entrance into coaching

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(2)

Learning to be a coach

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The attributes of effective coaching

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On the importance of gaining 'trust' and respect'

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Summary

30

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Chapter Four Hope Powell

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Introduction

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On her entry into coaching

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On her early influences and experiential learning

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On relating to players

35

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On being an effective coach

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Coaching objectives and developing 'thinking' players

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Conclusion

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Chapter Five Bob Dwyer

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Introduction

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On becoming and being a coach: 'a natural progression'

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Learning to be a coach

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The attributes of a good coach and good coaching practice

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Building player confidence through caring

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Summary

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Chapter Six Ian McGeechan

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Introduction

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On becoming a coach

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On the importance of organisation: 'getting rid of the grey areas'

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Establishing a learning environment to 'grow players'

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(2)

On dealing with players

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Coach certification and learning to be a coach

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The attributes of a good coach and effective coaching

60

(2)

Summary and conclusion

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Chapter Seven Di Bass

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Introduction

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Who is Di Bass?

64

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Why swimming coaching?

65

(2)

Coaching, swimming and winning

67

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The good swimming coach

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The good coaching session

69

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Disability swimming

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Conclusion: the coach and the future

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Chapter Eight Peter Stanley

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Introduction

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(1)

Entrance into coaching

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(2)

Learning to be a coach

75

(3)

Delivering effective instruction

78

(2)

Crafting the training environment

80

(2)

Implementing an empowering philosophy

82

(2)

Summary

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Chapter Nine Lois Muir

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Introduction

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Starting out and developing a coaching philosophy

85

(2)

On commitment, caring, 'growing' and coping

87

(2)

On 'effective' coaching practice: 'investing sweat well'

89

(2)

On coach accreditation

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On the essence of coaching: 'reading the individual' and 'moving the chess pieces'

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Conclusion

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Chapter Ten Coaching pedagogy

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Introduction

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(1)

What is pedagogy?

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(2)

Coaches

97

(2)

Learners

99

(3)

Knowledge

102

(4)

Learning environment

106

(3)

Coaching pedagogy: a pedagogy for learning

109

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Summary

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Chapter Eleven Coaches' roles

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Introduction

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A current analysis of social roles

117

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'Playing the role': the coach as a socialised instructor

119

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'Making the role': the coach as a committed improviser

125

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Conclusion

133

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Chapter Twelve Coaches' interactions

135

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Introduction

135

(1)

What does Coffman bring to an understanding of coaching?

136

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Presenting the self and a coaching front

137

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The strategies of impression management

143

(4)

'Reading the game' and the need for situational flexibility

147

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Conclusion

148

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Chapter Thirteen Coaches' power

150

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Introduction

150

(1)

What is social power?

151

(2)

Obtaining, maintaining and advancing social power

153

(8)

Conclusion

161

(2)

Chapter Fourteen Conclusion

163

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Summary

163

(3)

Possible directions for future research

166

(3)

Concluding thoughts

169

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References

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Index

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