Handbook of Sport Coaching Research

Edited by Bettina Callary, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Sport Coaching and Adult Learning, Department of Experiential Studies in Community and Sport, Cape Breton University, Canada, Gordon A. Bloom, Professor of Sport Psychology, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Canada, Steven B. Rynne, Associate Professor, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia and Brian T. Gearity, Professor, Kinesiology and Sport Studies, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver, USA

‘Sport coaching is dynamic and complex. This timely, comprehensive Handbook assembles global experts to integrate diverse paradigmatic perspectives and provide cross-disciplinary insights. It advances the field through clear, forward-looking research agendas. Highly recommended for scholars, coach educators, policymakers, and practitioners committed to innovation and excellence in evidence-informed coaching practice.’

• Contents1 Understanding sport coaching as a dynamic and contested research domain 1Bettina Callary, Gordon A. Bloom, Steven B. Rynne, and Brian T. Gearity2 From then to now: a short history of sport coaching research 11Wade GilbertPART I SPORT COACHING RESEARCH FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES3 A reflection tool to foster transformational coaching behaviors 22Mia Kurtz Favero, Jordan S. Lefebvre, Jennifer Turnnidge, and Jean Côté4 Coaching life skills in youth athletes 34Scott Pierce and Daniel Gould5 Integrating technology into coaching and the coach-athlete relationship 44Douglas Stewart and Sophia Jowett6 The role of passion in sport coaching 57Robert J. Vallerand, Jérémie Verner-Filion, and Benjamin J.I. Schellenberg7 Coach burnout 68Göran Kenttä and Thomas D. Raedeke8 Mentoring and developmental networks 80Jordan S. Lefebvre, Danielle Alexander-Urquhart, Koon Teck Koh, and Gordon A. Bloom9 Elite sport coaches as architects, sculptors, leaders, and performers 92Clifford J. Mallett, V. Vanessa Wergin, and James ColemanPART II SPORT COACHING RESEARCH FROM PEDAGOGICAL PERSPECTIVES10 The constraints-led approach: how skill acquisition principles can inform learning design in sport 106Adam D. Gorman, Keith Davids, Brendan Moy, and Ian Renshaw11 Creating coaching episodes for retrieval and creativity using The Spectrum of Coaching Styles and Game Based Approaches 116Brendan SueSee and Shane Pill12 Sport coaching research using an andragogical perspective 129Bettina Callary13 Towards effectiveness of leaner-centered pedagogical practices in coach education: the urgency of designing learner-centered curriculums 140Michel Milistetd and Lincoln Cruz Martins14 Tangohia te awe māpara: Māori pedagogies in sport coaching 152Jeremy Hapeta, Luke Rowe, Mohi Rua, and Isaac Warbrick15 Getting to the heart of the matter: coaching as socio-pedagogic practice 168Robyn L. Jones, GethinL. Thomas, and Charles L. T. CorsbyPART III SPORT COACHING RESEARCH FROM SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE16 Women sport coaches, gender essentialism, and media representations 180Claire Wanzer, Anna Goorevich, and Nicole M. LaVoi17 Understanding dis/ableism in sport coaching 192Robert C. Townsend, Kelsey Randrup, Olivia Clare, and William M. Roberts18 The scholar-coach undone: poststructural sport coaching inquiry 203Sara Campbell, Brian T. Gearity, Clayton Kuklick, and Joseph Mills19 Intersectionality and positionality in youth sport coaching: implications for research 216Tarkington J. Newman, Fernando Santos, and Marta Ferreira20 Doing critical coaching research: issues and opportunities 230Christopher CushionPART IV SPORT COACHING RESEARCH FUTURE DIRECTIONS21 A nudge to sport coaching scholarship and the ‘researcher-developer’ or ‘developer-researcher’ role 246Julian North22 Futures in sport coaching: new materialisms and the doing of agential realism 262Allison Jeffrey, Pirkko Markula, and Marianne Clark23 Digital technology in coach learning and development 274Katherine A. O’Brien and Andrew Kennedy24 Coaches’ roles and needs around safeguarding sport 285Joseph Gurgis, Gretchen Kerr, and Ashley Stirling25 The sport coaching researcher: one actor in a complex world 298Pierre Trudel and Bettina Callary