Coaches are central to talent development in youth soccer and what they say and do
impacts on players' achievements and well-being. Researchers have systematically …

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 …

Background: Research indicates that some youth sport coaches have specific strategies in
their coaching plan to facilitate positive youth development (PYD) while others struggle in …

El objetivo de este artículo es proporcionar una breve revisión de algunas corrientes
actuales en la investigación sobre entrenamiento en Norteamérica. Basándonos en nuestra …

Repeated calls have been made by prominent sport and education associations for the
creation of ongoing professional development networks and learning communities for youth …

The Olympic environment has been identified as particularly stressful and unlike any other in
terms of the media attention and focus placed on the competition. While the potential …

At the beginning of the 2013/2014 season in England and Wales, 90 head coaches of the 92
men's national professional football league clubs and 20 of the 22 men's professional rugby …

The purpose of this study was to analyse Portuguese coaches' perceptions of, and
preferences for, knowledge sources as related to professional background; namely …

This article highlights the role of personal epistemology in decision-making and proposes
the construct of an epistemological chain (EC) to support this process in the domain of sports …

The coach-created motivational climate within youth sports teams has been shown to be of
great importance for the quality of youths' sports experiences as well as their motivation for …