ABSTRACT
Sport coaching literature reveals that the design and delivery of coach education and development programs for Asian coaches should consider careful customisation to support their professional growth and learning. In particular, Asian coaches have unique ways of coaching and learning and hence, it is important to examine the factors that contribute to this uniqueness. There is also a trend in Asia for coaches to move beyond local shores to pursue coaching and development opportunities. In tandem with this, coach education and development programs in Asia have a great responsibility to support the professional growth and learning of Asian coaches. In this chapter, we aim to: a) provide a snapshot of sport and coach education and development in Asia; b) discuss some of the characteristics of Asian coaches and the factors that influence their learning; c) examine and discuss the coach education and development systems of two Asia countries (Singapore and Japan) in more detail; and d) provide some strategies for coach education and development systems to enhance the professional growth and learning of coaches that have relevance both within and outside of Asia. Consequently, we argue that coaches and coaching scholars throughout Asia have much to contribute to taking coach education and development to new heights internationally.
