Coach Education and Development in Sport

Global interest in quality sport coaching is at an all-time high, but until now, there hasn’t been a go-to resource to help national governing bodies, sport organizations, or coach educators within universities to structure coach education, learning, and development. Coach Education and Development in Sport fills that gap, offering a comprehensive guide of instructional strategies used by world leaders in coach education.

Each chapter is written by experienced scholar-practitioners, seamlessly integrating personal experience and insight with current research to show how and why to use an instructional strategy in a specific context that can be adopted or adapted to fit many sport contexts. Covering essential topics such as reflective practice, social learning, online technology, diverse populations, and more, the book provides the fundamentals of tried and trusted instructional strategies to develop coaches from youth, club and collegiate sport to elite, professional, and Olympic levels. It is a complete resource for fostering coaching excellence in small- and large-scale programming, and from volunteer to part-time or full-time coaches.

Designed to stimulate ideas and provide flexible, practical tools, this book is an essential read for anybody working in sport, including coach developers, sport managers, coaches, mentors, athletic directors, sport psychology consultants, and teachers or professors.

Bettina Callary is Canada Research Chair in Sport Coaching and Adult Learning, and Associate Professor in Sport and Physical Activity Leadership, at Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia, Canada. She is Editor-in-Chief of the International Sport Coaching Journal, and a trained coach developer through the International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE), as well as the National Coaching Certification Program and Alpine Canada.

Brian Gearity is Founding Director and Assistant Professor in the Master of Arts in Sport Coaching program at the University of Denver, USA. He has coached multiple youth sports and been a strength, conditioning, and speed coach for athletes from 6 to 60+. His scholarly interests include coach learning and development and the sociology of sport coaching. A Fellow of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, he is also Editor-in-Chief of their practitioner journal NSCA Coach and Associate Editor-in-Chief of Strength and Conditioning Journal. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including the International Sport Coaching Journal, Sport Coaching Review, and Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health.