Routledge Research in Sports Coaching
About the Book Series
The Routledge Research in Sports Coaching series provides a platform for leading experts and emerging academics in this important discipline to present ground-breaking work on the history, theory, practice and contemporary issues of sports coaching. The series sets a new benchmark for research in sports coaching, and offers a valuable contribution to the wider sphere of sports studies.
Conditioned Games for Team Sports Training: Bridging the Gap from Theory to Practice
1st Edition
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By Filipe Manuel Batista Clemente
April 23, 2025
Conditioned Games for Team Sports Training allows the reader to discover the dynamic world of conditioned games, popularly known as “small-sided games.” This groundbreaking book unlocks the secrets to revolutionizing training dynamics, via comprehensive exploration of conditioned games, unveiling ...
Sports Coaching Education and Alternative Pedagogies: Approaches in Higher Education
1st Edition
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By Laura Purdy, Natalie Barker-Ruchti
February 27, 2025
Sports Coaching Education: Applying Innovative Pedagogies theorises alternative pedagogies and presents examples of what such teaching looks like in sports coaching higher education. To do this, this new volume outlines the teaching goals of higher education coach education, summarises the ...
Coach Education in Football: Contemporary Issues and Global Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Thomas Leeder
May 27, 2024
Association Football is undoubtedly a global sport, with millions of individuals participating in more than 200 countries. The need for an educated football coaching workforce to deliver appropriate coaching practices has never been greater. Formal coach education, which is often the primary medium...
Birth Advantages and Relative Age Effects in Sport: Exploring Organizational Structures and Creating Appropriate Settings
1st Edition
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By Adam Kelly, Jean Côté, Mark Jeffreys, Jennifer Turnnidge
September 25, 2023
Relative age effects (RAEs) refer to the participation, selection, and attainment inequalities in the immediate, short-term, and long-term in sports. Indeed, dozens of studies have identified RAEs across male and female sporting contexts. Despite its widespread prevalence, there is a paucity in the...
Complexity in Games Teaching and Coaching: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective
1st Edition
By Felix Lebed
September 25, 2023
Shedding new light on sport pedagogy and the teaching and coaching of games, this book shows how complexity theory can be used to improve team sport performance, coach education, and young player development. The book draws together insights from both the humanities and behavioural sciences, ...
Sport Coaching with Diverse Populations: Theory and Practice
1st Edition
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By James Wallis, John Lambert
April 29, 2022
Sports coaches apply their skills in a wider variety of contexts, and with a more diverse range of athletes and participants, than ever before. This book introduces the professional competencies and knowledge needed to build successful working relationships across the different communities and ...
Leadership in Sports Coaching: A Social Identity Approach
1st Edition
By Paul Cummins, Ian O'Boyle, Tony Cassidy
February 04, 2019
The professionalisation of sports coaching has demanded higher standards of leadership in order to improve performance and effectiveness. This book focuses on leadership in sports coaching, exploring key concepts and principles underpinned by a presentation of new empirical research. Placing social...
Sport Coaching Research and Practice: Ontology, Interdisciplinarity and Critical Realism
1st Edition
By Julian North
January 31, 2019
Research shapes our understanding of practice in powerful and important ways, in sports coaching as in any other discipline. This innovative study explores the philosophical foundations of sport coaching research, examining the often implicit links between research process and practice, ...
The Psychology of Sports Coaching: Research and Practice
1st Edition
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By Richard Thelwell, Chris Harwood, Iain Greenlees
January 03, 2018
This is the first book to offer a comprehensive review of current research in the psychology of sports coaching. It provides detailed, critical appraisals of the key psychological concepts behind the practice of sports coaching and engages with contemporary debates in this field. Organised around ...
Women in Sports Coaching
1st Edition
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By Nicole M. LaVoi
October 12, 2017
Women in many Westernized countries encounter a wider variety of career opportunities than afforded in previous decades, and the percentage of women leaders in nearly every sector is on the rise. Sport coaching, however, remains a domain where gender equity has declined or stalled, despite ...
A History of Sports Coaching in Britain: Overcoming Amateurism
1st Edition
By Dave Day, Tegan Carpenter
April 28, 2017
At the London Olympics in 2012 Team GB achieved a third place finish in the medals table. A key factor in this achievement was the high standard of contemporary British sports coaching. But how has British sports coaching transitioned from the amateur to the professional, and what can the hitherto ...