As the profile of disability sport has risen, so has the emphasis grown beyond participation to include the development of a high performance environment. This book is the first to take an in-depth look at the role of coaches and coaching in facilitating the professionalisation of disability sport, in raising performance standards, and as an important vector for the implementation of significant political, socio-cultural and technological change.
Using in-depth case studies of elite disability sport coaches from around the world, the book offers a framework for critical reflection on coaching practice as well as the readers own experiences of disability sport. The book also evaluates the vital role of the coach in raising the bar of performance in a variety of elite level disability sports, including athletics, basketball, boccia, equestrian sport, rowing, soccer, skiing, swimming and volleyball.
Providing a valuable evidence-based learning resource to support coaches and students in developing their own practice, High Performance Disability Sport Coaching is essential reading for all those interested in disability sport, coaching practice, elite sport development and the Paralympic Games.
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1 Introduction: Towards a theoretical connoisseurship of learning in sports coaching |
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SECTION 1 Behaviourist and social cognitivist theorists |
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2 Burrhus Frederic Skinner: Environmental reinforcement in coaching |
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3 Albert Bandura: Observational learning in coaching |
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SECTION 2 Experiential theorists |
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4 John Dewey: Experience, inquiry, democracy, and community in coaching |
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37 | (12) |
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5 Donald Schon: Learning, reflection, and coaching practice |
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SECTION 3 Humanist theorists |
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6 Abraham Maslow: Hierarchy of coach and athlete needs |
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7 Carl Rogers: Person-centred learning in coaching |
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SECTION 4 Constructivist theorists |
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8 Jean Piaget: Learning and the stages of athlete development |
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9 Lev Vygotsky: Learning through social interaction in coaching |
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101 | (12) |
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10 Yrjo Engestrom: Coaching and activity theory |
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Irineu A. Tuim Viotto Filho |
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Tatiane da Silva Pires Felix |
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11 Ivor Goodson: Narrative coach learning and pedagogy |
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123 | (12) |
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SECTION 5 Critical and post-structural theorists |
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12 Paulo Freire: Problem-posing coach education |
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137 | (13) |
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13 Jack Mezirow: Transformative coach and athlete learning |
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150 | (11) |
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14 Robin Usher: A post-structuralist reading of learning in coaching |
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161 | (14) |
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SECTION 6 Social and ethical theorists |
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15 Herbert Blumer: Coaching and learning as symbolic interaction |
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177 | (12) |
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16 Jean Lave: Learning in coaching as social praxis |
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189 | (13) |
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17 Peter Jarvis: Lifelong coach learning |
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202 | (13) |
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18 Nel Noddings: Caring, moral learning and coaching |
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19 Conclusion: Recognizing the dimensions and tensions of learning in coaching |
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Geoffery Z. Kohe is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Sport Studies at the University of Worcester, UK. His research, which sits within the Sport, Exercise and the Body Research Interest Group, is in the areas of sport organisational politics, young peoples experiences of Physical Education and the Olympic movement, and the socio-historical aspects of sport and physical cultures. He has recently published work in the International Journal of the History of Sport, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Sport, Education and Society, and the Journal of Sport & Social Issues examining Olympic legacies, sport and Physical Education policy.
Derek M. Peters is Professor of Sport, Health and Exercise Science at the University of Worcester, UK; Professor II in the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences at the University of Agder, Norway; a Fellow of the European College of Sport Science; and a Level 5 Academic Expert Sport Performance Analyst. His interdisciplinary research expertise traverses a number of fields within and across sport, exercise, health and wellbeing. His recent projects have included work on elite sport training and performance, physical activity and health measurement, psychological and social behaviours, occupational health, and sport performance analysis.
