ABSTRACT
In many Western nations, community sport coaches occupy a central role in supporting the physical health, mental wellbeing, and wider social development of individuals and communities. However, there is no existing academic textbook that examines the policy contexts in which their work is located or, indeed, the challenges and opportunities that are an inherent feature of their everyday practice.
Bringing together an international team of leading researchers in sport policy, sport development, sport pedagogy, and sport coaching, as well as some of the best emerging talents, this book is the first to critically consider a range of policy and practice issues directly connected to community sport coaching.
Comprehensive, timely, and cutting-edge, no other text brings together in one place such a depth and breadth of scholarly material addressing this important field of endeavour. This book is an essential resource for educators, students, practitioners, and policy makers concerned with community sport coaching globally.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|69 pages
The Political, Organisational, and Administrative Landscape of Community Sport Coaching
chapter 2|20 pages
Neoliberalism and Community Sport Coaching in the United States
part II|120 pages
Enacting Sport and Physical Activity Interventions for Diverse Groups
chapter 5|20 pages
Coaching Ethnically Diverse Participants
chapter 6|15 pages
It Is Not a Checking Off of Boxes
chapter 11|14 pages
Teaching Yoga to Incarcerated Populations
part III|71 pages
Negotiating Social Relationships in Community Sport Coaching Work