ABSTRACT
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the potential impact of the conceptual framework on coach education and to examine the progress of coach education since the first edition of the book. It is less about the nuts and bolts of coach education programmes and more about how the principles on which coach education is based need to be informed by a conceptual understanding of the coaching process and to what extent this has been achieved. The ongoing professionalisation of sport coaching is particularly influenced by a developed appreciation of the coaching process – and in particular developments in coach education, its evaluation and effectiveness.
