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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Coach development"”.
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Exploiting Social Learning as a Legitimate Tool in Coach Development
… this thesis was to contribute to current sport coaching research, knowledge and practice on how socially mediated learning activities can influence both coach behaviour and learning for better and for worse, as well as how coach developers might better exploit them as a legitimate tool in coach …
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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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A journey of expertise : how executive coaches view their development needs : a study using Q methodology
There is a recognition that continuous development is intrinsic to professional practice, enabling the maintenance of standards and quality coaching. However, coach development is a complex issue, and there is a lack of consensus on what it means. Existing studies have focused on coach development …
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Assessing Team Culture: the Coaches' Role in Alcohol Use Among Student-Athletes
… explored student-athlete alcohol use and the coach’s role in improving the education and awareness within a team culture. The aim of the study was to use quantitative data provided by the student-athletes, as well as qualitative data from interviews with head coaches, to determine if the …
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Talent identification and development in South African professional football – a coach perspective
… the importance of Talent Identification and Development (TID) in football. This study examines the TID frameworks employed by South Africa's top professional male football clubs through the perspectives of coaches and key informants. This research addresses the lack of academic focus on TID …
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An exploration of the methods used by external coaches when coaching IT professionals
… explored the research question: Do external coaches use an alternative method to their norm when coaching IT professionals? The aim of this research was to explore whether executive coaches work differently with clients who are IT professionals than with clients from other disciplines. The …
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The Contextual and Micropolitical World of Aspiring Professional Coaches
The traditional perception of the Coach as being all-powerful within their sporting domain has recently been challenged due to the growing recognition that coaching is a sophisticated, interpersonal process constructed within different social constraints and involving complex, multivariate human …
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An empirical exploration into changes coaches perceive associated with experience of Flow in coaching conversations
The importance of the self of the coach and the coaching relationship is well researched. Flow as a subjective, optimal experience has been found to play a facilitating role in individual personal growth and development across many different contemporary work contexts and is receiving increased …
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Change agent or neutral bystander? : an exploration of how the coaching practices of internal coaches in higher education institutions support organisational change
Internal coaches are enmeshed in the same organisational system that their coachees inhabit and are affected by the same organisational changes. Their insight into the organisational context, and into the challenge of aligning individual goals with organisational goals, means that internal coaches …
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Die stand van sportafrigting in prioriteitsportsoorte by skole in die Dr. Kenneth Kaunda streek van die Noordwes Provinsie
… of world-class performance is on the rise. The development of a country's sporting potential therefore is crucial (Martindale et al., 2007:187). In South African schools, sport is widely regarded as the basis of elite sport (Rajput & Van Deventer, 2010:159). Teacher-coaches are in most cases …
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The relationship between tackle technique and external load of a simulated tackle
… relate to the technical aspects of the event. Coaches play an essential role in the monitoring process, however, the research on coaches in collision sports is not well understood. Objectives: The aim of this thesis is three-fold: (1) In chapter 2, the aim is to review and synthesise the …
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Examining Organisational Culture Change in a UK Talent Development Programme
… explain that nations should focus on talent development and identification to stay competitive. In contrast, recent inquiries into elite sports in the United Kingdom has unearthed examples of destructive cultures (Grey-Thompson, 2017; Phelps, Kelly, Lancaster, Mehrzad, & Panter, 2017). Rees …
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Beyond incredible: The Paralympic road to Rio - an ethnographic study
… to and relevant to healthcare providers and coaches, and the psychosocial effects of the International Paralympic Committee Classification System within Paralympic track and field. Subjects were observed and select participants interviewed after being identified through purposeful snowball …