The Sports Coach as Educator: Re-conceptualising Sports Coaching

by Jones; Robyn L.

• ISBN13: 9780415367592
• ISBN10: 041536759X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-09
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Helping athletes to learn, and through this learning to improve their performance, is the essence of sports coaching. In the context of new government-led initiatives to invest in and develop coaching,The Sports Coach as Educatorexpands current conceptualizations of coaching, encouraging a view of coaches as professionals with a primary role as educators. With contributions from leading international scholars in the fields of sports coaching and education, this book provides the first introduction to pedagogical theory for coaching. The text draws on theoretical concepts from a critical pedagogical paradigm to show how attention to educational theory can enrich the practices of coaches and coach educators, increasing opportunities for coaches and enabling them to approach their work in new and inventive ways. The text explores: Educational concepts in coaching Coaching, teaching and leadership Athlete learning Coaching communities and the socialprocess Reflective practice Mentoring Developing expert coaches The Sports Coach as Educatorwill help coaches to understand the nature of coaching, and assist students and researchers to better theorize and explain it.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	ix
Notes on contributors	x
Preface	xiv
Acknowledgements	xvii
PART I Introduction: coaching as an educational enterprise
1 How can educational concepts inform sports coaching?	3	(11)
ROBYN L. JONES
2 Coaching as an educational relationship	14	(11)
FELICITY WIKELEY AND KATE BULLOCK
3 Coaching as teaching: new acknowledgements in practice	25	(12)
DAWN PENNEY
PART II Re-conceptualising the role of the coach	37	(58)
4 The coach as a 'more capable other'	39	(12)
PAUL POTRAC AND TANIA CASSIDY
5 The coach as 'orchestrator': more realistically managing the complex coaching context	51	(14)
ROBYN L. JONES AND MIKE WALLACE
6 First among equals: shared leadership in the coaching context	65	(12)
ROBYN L. JONES AND MARTYN STANDAGE
7 Athlete learning in a community of practice: is there a role for the coach?	77	(18)
JAMES GALIPEAU AND PIERRE TRUDEL
PART III Re-conceptualising coach education	95	(67)
8 Cultivating coaches' communities of practice: developing the potential for learning through interactions	97	(16)
DIANE M. CULVER AND PIERRE TRUDEL
9 The coach as a reflective practitioner	113	(15)
WADE GILBERT AND PIERRE TRUDEL
10 Mentoring: harnessing the power of experience	128	(17)
CHRIS CUSHION
11 The development of expert coaching	145	(17)
PAUL G SCHEMPP, BRYAN MCCULLICK AND ILSE SANNEN MASON
References	162	(19)
Index	181