This inspiring text unveils the storms and triumphs of coaching in the form of case studies. It explores coaches’ stories from across the globe through a scientific lens and translates them back into coaching practice, offering essential guidance on how to support both new and experienced coaches in their work and professional development.
These stories represent coaches of various ages, genders, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, religions, and experience levels, presenting readers with a comprehensive and diverse overview of coaching and its varied and complex demands. Each powerful case study helps readers see coaching through a different lens, prompting reflection, thoughtful discussion, and creative problem-solving. Designed to instruct, reveal, and inform, the authors provide key takeaways, highlighting successes and challenges, as they consider what makes (and breaks) a coach as a person and performer, and what contributes to sustainable coaching performance. The cases are organized thematically into six parts, with each chapter including a story, guiding questions, relevant research literature, and practical considerations.
This book is essential reading for coaches and those working with them, including educators, coach developers, applied sport psychology practitioners, sport managers, medical staff, embedded sports scientists, and other professionals surrounding the coach. Students in sport psychology, sport coaching, sport management and other sport sciences will also benefit from these inspiring stories, and the lessons that can be taken from them.
Edited by:
Stiliani “Ani” Chroni,
Peter Olusoga,
Kristen Dieffenbach,
Göran Kenttä
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 790g
ISBN: 9781032370675
ISBN 10: 103237067X
Pages: 318
Publication Date: 27 December 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Note to the reader Coaching stories can make us better Stiliani “Ani” Chroni, Göran Kenttä, Peter Olusoga, and Kristen Dieffenbach Part 1. The Performance Context 1. Perusing a High-performance Coaching Career Richard Tahtinen 2. A Female Coach in a Predominately Male Sport Environment Frauke Kubischta 3. Breaking through Barriers to Coaching Para-sport Athletes Amanda Leibovitz and Christine Palmquist 4. Breaking Barriers in English Football Coaching Shameema M. Yousuf 5. Coach Developers in a multisport club: The Role of Systems Convener to Leverage Coaching Capability Michel Milistetd, Diane Culver, Alexandre Bobato Tozetto, and Caio Corrêa Cortela 6. Emerging from the Shadows: From Supporting to Leading Shigeki Sarodo Part 2. Athlete focused Relationships 7. Establishing an athlete centered team culture through a shared leadership structure Diane M. Culver, Sydney Graper, and Jennifer Boyd 8. Being on the same page! Reconciling the Coach-Athlete Relationship Kristin McGinty-Minister, Laura Swettenham, and Amy Whitehead 9. Vulnerability: A Strength or a Weakness? Lynda Bowers 10. Coaching from the Closet or Choosing not to Cristina Fink 11. Tough Love and Compromised Care in the Dojo Colum Cronin and Michael Jennings Part 3. Managing Multiple Relationships 12. The Athlete-Coach-Physician Triangle in Return-to-play Decision-making Following a Para-Athlete’s Injury Heinrich Grobbelaar, Suzanne Ferreira, Wayne Derman, and Wilbur Kraak 13. Working with Parents: Managing Communication and Relationship Challenges Camilla J. Knight, Maita G. Furusa, and James Maurice 14. The Interdisciplinary team as a Support Service Provider in Elite Sport Paul Wylleman 15. Coach Conflict with Senior Management Christopher R.D. Wagstaff, Alessandro Quartiroli, and Stephen D. Mellalieu Part 4. Coach’s own Performance and Skills 16. Pressure, Mindfulness and the Olympic Coach Peter Haberl and MeiLan B. Haberl 17. The “Colorful” life of being a Coach requires a “Colorful” Skillset Kristel Kiens 18. Anger Management: Mastering the Fire Without Getting Burned by it Mitch Abrams 19. Reducing Emotional Dysregulation Improves Coach Performance and Well-being Peter Hassmén and Emily Hindman Part 5. Performing through Adversity and Uncertainty 20. Evaluated after a Losing Streak: Coaching under the gun Donna O’Connor and James Barkell 21. Talking to Coaches about Emotional Abuse Leslee A. Fisher, Victoria L. Bradshaw, Shane R. Thomson, and Savannah N. Miller 22. The Wonders of Power Gained through Challenging Adversity Alina Isabela Gherghișan 23. Managing the Realities of Getting Fired: The Uncertain Career Foundation that can be Professional Coaching Russell Medbery and Catherine Turcotte 24. Life and Death in Sport: Coaching Through Grief Teresa B. Fletcher, Melanie J. Richburg, and Kriti Gaur Part 6. Self-care, Well-being, and Ill-being 25. Enhancing coach self-care and psychological well-being Faye F. Didymus and Luke A. Norris 26. The Dark Side of Excessive Commitment to the Job Renee Appaneal and Jason Patchell 27. Burning for Success makes me Burnout as a Coach Carolina Lundqvist 28. Coaching is like Riding a Bike: To keep your Balance, you have to keep Moving Frank Eirik Abrahamsen Note to the reader Coaching Coaching Kristen Dieffenbach, Peter Olusoga, Göran Kenttä, and Stiliani “Ani” Chroni
Stiliani “Ani” Chroni, is Professor in Sport Psychology and Sport Coaching at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences in Elverum, Norway. Peter Olusoga is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Kristen Dieffenbach is Professor in the School of Sport Sciences and Director of the Center for Applied Coaching and Sport Sciences at West Virginia University, USA. Göran Kenttä is Senior Lecturer at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences and Head of the Sport Psychology Discipline at the Swedish Sport Confederation in Stockholm, Sweden.
