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The Ethics of Sports Coaching book cover

2nd Edition

The Ethics of Sports Coaching

Edited By Alun R. Hardman, Carwyn Jones, Pam R. Sailors Copyright 2026
254 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, The Ethics of Sports Coaching examines the key ethical issues at the centre of sports coaching practice. Arguing that the coaching process is inherently moral rather than simply instrumental, and that coaches must be fully aware of the ethical implications of their actions, the book adds an important dimension to our understanding of sports... Read more

Introduction

Alun R. Hardman, Carwyn Jones, and Pam R. Sailors

PART I

The Nature of Coaching

1 The Good Coach as an Enlightened Generalist

Sigmund Loland

2 Codes of Conduct, Compliance, and Trust in Coaching Ethics

Mike McNamee and Julian North

3 Coaching of Ambiguity: The Sports Coach as an Existential Pedagogue

Kenneth Aggerholm

PART II

The Character of the Coach

4 Becoming a Good Coach: Sports Coaching and Phronesis

Øyvind F. Standal and Liv B. Hemmestad

5 Objectivity and Subjectivity in Coaching

Paul Davis

6 Sports Coaching and Virtue Ethics

Alun R. Hardman, Carwyn Jones and Tafara Chivasa

PART III

Coaching Specific Populations

7 The Moral Ambiguity of Coaching Youth Sport

John S. Russell

8 Women Coaches Coaching Women

Pam R. Sailors

9 Men Coaching Women Athletes: More Thoughts

Michael Burke

10 Coaching Ethics and Disability Sport

Rachael Newport and Alun R. Hardman

PART IV

Coaching in Context: Contemporary Ethical Issues

11 Coaching Ethics and Performance Enhancement

Irena Martínková and Jim Parry

12 Ethical Issues in Coaching Dangerous Sports

Emily Ryall and Steve Olivier

13 A Defense of Expatriate Coaching in Sport

Cesar R. Torres

Biography

Alun R. Hardman is Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics of Sport in the School of Sport at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff. He has published in the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport and Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.

Carwyn Jones is Professor of Sports Ethics at the Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University. He has published widely in the area of sports ethics in both peer-reviewed journals and books. His particular interest is in the relationship between sport, virtue, and mental health. He coaches youth football (soccer).

Pam R. Sailors is Professor of Philosophy at Missouri State University. She is a past president of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport, a recipient of the Warren P. Fraleigh Distinguished Scholar Award, and the current editor of the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport.

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