Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Coaching-Praxisfelder. Forschung und Praxis im Dialog pp 115–131Cite as

Conceptualising Sport-Coaching – Some Key Questions and Issues

  • Chapter

  • 5095 Accesses

Abstract

Recent reviews of coaching research (Gilbert & Trudel, 2004; Rangeon, Gilbert & Bruner, 2012) identified in excess of 1,000 coaching-related publications. Some of this work can be traced back to the 1970’s with the yearly publication rate increasing dramatically since then (Rangeon et al., 2012). An examination of this considerable landscape of coaching research reveals a bewildering range of theoretical and empirical perspectives and insights.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

References

  • Abraham , Andrew , & Collins, Dave (1998). Examining and extending research in coach development. Quest, 50(1), 59–79.

    Google Scholar 

  • Abraham , Andrew , & Collins, Dave (2011). Taking the next step: Ways forward for coaching science. Quest, 63(4), 366–384.

    Google Scholar 

  • Armour, Kathleen (2004). Coaching pedagogy. In: Robyn L. Jones, Kathleen Armour & Paul Potrac, Sports coaching cultures: from practice to theory (pp. 94–115). London: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bourdieu , Pierre , & Wacquant, Loïc J. D. (eds.) (1992). An invitation to reflexive sociology. Chicago: Chicago University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Brustad, Robert J. (1997). A critical-postmodern perspective on knowledge development in human movement. In: Juan-Miguel Fernández-Balboa (ed.), Critical postmodernism in human movement, physical education, and sport (pp. 87–98). State University of New York, Albany,

    Google Scholar 

  • Christensen , Mette K., Laursen , Dan N., & Sorensen, Jan K. (2011). Situated learning in youth elite football: A case study among talented male under –18 football players. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 16(2), 163–178.

    Google Scholar 

  • Coldwell , Mike , & Simkins, Tim (2011). Level models of continuing professional development evaluation: A grounded review and critique. Professional Development in Education, 37(1), 143–157.

    Google Scholar 

  • Conroy , David E., & Coatsworth, J. Douglas (2006). Coach training as a strategy for promoting positive social development. The Sport Psychologist, 20(2), 128–144.

    Google Scholar 

  • Côté , Jean , & Gilbert, Wade (2009). An integrative definition of coaching effectiveness and expertise. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 4(3), 307–323.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cushion, Chris J. (2007a). Modelling the complexity of the coaching process. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 2(4), 395–401.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cushion, Chris J. (2007b). Modelling the complexity of the coaching process: a response to commentaries. International Journal of Sport Science and Coaching, 2(4), 427–433.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cushion , Chris J., Armour , Kathleen M., & Jones, Robyn L. (2003). Coach education and continuing professional development: experience and learning to coach. Quest, 55(3), 215–230.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cushion , Chris J., Armour , Kathleen M., & Jones, Robyn L. (2006). Locating the coaching process in practice models: models “for” and “of” coaching. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 11(1), 83–99.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cushion , Chris J., & Jones, Robyn L. (2006). Power, discourse and symbolic violence in professional youth soccer: The case of Albion FC. Sociology of Sport Journal, 23(2), 142–161.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cushion , Chris J., & Jones, Robyn L. (2012). A Bourdieusian analysis of cultural reproduction: Socialisation and the “hidden curriculum” in professional football. Sport, Education & Societ y, doi:10.1080/13573322.2012.666966.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cushion , Chris J., & Lyle, John (2010). Conceptual development in sports coaching. In: John Lyle & Chris Cushion, Sports coaching professionalization and practice (pp. 1–13). London: Elsevier.

    Google Scholar 

  • Devis-Devis, José (2006). Socially critical research perspectives in physical education. In: David Kirk, Doune MacDonald & Mary O’Sullivan (eds.), The Handbook of Physical Education (pp. 37–58). London: Sage.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Everett, Jeffery (2002). Organisational research and the praxeology of Pierre Bourdieu. Organisational Research Methods, 5(1), 56–80.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gilbert, Wade (2007). Modelling the complexity of the coaching process: A commentary. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 2(4), 427–433.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gilbert , Wade , & Rangeon, Sandrine (2011). Current directions in coaching research. Revista Iberoamericana de Psicologia del Ejercicio y el Deporte, 6(2), 217–236.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gilbert , Wade , & Trudel, Pierre (2004). Analysis of coaching science research published from 1970–2001. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 75(4), 388–399.

    Google Scholar 

  • Grant, Anthony M. (2007). Past, Present and Future: The Evolution of Professional Coaching and Coaching Psychology. In: Stephen Palmer & Alison Whybrow (eds.), Handbook of coaching psychology: A guide for practitioners (pp. 25–39). London: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Johns , David P., & Johns, Jennifer S. (2000). Surveillance, subjectivism and technologies of power: An analysis of the discursive practice of high-performance sport. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 35(2), 219–234.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jones, Robyn L. (2000). Towards a sociology of coaching. In: Robyn L. Jones & Kathleen M. Armour (eds.), The sociology of sport: theory and practice (pp. 33–43). London: Addison Wesley Longman.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jones, Robyn L. (2006). How can educational concepts inform sports coaching? In: Robyn L. Jones (ed.), The Sports Coach as Educator: Re-conceptualising sports coaching. London: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jones, Robyn L. (2007). Coaching redefined: an everyday pedagogical endeavour. Sport, Education and Society, 12(2), 159–174.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jones , Robyn L., Armour , Kathleen M., & Potrac, Paul (2002). Understanding the coaching process: a framework for social analysis. Quest, 54(1), 34–48.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jones , Robyn L., Armour , Kathleen , & Potrac, Paul (2004). Sports coaching cultures: from practice to theory. London: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jowett , Sophia , & Poczwardowski, Artur (2007). Understanding the coach-athlete relationship. In: Sophia Jowett & David Lavallee (eds.), Social psychology in sport (pp. 3–13). Champaign: Human Kinetics.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kahan, David (1999). Coaching behaviour: a review of the systematic observation research literature. Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics Annual, 14, 17–58.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kay, Tess, Armour, Kathleen M., &, Chris J. et al. (2008). Are we missing the coach for 2012? Report to the Sportnation Panel. Leicestershire, Loughborough University.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kidman , Lynn , Thorpe , Rod , & Hadfield, David (2005). Athlete centered coaching: developing inspired and inspiring people. Christchurch, Innovative Print Communications.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kirk , David , & McDonald, Doune (2001). The social construction of PETE in Higher Education: Towards research agenda. Quest, 53(4), 440–456.

    Google Scholar 

  • LeUnes, Arnold (2007). Modelling the complexity of the coaching process: A commentary. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 2(4), 403–406.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lyle, John (1999). The Coaching process: an overview. In: Neville Cross & John Lyle (eds.), The coaching process: principles and practice for sport (pp. 3–24). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lyle, John (2002). Sports coaching concepts: a framework for coaches’ behaviour. London: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lyle, John (2007). A review of the research evidence for the impact of coach education. International Journal of Coaching Science 1(1), 17–34

    Google Scholar 

  • Lyle, John (2011). What is a coach and what is coaching? In: Ian Stafford (ed.), Coaching children in sport (pp. 5–16). London: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lyle , John , & Cushion, Chris (2010). Narrowing the field; some key questions for sports coaching. In: John Lyle & Chris Cushion (eds.), Sports coaching professionalization and practice (pp. 243–252). London, Elsevier.

    Google Scholar 

  • MacDonald, Doune, Kirk, David, Metzler, Michael, Nilges, Lynda M., Schempp, Paul, & Wright,

    Google Scholar 

  • Jan (2002). It’s all very well in theory: theoretical perspectives and their applications in contemporary pedagogical research. Quest, 54(2), 133–156.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mallett , Cliff , & Côté, Jean (2006). Beyond winning and losing: guidelines for evaluating high performance coaches. The Sport Psychologist, 20(2), 213–218.

    Google Scholar 

  • Marx, Karl (1963). Karl: Selected writings in sociology and social philosophy. Ed. by Maximilien Rubel & T. B. Bottomore. Harmondsworth: Penguin.

    Google Scholar 

  • McPhail, Ann (2004). Athlete and researcher: Undertaking and pursuing ethnographic study in a sports club. Qualitative Research, 4(2), 227–245.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nelson , Lee J., Cushion , Chris J., & Potrac, Paul (2007). Formal, Nonformal and Informal Coach Learning. International Journal of Sport Science and Coaching, 1(3), 247–259.

    Google Scholar 

  • Olson, Paul O. (2008). A review of assumptions in executive coaching. Coaching Psychologist, 4(3), 151–159.

    Google Scholar 

  • Palmer , Stephen , & Whybrow, Alison (2007). Coaching Psychology: An Introduction. In: Stephen Palmer & Alison Whybrow (eds.), Handbook of coaching psychology: A guide for practitioners (pp. 1–20). London: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Poczwardowski , Artur , Barott , James E., & Henschen, Keith P. (2002). The athlete and coach: their relationship and its meaning. Results of an interpretive study. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 33(1), 116–140.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rangeon , Sandrine , Gilbert , Wade , & Bruner, Mark (2012). Mapping the world of coaching science: A citation network analysis. Journal of Coaching Education, 5(1), 83–108.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rink, Judith E. (1993). Teacher education: A focus on action. Quest, 45(3), 308–320.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Saury , Jacques , & Durand, Marc (1998). Practical knowledge in expert coaches: on-site study of coaches in sailing. Research Quarterly in Exercise and Sport, 69(3), 254–266.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schempp , Paul G., McCullick , Bryan , & Mason, Ilse S. (2006). The development of expert coaching. In: Robyn Jones (ed.), The Sports Coach as Educator: Reconceptualising Sports Coaching (pp. 145–161). London: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sherman , Cheyne A., Crassini , Boris , Maschette , Wayne , & Sands, Rob (1997). Instructional sport psychology: a reconceptualisation of sports coaching as sports instruction. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 28(2), 103–125.

    Google Scholar 

  • Smith, John K. (1989). The nature of social and educational inquiry: empiricism versus interpretation. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex.

    Google Scholar 

  • Smith , Matt , & Cushion, Chris J. (2006). An investigation of the in-game behaviours of professional, top-level youth soccer coaches. Journal of Sport Sciences, 24(4), 355–366.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schön, Donald A. (1983). The reflective practitioner: how professionals think in action. New York: Basic Books.

    Google Scholar 

  • Toole James C., & Louis, Karen S. (2002). The role of professional learning communities in international education. In: Kenneth E. Leithwood, & Philip Hallinger (eds.), Second International Handbook of Education Leadership and Administration. London: Kluwer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Trudel , Pierre , & Gilbert, Wade (2006). Coaching and coach education In: David Kirk, Mary O’Sullivan & Doune McDonald (eds.), Handbook of research in physical education (pp. 516–539). London: Sage, London.

    Google Scholar 

  • Vergeer , Ineke , & Lyle, John (2007). Mixing methods in assessing coaches’ decision-making. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Science, 78(3), 225–235.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors
  1. Chris Cushion
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. John Lyle
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, Schweiz

    Robert Wegener , Michael Loebbert  & Agnès Fritze ,  & 

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2014 Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Cushion, C., Lyle, J. (2014). Conceptualising Sport-Coaching – Some Key Questions and Issues. In: Wegener, R., Loebbert, M., Fritze, A. (eds) Coaching-Praxisfelder. Forschung und Praxis im Dialog. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-01819-1_7

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation