Coaches’ methods and athlete/player learning

<abstract>Chapter 6 highlights that much of coaches’ work involves educating athletes/players. However, many coaches may not have considered the connection between athlete/player learning and methods they use or, by extension, there may be a disconnect between the learning that they seek and the methods they use. The chapter begins with a discussion of three learning theories that are frequently discussed in the sports coaching literature: behaviourism, cognitivism and constructivism. The second half of the chapter focuses on the connection between athlete/player learning and popular methods that coaches’ use: directive/command, task, reciprocal, guided discovery and problem solving.</abstract>