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Defining the value of coach development 23 Aug 2013 | 01:48 pm
What is the meaning of the word possible? We are familiar with the word and use it with no difficulty yet at the same time we struggle to come up with an analytical definition and are probably more li...
How to access coaching journal articles for free 20 Aug 2013 | 01:33 pm
A constant challenge for anyone working in coaching research is how to get information to coaches. This is not helped by the fact that the majority of academic research finds its way into journals tha...
What is the reach of a coach intervention? 14 Aug 2013 | 01:29 pm
If you ran a programme that worked with 100 coaches how many participants could you claim to have influenced? By answering this question you are basically demonstrating an outcome of a project as it g...
Supporting high level coaches 12 Aug 2013 | 07:37 pm
From the research we know that coach qualifications are very much like a pyramid with Level 1 and 2 qualified coaches accounting for larger base (69% of all qualified coaches). For the majority of the...
The impact of coaching 9 Aug 2013 | 12:27 pm
Demonstrating that coaching makes an impact is a surprisingly difficult thing to do. The problem occurs beacuse satisfaction research has shown that in most sports coaching is regarded by participants...
Total Recall 6 Aug 2013 | 12:25 pm
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Coaching Top Tips for Young People by Young People 6 Aug 2013 | 11:51 am
sports coach UK’s Liz Burkinshaw recently attended the Cooperative StreetGames Young Volunteers (CSYV) conference in Walsall. The CSYV conference was for young people aged 16-25 who are volunteering a...
Research with hard to reach groups in coaching 5 Aug 2013 | 05:37 pm
Communicating with hard to reach groups in coaching One of the concerns we always have as researchers is how representative are the people we’re talking to? When we contact coaches for research we of...
A new way of looking at coaching excellence (and the coach athlete relationship) 1 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
A perennial coaching question is what makes a successful coach? At the elite level it’s generally viewed as the win/loss record but as a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald shows this is a fla...
How Sport and Economic Policy can pave the way for Success 29 Jul 2013 | 12:36 pm
By Jon Woodward, Coach Education Advisor On a recent stay over in a hotel, I found a copy of the Economist provided in my room. I will admit that this is not often a magazine of choice to read, but o...
