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.
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
Edited
By Richard Thelwell, Chris G. 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
Edited
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 ...