The Sports Coach as Educator: Re-conceptualising Sports Coaching

by Robyn L. Jones (Editor)

Teaching athletes to improve their performance is the essence of sports coaching. In response to new government-led initiatives to invest in and develop coaching, this book is the first introduction to pedagogical theory for coaching. Bringing helpful insights from educational theory to bear on coaching practice, The Sports Coach as Educator expands and enriches the role of the coach and allows professionals to approach their work in new and inventive ways. Exploring the nature of coaching, this text

208 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 2006

Reviews

[Eduardo · Rating 4 out of 5]

While it seems obvious to consider coaching to be a specific kind of teaching, I can’t say that I’ve ever seen a book like this, one that not only makes that connection explicit but then digs into theory and application of educational research. The authors do a great job of getting into the implications of treating coaching as an educational endeavor. As a result of framing coaching as education in the purest sense, they recognize that coach education needs to be treated differently than it has been so the last section of the book is dedicated to how coaches should treat their own learning. This book will be a revelation to most coaches and coach educators since they rarely have a background in education. But that’s exactly why this book is so necessary.