1st Edition
Case Studies in Sport Coaching and Development Practice Meets Theory
Section 1: Setting the Visions and Strategy in Sport Coaching
1. Aligning Philosophy within a Hierarchy: Developing Assistant Coaches
Arien E. Faucett and Mark Q. Oates
2. Parental Roles, Racial Dynamics, and Coaching Volleyball in the US South
Chelsea Davis, Lauren Lanford, and Lindsey C. Blom
Section 2: Shape the Environment
3. Building a Winning Youth Olympic Hockey Team – The Role of Strategic Player Selection and Coaching
Ken Martel, Joe Bonnett, and Melissa Thompson
4. Navigating Motivation with the Talented and Committed Athlete
Lori Gano-Overway and Dane Pedersen
5. Creating Inclusive Sport Environments
Henry Shiplee and Pippa Chapman
Section 3: Building Relationships
6. Role Ambiguity and Work–Life Balance: The Real Pressures of Coaching
Christine Nash and Melissa Thompson
7. Micropolitics in Coaching
Miguel Crespo and Rafael Martínez-Gallego
8. Supporting the Leadership Skills of Football Coaches to Meet the Demands of the Women’s Professional Game
Audrey Cooper and Abbe Brady
Section 4: Conducting Practices and Preparing for Competition
9. Complexity of Planning Long-Term Athlete Development in Brazilian Football: A Systems Thinking Approach
Michel Milistetd and Gabriel Bussinger
10. A Shift in Pedagogy: A Games-Based Approach to Football (Soccer) Training
Melissa Thompson, Mohamed El-Zare, Juan Cediel Cervantes, and Darby Pittman
Section 5: Read and React to the Field
11. The Power of Unity: Team Dynamics in Judo
Christine Nash and Louis Nolte
12. Calm Voice in the Chaos: Building a Long-Term Tactical Model for Scottish Hockey
Christine Nash and Chris Duncan
Section 6: Learn and Reflect
13. Small Actions, Big Implications: Ethics and Integrity in Sport Coaching
Marie-Pier Charest, César Nicolaï, and Melissa Thompson
14. There Are No Easy Questions Because There Are No Easy Answers!
Christine Nash and Cameron Kiosoglous
Section 7: Cases in Coach Development
15. Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Australian Women in High-Performance Coaching
Christine Nash and Michelle De Highden
16. Coach Development as Adventure and Exploration: One Coach’s Account of their Experiences in and the Possibilities of a Project-Led Approach to Learning
Liam McCarthy, Alice Weaving, Ian Cowburn, and Nicola J. Clarke
17. There Is So Much Complexity, Can We Say Anything Definitively? Navigating Complexity in Coaching and Coach Development
Cameron Kiosoglous, Melissa Thompson, and Christine Nash
Biography
Christine Nash, PhD, is a Professor at the University of Edinburgh, where she currently leads the Applied Coaching Research Group, researching coaching expertise. She was a national coach within the sport of swimming and currently works with several sporting organizations worldwide, e.g., the International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE), the US Center for Coaching Excellence (USCCE), and the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
Melissa Thompson, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the University of Southern Mississippi (USA), where she teaches courses in sport psychology and sport coaching. She is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant through the Association of Applied Sport Psychology.
"The practice-theory gap has for years been highlighted as one of the key issues in coaching research and coach development. Case Studies in Sport Coaching and Development takes on this issue head-on and provides researchers, students and practising coaches a broad range of real-life case studies underpinned by the latest research which will enhance their theoretical and practical knowledge."
Sergio Lara-Bercial, Professor of Sport Coaching at Leeds Beckett University and Vice President, Strategy and Development, International Council for Coaching Excellence
