Using Coombs and Ahmed's [1] framework of formal, non-formal, and informal learning as
the analytical framework, this paper aims to review and conceptually locate literature …

The purpose of this review was to provide an overview and analysis of the existing literature
on coach learning. In this context, learning embraces all the processes and structures that …

The training of coaches is considered central to sustaining and improving the quality of
sports coaching and the ongoing process of professionalisation. Sports coaches participate …

The aim of this study was to investigate the coaching behaviors of elite E nglish youth soccer
coaches in different practice settings and gain insight into the coaches' cognitive processes …

Reflection and reflective practice is seen as an established part of coaching and coach
education practice. It has become a 'taken-for-granted'part of coaching that is accepted …

Recently, a number of researchers have indicated that sport coaching is very complex and
context dependent (eg Côté and Gilbert 2009; Cushion and Lyle 2010). It has also been …

Careers in coaching are a relatively new phenomenon in the UK and at present appear to
be limited to the performance coach. This study, using an interview approach, examined the …

This chapter on coach education effectiveness is divided into five sections. First we highlight
events indicating that coach education has recently received special attention from sport …

Recent research has commented on the prevalence and usefulness of reflective practice in
specific sports coaching domains. The present paper explores how 6 coaching science …

A problem in considering coach learning is an apparent lack of definitional clarity, well
illustrated by the wide range of terminology employed, at times uncritically, to describe …