Cover Page
Half-Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Contributors
Section I Coach Development: The Current Picture
1 Setting the Context
2 Career Development of Elite Coach Developers
3 International Perspectives on Coach Development: A Global Snapshot
4 Coach Education and Development: The What and How to
5 Transitions into Coach Development: You Coached So You Can Develop
Section II Approaches to Developing Coaches
6 Knowledge Auditing for Coaches: Where Are the Gaps?
7 Apprenticeship and Coaches’ Development: The Potential of Recognizing the Workplace as Learning Organizations
8 The Importance of Critical Thinking in Coaching: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
9 Sensemaking for the Coach Developer
10 Accelerating Expertise: Principles for Coach Developers
Section III Systems Approach to Coach Development
11 Volunteer-Led Sport (And Coach) Development: A Case Study of Pickleball in Scotland
12 The Coach Developer as a System Builder: Maintaining a High-Performing Sport System
13 Diversifying Coach Development
14 Cultural Competence and Intercultural Effectiveness in Coaching and Coach Development
15 Evaluating Coach Education and Development Programmes
Section IV Where Next for Coach Development?
16 Coach Developers as Agents of Change
Index

Evolving from the concept of coach education, which is generally accepted to be the more formal, didactic mode of transmitting information to coaches and prospective coaches, coach development is a relatively new field of research and practice. Developing Sport Coaches is a new text that supports the holistic longterm development of sport coaches as well as help aid existing sport coaches to understand their development. Research in coach learning and coach education has raised important questions about the effectiveness, relevance and value placed on traditional coach education by sport coaches in relation to their practice. The dissatisfaction expressed by many coaches, at all stages of coaching practice, has led to the inception of coach development. This text enables coach development to be studied in higher education institutions as well as enabling organisations to embed coach developers within their organisations. Written for the sport coaching and expanding coach development market, this book will be used by higher education institutions students as both a core and additional text to advance research and knowledge in this area. At the same time, this book is also a useful reading for practising sport coaches, coach developers and organisations who are currently examining their structures and processes to move their coaching provision from a formal coach education delivery to a more bespoke offering.