ABSTRACT
Good coaches are usually good communicators. In this chapter we will be exploring the skill of communication. Communication is examined as a social skill using an information processing approach similar to that used to analyse physical skills. The importance of understanding and using different forms of communication, words, tone of voice, and posture and gesture, is explained. In order to help coaches become sensitive to the nature of interaction between coach and athlete the principles of a counselling technique, transactional analysis, are explained. The chapter is concluded with some suggestions about how to use these techniques in the coaching situation.
