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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Coach Education"”.
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Effect of Coach Education on Coaches' Perspectives and Practices
I investigated progressive coach education program (CEP) effectiveness on youth soccer coaches for their coaching practices and beliefs on heading guidelines. Data were collected using mixed methods, including two systematic observation instruments (the Instrument for Identifying Teaching Styles, …
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Gendered Issues Associated with the Complexities of the Football Association’s Coach Education Process
In recent years, the provision of formal coach education has been regarded as a crucial mechanism for endorsing sports coaching and facilitating sports coaching practitioners’ professional development and competency. As a result, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of sports coaching …
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Critical considerations of Level 4 coach education in the UK: A theoretical and empirical study
… such changes emphasised the fundamental role of coach education and development in the United Kingdom (UK) and stressed the need to up skill the coaching workforce. Accordingly, the primary aim in conducting this research was to investigate the effectiveness and appropriateness of the current …
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Helping Coaches Engage in Learning: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of NCCP Participation and Certification Rates
… consumer behaviour, and personality traits on coach education participation and certification rates in Canada’s National Coaches Certification Program. The research builds upon previous literature to further identify and quantify factors such that future revisions to coach education learning …
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How did I learn all this stuff?': The socialisation of coaching knowledge and learning practices within a sub elite coaching population
Coach education in its entirety has been identified as a key vehicle for raising the standard of coaching practice and that of which creates a good coach. In saying this, existing literature (Barker-Ruchti et al., 2016; Cushion et al., 2010; Hodkinson et al., 2008; Gheradi, 2008; Corsby, 2017; …
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Exploring the reflective practice of a multidisciplinary team within an elite English football academy
… such, has been identified as a vital aspect of coach education. Nevertheless, reflections on coach education programmes are often carried out in rational environments; decontextualised learning environments which fail to replicate the often-complex nature of the day-to- day experiences of …
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Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches' Perceptions of and Preferences for Continuing Education
… to better understand U.S. intercollegiate tennis coaches’ perceptions of professional development and the factors that influence their participation in such endeavors. Based on discussions in the literature, a survey was created to quantify this population’s attitudes toward various components of …
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Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches' Perceptions of and Preferences for Continuing Education
… to better understand U.S. intercollegiate tennis coaches’ perceptions of professional development and the factors that influence their participation in such endeavors. Based on discussions in the literature, a survey was created to quantify this population’s attitudes toward various components of …
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Examining tennis coaches constructions of their role in a perfromance setting: What is it like to coach an elite junior tennis player?
Despite a growing body of research into sports coaching there remains little understanding of what it is like to coach elite junior tennis players. The purpose of this PhD was to examine the lived coaching experience of independent tennis coaches and describe what it is like to be a coach of an …
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Physical education for Soviet children and teacher and coach education. Physical education for children (to seventeen years). An historical overview and contemporary study of organisation and methods. An examination of the professional training of physical education teachers and sports coaches.
… for this study was when as a specialist physical education teacher working in a school, I undertook a part-time inservice B. Ed degree and wrote a dissertation comparing the systems of physical education in the USSR and in England and Wales. I made one visit in 1979 to Moscow but, otherwise, had …
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South African rugby coaches' knowledge of the prevention, identification and management of concussion
… often not present at practices and matches and coaches are therefore often required to identify and manage concussed players. Previous studies have identified that the risk of concussion may be reduced through coach education and subsequent implementation of skills training and the education of …
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An Examination of the Stress and Mental Ill/Well-Being Experiences of Elite Football Coaches
… base regarding the stress experiences of elite coaches, the purpose of this thesis was to provide an in-depth examination of the stress and mental ill/well-being of elite football coaches. Specifically, this programme of research consists of three empirical studies that sought to:(a)examine the …
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An investigation into how youth ice hockey coaches learn to coach and their use of the Internet
… is a descriptive study into how youth ice hockey coaches learn to coach. Based on Sfard's (1998) two metaphors of learning (acquisition and participation), this study aims to investigate formal training programs as well as informal experiences in which youth ice hockey coaches are involved with. …
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An exploration of the formative experiences of grassroots rugby coaches and their Impact on coaching practice: a Bourdieusian analysis
… the way in which formative experiences of rugby coaches impact on their current practice. Ten coaches took part with a wide range of experience (3 - 32yrs), qualifications (Rugby Right – UKCC L3) and who coached across the age spectrum (U8 – Adult Rugby). Semi-structured interviews were conducted …
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Identifying instructional practices employed by Massachusetts Special Olympics Hall of Fame coaches
… athletes. Consequently, research-based coaching practices recommended for coaches of mainstream teams may not be appropriate for Special Olympics coaches. With this in mind, the importance of establishing a research-based knowledge bank of coaching practices to use with athletes who have …
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Competencies of Outstanding Executive Coaches: A Grounded Theory Approach
The personal, business, and executive coaching industry is large and growing. In spite of the size and growth of the industry, the coaching research literature reveals a lack of understanding about the competencies of outstanding executive coaches. This grounded-theory study sought to discover a …
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Supporting Academy Football Coaches to Develop Psychological Attributes in Male Academy Players
… of this thesis was to support academy football coaches to better facilitate the psychological development of young players. To achieve this purpose, three empirical studies were conducted, each with a respective aim. Study one (Chapter 3) aimed to first identify the key psychological attributes …
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Understanding Coaching As A Judgement and Decision Making Process: Implications For Coach Development Practice
… I am interested in two broad questions; what is coaching and how do we develop it? Surprisingly after nearly forty years of coaching research there is no agreed answer to these questions in the literature. This is perhaps not that surprising since other more established roles such as teaching are …
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Transitions to the other side of the net : tales of tennis players who became coaches
… is staying involved in sport by becoming coaches. Unfortunately, little is known about the athlete-to-coach transition because few researchers have investigated this area. This research used a qualitative approach to explore the transition experiences of three retired tennis players who …
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A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the Key Leadership Skills and Characteristics of Selected Head Collegiate Women's Basketball Coaches
… of Selected Head Collegiate Women’s Basketball Coaches Chairperson: Dr. Charles Palmer Researchers and practitioners alike have long been interested in those key skills and characteristics that a leader must possess in order to be successful in his or her chosen field. Countless studies have …
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