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Academic Coaching Coaching College Students for Success

Academic Coaching Coaching College Students for Success

Academic Coaching is the first comprehensive book about academic coaching in higher education providing faculty and staff with a robust foundation in academic coaching that they can use to improve campus services to bolster student success. Drawing from the principles of executive business and life coaching this book explores how to support college students as they begin their journey to independence grapple with challenging courses uncover their life’s purpose and prepare to make their mark on the world. This accessible book is full of step-by-step guidance for becoming an effective academic coach helping faculty and staff create expand incorporate or improve academic coaching services on campus in order to better serve all students. | Academic Coaching Coaching College Students for Success

GBP 29.99
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Understanding Sports Coaching The Pedagogical Social and Cultural Foundations of Coaching Practice

Understanding Sports Coaching The Pedagogical Social and Cultural Foundations of 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 edition and introducing a new author team Understanding Sports Coaching introduces theories and practices while exploring pedagogical social and cultural concepts underpinning good sports coaching practice. Broken into four sections Understanding Sports Coaching examines the complex interplay between coach athlete coaching programme and social context and encourages coaches to develop an open and reflective approach to their own coaching practice. It covers key aspects of coaching theories and practice including important and emerging topics such as: • leadership • athlete learning • emotion in coaching • culture as meaning making • quality in coaching • talent identification and development • philosophy and sports coaching Understanding Sports Coaching also includes a full range of practical exercises and extended case studies designed to encourage coaches to critically reflect upon their own coaching strategies their interpersonal skills and important issues in contemporary sports coaching. This is an essential textbook for any degree-level course in sports coaching and for any professional coach looking to develop their coaching expertise. | Understanding Sports Coaching The Pedagogical Social and Cultural Foundations of Coaching Practice

GBP 44.99
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The Career Coaching Handbook

The Career Coaching Handbook

Uniquely combining the latest research into careers with the most up-to-date coaching approaches Julia Yates shows how to effectively apply coaching techniques to the world of career support. Demonstrating how coaching research explains practice and how practice benefits from research The Career Coaching Handbook is accessibly written with a solid evidence-based foundation. Presented in three parts this new edition covers developments in theory and research and applies this knowledge to the real world as well as introducing a few new practical approaches. Part 1 Theories of Career looks at twenty-first century career paths job satisfaction and career changes – both planned and unplanned. Part 2 Career Coaching Approaches looks at coaching strategies that are applicable to career coaching in particular. Part 3 Coaching into the World of Work covers specific real-world situations in which coaching is beneficial from job search strategies to CV and interview coaching. Evidence and research is used throughout to demonstrate the most effective strategies for coaching. The Career Coaching Handbook provides an essential introduction for students or practitioners who are interested in developing their own practice finding new and improved ways to do things and understanding the theories that underpin effective career coaching practice.

GBP 31.99
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Introduction to Coaching Psychology

Introduction to Coaching Psychology

This collection featuring chapters by leading international practitioners will offer an introduction to coaching psychology for those new to it including students trainees psychologists and coaches. Introduction to Coaching Psychology covers key topics including the background and development of coaching psychology the coach-coachee relationship coaching psychology approaches and models and themes such as assessment contracting and the setup in coaching psychology practice. Applications in coaching psychology are considered including a look at particular coaching psychology specialisms and interventions as well as discussions about working in organisations working with young people and life and personal coaching. Professional practice issues such as boundaries and best practice and coaching and diversity are also explored. Furthermore a review of coaching psychology research is presented. The book also offers a rich collection of case studies to illustrate the practice of coaching psychology in a real-world setting and concludes with a consideration of the future of the field. This timely and accessible book will be essential reading for anyone new to the field as well as coaches psychologists and counsellors interested in the theory research and practice of coaching psychology.

GBP 28.99
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Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice

Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice

Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice provides a comprehensive overview of positive psychology coaching bringing together the best of science and practice highlighting current research and emphasising the applicability of each element to coaching. With an international range of contributors this book is a unique resource for those seeking to integrate positive psychology into their evidence-based coaching practice. Beginning with an overview of positive psychology coaching the book includes an assessment of theories of wellbeing an examination of mindfulness research a guide to relevant neuroscience and a review of a strengths-based approach. It also contains chapters which explore the application of ACT the role of positive psychology in wellness and resilience coaching positive leadership theory and developmental psychological theories as they relate to coaching through significant life transitions. In each chapter theory and research is thoroughly explored and applied directly to coaching practice and supported with a list of relevant resources and a case study. The book concludes with the editors’ views on the future directions of positive psychology coaching. Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice will be essential reading for professional coaches in practice and in training seeking to enhance their evidence-based practice coaching psychologists practitioners of positive psychology and academics and students of coaching coaching psychology and positive psychology.

GBP 34.99
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Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Distinctive Features

Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Distinctive Features

Michael Neenan clearly and accessibly introduces the 30 Distinctive Features of cognitive behavioural coaching (CBC) an approach which applies the principles of CBT to coaching. Cognitive Behavioural Coaching: Distinctive Features sets out the key theoretical and practical features of CBT and discusses how they integrate into the generic model of coaching. The book covers the four key elements in developing a coaching relationship provides psychological and practical problem-solving models shows how to deal with stuck points in coaching and identifies which individuals are unsuitable for CBC. As well as providing research evidence to support the effectiveness of CBC the book demonstrates the smooth transition of CBT into CBC and coach–coachee dialogues are interspersed throughout the text to show CBC in action. Cognitive Behavioural Coaching: Distinctive Features will be particularly useful to CBT therapists interested in adding coaching to their practice. It will also appeal to coaches in practice and in training and other professionals in coaching roles seeking an effective and straightforward coaching model. | Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Distinctive Features

GBP 18.99
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Solution Focused Team Coaching

Solution Focused Team Coaching

Solution Focused Team Coaching offers readers a simple practical and effective way to coach teams. Its evidence-based approach which has been applied successfully to many fields is presented in an engaging pragmatic and approachable way making this book a must read for anyone who wants to broaden their horizon within the team coaching space. This book presents the background and philosophy of Solution Focused team coaching and then moves on to explore its practical application in various formats of team coaching with different audience dimensions. The reader will find a useful structure for team coaching processes as well as detailed descriptions for facilitating team coaching “moves” (conventionally called “techniques” or “tools”) for both online and live settings. With this book it is easy to plan a Solution Focused team coaching process from contract negotiation through workshop design to follow-up and evaluation. It covers difficult team situations such as conflicts and different forms of teams from shop-floor to executive teams Agile teams and special formats of team coaching as well as how to facilitate larger teams. Additionally readers who want to achieve certification and/or accreditation will find it extremely useful to read about ICF EMCC and AC team coaching competencies and how Solution Focused team coaching is an easy way of embedding those competencies. Solution Focused Team Coaching is a must for any coach from those who would like to learn a pragmatic impactful and easy way to move into team coaching to experienced team coaches who would like to learn a new approach and expand their skills and anybody interested in exploring the fascinating world of team coaching.

GBP 29.99
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Relational Team Coaching

Relational Team Coaching

Relational Team Coaching is a state-of-the-art reference book detailing what makes team coaching effective with a focus on being able to work at a relational level within the here and now about what is going on in the present in the team and between the team and the coach. The scope of the book is comprehensive exploring challenging and topical issues. Part A presents an introduction to team coaching and to a relational integrative approach to team coaching providing access to all relevant background research and case studies of team coaching in action. Part B deepens how this relational philosophy looks in practice and what it means for choices and working methodology of the team coach. Part C finally explores how the team coach can step up to face or address the more challenging or professional aspects of practice (e. g. of contracting diversity and inclusion and the shadow side of boards). This book is an essential guide to relational-based effectiveness in team coaching. It will be a key text for all coaching practitioners including those in training.

GBP 24.99
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Mastering Executive Coaching

Mastering Executive Coaching

This book aims to enrich the knowledge and toolkit of executive coaches and help them on their development path towards mastery. Edited by three leading practitioners it brings together the expertise of an international range of Master Coaches and provides evidence-based practical chapters across a broad range of topics including contracting ethical dilemmas coaching board members and non-executive directors and the use of psychometrics. Mastering Executive Coaching will be essential reading for executive coaches consultants and trainers who are looking to develop their practice. It will also be highly relevant for Masters-level students of coaching and coaching psychology.

GBP 35.99
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Coaching the Brain Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Coaching

Coaching the Brain Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Coaching

Everything we do and sense happens through our brain. In Coaching the Brain: Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Coaching highly experienced coaches Joseph O’Connor and Andrea Lages ask and answer the question: ‘How can we use our knowledge of the brain to help ourselves and others to learn change and develop?’. This book will show you how to apply insights from the latest neuroscience research in a practical way in the fields of personal development coaching and cognitive therapy. Accessible and practical it begins with an overview of how the brain works along with an explanation of how our brain changes due to our actions and thoughts illuminating how these habits can be changed through neuroplasticity. Understanding the neuroscience of goals and mental models helps us to work with and change them and clarity about emotions and the emotional basis of values can help achieve happiness. Most importantly neuroscience illuminates how we learn as well as the power of expectations. The book also explores the key lessons we can take from neuroscience for high performance and leadership. Eminently accessible this book gives you new tools to help yourself and others create better futures. As a whole the book will provide you with a new respect for the depth and complexity of your thinking and emotions. Coaching the Brain: Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Coaching with its clarity and practical application will be essential reading for coaches in practice and in training as well as leaders coach supervisors and HR and L&D professionals and will be a key text for academics and students of coaching and coaching psychology. | Coaching the Brain Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Coaching

GBP 26.99
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Single-Session Coaching and One-At-A-Time Coaching Distinctive Features

Single-Session Coaching and One-At-A-Time Coaching Distinctive Features

In Single-Session Coaching and One-At-A-Time Coaching: Distinctive Features Windy Dryden presents a clear and accessible overview of the theory and practice of Single-Session Coaching and One-At-A-Time Coaching (SSC/OAATC). Presented in the highly accessible Distinctive Features format Dryden explores how these approaches allow coaches and clients to tackle problems and find solutions quickly and flexibly. Single-Session Coaching and One-At-A-Time Coaching is split in two parts providing a complete understanding of both the theory and practice of SSC/OAATC as well as clearly examining key topics including the foundations of SSC/OAATC what makes a good SSC/OAATC coach and coachee common misconceptions preparing for and structuring a session and considering significant coachee variables. It explains key terminology such as the difference between Problem-Focused and Development-Focused SSC/OAATC and portrays these differences in useful case studies to show the benefits of each for individual clients. Finally it concludes with details on following up with the coachee including key questions to ask. With case studies throughout this approach can be applied in various clinical settings such as primary care and non-clinical settings such as voluntary sectors and is ideal for time-limited scenarios in comparison to other more time-consuming coaching methods. This will be an invaluable tool for coaches in practice and in training as well as for academics and students of coaching. | Single-Session Coaching and One-At-A-Time Coaching Distinctive Features

GBP 16.99
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An Introduction to Jungian Coaching

An Introduction to Jungian Coaching

Based on the psychology of Carl Jung this illuminating new book invites coaches to extend their toolbox with deep creative and efficient professional methods that derive from a new perspective on coaching. In using the unconscious archetypes as a practical active psychological database for change the Jungian coach can contribute significant modification in the coachee’s expected behavior. Jungian Coaching can be applied in evaluating the coachee the team and the corporation. This book translates Jungian psychology into simple comprehensive concepts. Each chapter translates theoretical concepts and rationale to thepractice of coaching. Illustrated with practical examples from the corporate world and life coaching it offers Jungian Coaching tools and techniques. By integrating the Gestalt psychology principle of the here and now into Jungian concepts the author develops a new coaching tool that enables an activation of archetypes as a useful and empowering coaching experience. A valuable introductory resource for all those involved in coaching relationships this book can empower coachees and serve as a compass for personal growth. It will be of great interest to practicing coaches executives human resource managers consultants and psychotherapists. | An Introduction to Jungian Coaching

GBP 27.99
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Coaching for Sports Performance

Coaching for Sports Performance

Coaching for Sports Performance provides a practical overview of the many disciplines necessary to be an effective coach. Using experts from across the sports science fields this book teaches readers the core concepts in a practical easy to understand style separated into four sections. Part I explains the fundamentals of effective coaching including the development of coaching philosophies best practices for coaching effectively how athletic technique matures and what coaches can and cannot do in specific health-related situations. Part II provides practical ways to improve athletic performance where readers learn the fundamentals of biomechanics and how to use technology to analyze performance the physiological functions and adaptations to exercise how the body can be physically trained and properly fueled and mental strategies to optimize athletic outcomes. Part III introduces the business side of coaching the important responsibilities involved in sport management and practical methods for marketing as well as working with the media. Last Part IV offers specific strategies for coaching across age and skill levels. Chapters are split into youth and high school collegiate and professional athletes and the nuances of coaching each level are explained. Being called Coach is an honor but with this title comes the responsibility of being professional knowledgeable and effective. Coaching for Sports Performance provides the platform for becoming a successful coach and assisting athletes in achieving their potential. Coaching for Sports Performance provides a practical overview of the many disciplines necessary to be an effective coach.

GBP 48.99
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Psychodynamic Coaching Distinctive Features

Psychodynamic Coaching Distinctive Features

In Psychodynamic Coaching: Distinctive Features Claudia Nagel presents a comprehensive overview of the unique features of psychodynamic coaching. As leaders and managers acknowledge the need to understand themselves and their context by looking underneath the surface to improve their decision-making psychodynamic approaches offer unique insight. Psychodynamic Coaching: Distinctive Features covers not only the major theory but also the practice of coaching giving guidance from beginning to end of the client relationship. Constructive holistic and accessible it demonstrates the impact and dynamics of the unconscious whilst illustrating the power of understanding human behaviour in the complexity of the modern world. With a focus on emotions and relationships in supporting modern leaders adapting to organsational challenges this book will be an invaluable tool for coaches of all backgrounds academics and students of coaching and organisational behaviour and also clinicians. It will also be a key resource for senior leaders for their own personal growth. | Psychodynamic Coaching Distinctive Features

GBP 19.99
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Women in Sports Coaching

Women in Sports Coaching

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 increasing female sport participation. The percentage of women who coach women are in the minority in most sports and there is a near absence of women coaching men. This important new book examines why. Drawing on original multi-disciplinary research from across the globe including first-hand accounts from practicing coaches the book illuminates and examines the status of women in coaching explores the complex issues they face in pursuing their careers and suggests solutions for eliminating the barriers that impede women in coaching. Developing an innovative model of intersectionality and power constructs through which to guide research the book covers issues including sexual identity race motherhood cross-gender coaching and media coverage to give voice to women coaches from around the world. As such Women in Sports Coaching is essential reading for serious students and scholars of sports coaching sport sociology or anyone with an interest in gender and sport.

GBP 44.99
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Creative Career Coaching Theory into Practice

Creative Career Coaching Theory into Practice

Creative Career Coaching: Theory into Practice is an innovative book for career development students and professionals aiming to creatively progress their coaching practice. Without losing sight of fundamental coaching values and practices it encourages career development professionals to adapt their practice by harnessing imagination intuition and critical reflection to engage clients. Hambly and Bomford consider the usefulness of creativity alongside traditional coaching models to reach harder to help groups. They consider a whole-brain approach to creativity emphasising the need for coaches to adapt their client-facing skills for individual cases. They work through how clients make career decisions how to use labour market information to motivate clients how to frame a creative coaching session using techniques such as metaphor visualisation and role play how to use practical tools and techniques to resolve a client’s individual needs and how to deliver on digital platforms. Combining the latest neuroscientific research with activities summaries and case studies this book provides a practical skills-based approach to coaching. Creative Career Coaching: Theory into Practice is the first book to summarise the Creative Career Coaching Model. It will be an indispensable resource for students of career development career coaching coaching psychology and advice and guidance courses. It will also be of interest to career coaches in practice seeking to enhance their skills. | Creative Career Coaching Theory into Practice

GBP 35.99
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Coaching with Research in Mind

Coaching with Research in Mind

How can coaches maximise the effectiveness of their practice? What can research tell us about how and why coaching ‘works’? How can we use the evidence base to enable others to reach their full potential? Coaching with Research in Mind brings together cutting-edge research in coaching and psychology accessibly summarises the findings and provides a clear and specific breakdown of what research tells us coaches and leaders should be doing and why. Rebecca J. Jones provides practitioners with the information and guidance they need to apply research in their practice explaining how coaches can understand coachee characteristics how they impact the coaching process and how coaches should adapt their practice to accommodate them. The book explains how to identify which principles of the coaching process influence effectiveness and tailor practice to maximise their impact. Jones also explores the impact of environmental factors and assesses how their influence can be limited. Coaching with Research in Mind will be essential reading for both new and experienced coaches looking to enhance the effectiveness and impact of their coaching and for managers leaders and L&D procurers who utilise coaching as a leadership style.

GBP 27.99
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Sports Coaching A Theoretical and Practical Guide

Sports Coaching A Theoretical and Practical Guide

The application of the theoretical underpinnings of coaching to practice is a central concern in sport. How should academic research seek to inform applied practice and how should practising coaches integrate research into their professional activities? Sports Coaching: A Theoretical and Practical Guide is the first book to truly integrate academic research on sports coaching with an assessment of and recommendations for applied practice. With every chapter written by a coaching researcher and a practising coach the book clearly and concisely introduces the academic evidence base and discusses how and why theory should be integrated into practice. Made up of sections on coaching practice coach education and development the use of sport science support and coaching special populations the book constitutes a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of sports coaching. Chapters are clearly and consistently structured allowing students and coaches opportunity to gain a firm understanding of the core theoretical principles of sports coaching and the ways in which they can guide practice. The book is a vital resource for any sports coaching student researcher or practitioner to develop their evidence-informed practice. | Sports Coaching A Theoretical and Practical Guide

GBP 36.99
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Coaching in Government Stories and Tips for Coaching Professionals

Coaching in Government Stories and Tips for Coaching Professionals

This book captures the story of how internal coaching was introduced and has since evolved in the U. S. Federal Government. It provides coaches and government agency leaders with skills and tools to help them implement their own successful coaching programs. Written by leaders in the field the book follows the stories of several pioneers who have implemented coaching programs in government aiming to help coaches learn from their mistakes and gain from their wisdom. Filled with interviews case studies reflective questions and how-to action points each chapter accessibly highlights the successes and failures of each program's journey so that professionals can incorporate these lessons in their own practice. Chapters take readers from the beginning considerations to contemplating the future of their programs focusing on setting a vision overcoming issues and challenges leveraging predictors of success making key decisions building foundations for sustainability and creating continuing education for sustainment of change. Accessible and relatable these stories will help professionals learn from those that have come before them helping them begin the groundswell of change effectively and proactively in their own programs. This book is essential reading for coaches and government agency leaders as well as for any public sector agency and any private sector organization that is interested in implementing coaching. | Coaching in Government Stories and Tips for Coaching Professionals

GBP 26.99
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Handbook of Coaching Psychology A Guide for Practitioners

Handbook of Coaching Psychology A Guide for Practitioners

The Handbook of Coaching Psychology: A Guide for Practitioners provides a clear and extensive guide to the theory research and practice of coaching psychology. In this new and expanded edition an international selection of leading coaching psychologists and coaches outlines recent developments from a broad spectrum of areas. Part One examines perspectives and research in coaching psychology looking at both the past and the present as well as assessing future directions. Part Two presents a range of approaches to coaching psychology including behavioural and cognitive behavioural humanistic existential being-focused constructive and systemic approaches. Part Three covers application context and sustainability focusing on themes including individual transitions in life and work and complexity and system-level interventions. Finally Part Four explores a range of topics within the professional and ethical practice of coaching psychology. The book also includes several appendices outlining the key professional bodies publications research centres and societies in coaching psychology making this an indispensable resource. Unique in its scope this key text will be essential reading for coaching psychologists and coaches academics and students of coaching psychology coaching and mentoring and business psychology. It will be an important text for anyone seeking to understand the psychology underpinning their coaching practice including human resource learning and development and management professionals and executives in a coaching role. | Handbook of Coaching Psychology A Guide for Practitioners

GBP 46.99
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Transactional Analysis Coaching Distinctive Features

Transactional Analysis Coaching Distinctive Features

This important book distils the essence of developmental Transactional Analysis (TA) frameworks that are most useful to bring alive professional coaching competencies. Karen Pratt offers clear outlines of TA frameworks as well as describing how they are applied in coaching with snippets of coaching conversations as illustrations of the theory in practice. Pratt highlights key TA frameworks in enough detail to be easily grasped but with a focus on application in coaching and other developmental conversations. A TA approach powerfully guides coaches in their listening and questioning. TA is not used as a coaching ‘technique’ – it offers psychological understanding of human beings and the meaning they make of who they are in the world. Such awareness is key for both professionals and clients in meaningful partnerships for development. Transactional Analysis Coaching will be key reading for professionals working within present-centered contracts for change – coaches trainers facilitators supervisors teachers mentors and managers – seeking to understand how TA can impact their development. It will be of great interest to coaches in training and will provide a useful resource for clients in their ongoing development. | Transactional Analysis Coaching Distinctive Features

GBP 16.99
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The Coaching Shift How A Coaching Mindset and Skills Can Change You Your Interactions and the World Around You

The Coaching Shift How A Coaching Mindset and Skills Can Change You Your Interactions and the World Around You

The Coaching Shift: How A Coaching Mindset and Skills Can Change You Your Interactions and the World Around You offers practical guidance on how to adopt a coaching mindset and how to build a coaching skill set to unlock better communication stronger relationships and high performance in others. Accessible and practical the book draws on research from coaching neuroscience cognitive psychology social psychology and industrial-organizational psychology to provide the best science-based practices that can be applied in work and life. It presents core coaching skills that anyone can develop and use to improve their own emotions thoughts behaviors and interactions with others. It uses levels of analysis to help readers think about key concepts first in relation to themselves and then in 1:1 interactions group and team dynamics organizational-level impact and beyond. The book offers specific and tangible advice for readers to develop their coaching and communication skills while also developing a deeper understanding of themselves. The Coaching Shift with its clear tone anecdotal references and practical application will be essential reading for coaches in practice and in training and for academics and students of coaching and coaching psychology. These concepts and practices are also relevant for anyone who wants to have more effective interactions with others. | The Coaching Shift How A Coaching Mindset and Skills Can Change You Your Interactions and the World Around You

GBP 22.99
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Coaching Students in Secondary Schools Closing the Gap between Performance and Potential

Coaching Students in Secondary Schools Closing the Gap between Performance and Potential

This practical evidence-based guide provides a comprehensive introduction to the coaching of secondary school students. Using a clear step-by-step structure the book explores how coaching can help students improve performance enhance wellbeing develop skills and achieve goals. The ultimate aim is to help the student become his or her own coach. Divided into six parts Coaching Students in Secondary Schools explores all of the key aspects of coaching from basic coaching skills to effective methods of evaluation. Having explained why coaching benefits students the book shows readers how to adopt a 'coaching approach ' structure a formal session launch a coaching programme and measure its success. Topics covered include: the uses and benefits of coaching the evidence for coaching core coaching skills conducting coaching sessions the practicalities of coaching evaluating the impact of coaching. With real-life scenarios and examples embedded throughout Coaching Students in Secondary Schools will be essential reading for practising secondary school teachers classroom assistants and student support staff. | Coaching Students in Secondary Schools Closing the Gap between Performance and Potential

GBP 24.99
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Foundations of Sports Coaching Applying Theory to Practice

Foundations of Sports Coaching Applying Theory to Practice

The fully revised third edition of the popular Foundations of Sports Coaching textbook aims to provide a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the practical and theoretical principles that underpin the sports coaching process from both a participation and performance perspective. The focus of this contemporary edition is to bridge the gap between practical sports coaching delivery and the conceptual theories that underpin a sports coach’s practice. It provides a wealth of real-world examples and up-to-date case studies from a wide range of sports to support the developing practitioner and help sports coaches understand how to apply key concepts and theories to their practice. In addition there are countless practical coaching tips techniques and strategies to further support sports coaches in their practice and development. The book will provide the reader with the skills knowledge and background they will need to prepare athletes and sports people technically tactically and strategically covering the key components of a sports coaching-related undergraduate course including: ■ the continuing professionalisation of sports coaching ■ the International Sports Coaching Framework (I. C. C. E. ) ■ the fundamental skills of a sports coach ■ how to coach populous groups ■ coaching philosophy ■ coaching pedagogy ■ creating a positive learning environment ■ talent ID and sevelopment ■ the reflective coach ■ performance analysis to support coach feedback. This third edition updates the style of previous versions with all-new chapters focusing upon international professional practice frameworks coaching philosophy coaching pedagogy talent identification and development and reflective practice. All of these are critical for the contemporary practitioner to understand in order to ensure they provide the best possible coaching environment for their athletes to develop and succeed. No other introductory textbook explains the importance of a holistic approach to sports coaching practice. This is an essential companion to any sports coaching course. | Foundations of Sports Coaching Applying Theory to Practice

GBP 44.99
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A History of Sports Coaching in Britain Overcoming Amateurism

A History of Sports Coaching in Britain Overcoming Amateurism

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 under-explored history of sports coaching in Britain tell us about both the early history of sport and about contemporary coaching practice? A History of Sports Coaching in Britain is the first book to attempt to examine the history of British sports coaching from its amateur roots in the deep nineteenth century to the high performance high status professional coaching cultures of today. The book draws on original primary source material including the lost coaching lives of key individuals in British coaching to trace the development of coaching in Britain. It assesses the continuing impact of the nineteenth-century amateur ethos throughout the twentieth century and includes important comparisons with developments in international coaching particularly in North America and the Eastern Bloc. The book also explores the politicisation of sport and the complicated interplay between politics and coaching practice and illuminates the origins of the structures organisations and philosophies that surround performance sport in Britain today. This book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the history of sport sports coaching sports development or the relationships between sport and wider society. | A History of Sports Coaching in Britain Overcoming Amateurism

GBP 46.99
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