The Development of Coaching Knowledge
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Authors
Côté, Jean
Date
2016-05-16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Keyword
Coach Education , Learning , Sport Coaching
Alternative Title
Abstract
Coaches are known to fulfill many different roles including leader,
psychologist, friend, teacher, personnel manager, administrator, fundraiser
and role model. The papers presented in this special issue emphasize
these different roles by highlighting how coaches learn and how they foster
an optimal learning environment. In the first section of this discussion article,
I will briefly summarize the main issues covered in the five target papers. I
will then propose that the learning environment of coaches needs to be put
into a larger conceptual framework that would allow one to account for the
variability of experiences that coaches go through before becoming a
coach. The third section of this paper will describe three different settings
in which coaches learn their skills. Finally, I will offer some concluding
remarks and briefly outline directions for future studies.