ABSTRACT
An ideal model was described in the previous chapter, the intention of which was to provide a template for coach development and research. It was acknowledged that this was ‘removed from the actuality of practice’ and represented a model for coaching. Features of coaching practice such as its tacit – apparently intuitive – nature, layers of socio-cultural complexity and dynamic goal environment were the basis for a number of questions:
■ How do coaches operationalise their practice? ■ How do coaches decide what should constitute performer activity, and when and
how they should intervene in its delivery? ■ It is difficult to be prepared for all eventualities. How do coaches cope with this
complexity and ever-changing circumstances?
