Kinesiology researchers have long had an interest in physical activity, fitness, and health
issues and in the professional education and work practices of teachers and coaches. The …

Coaching is a vital factor for success in sport at all levels. Sport Coaching Concepts offers a
comprehensive introduction to the theoretical issues that underpin sport coaching practice …

Every successful sports coach knows that good teaching and social practices are just as
important as expertise in sports skills and tactics. Now in a fully revised and updated fourth …

One aspect of sports retirement that has been overlooked until recently is the manner in
which retired athletes relate to, and seek to redefine, the meaning of exercise in their post …

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 …

The purpose of this study is to qualitatively explore situations in which athletes perceived
communication with their coach to be important and determine the effect of this …

This chapter provides an introductory guide to poststructuralist theory for researchers
interested in conducting sport coaching research to develop pragmatic interventions …

The social structures within coach education have been largely unexplored, undiscussed,
and treated as unproblematic in contributing to coach learning, both in research and …

Despite being subject to criticism for failing to match the realities of everyday practice, there
appears to be a lack of direct empirical evidence for the impact of formal education on …

This chapter introduces a new conceptual model: Multilevel Model of Sport Injury (MMSI). It
provides a population-specific example of the MMSI that critically examines two pertinent …