Coaching Stories Navigating Storms, Triumphs, and Transformations in Sport

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
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Kristen Dieffenbach, Peter Olusoga, Göran Kenttä, and Stiliani “Ani” Chroni

Biography

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.