Advances in rugby coaching : an holistic approach / Richard Light, John R. Evans, Stephen Harvey and Remy Hassanin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Light, Richard, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rugby football--Coaching.

Rugby football.

Physical Description:

vi, 209 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

Contemporary sports coaching studies have moved beyond simple biophysical approaches to more complex understandings of coaching as a set of social relationships and processes. This is the first book to examine what that means in the context of one major international sport, rugby union. Drawing on cutting-edge empirical research in the five most powerful rugby-playing nations, as well as developments in pedagogical and social theory, the book argues for an holistic approach to coaching, coach development and player and team performance, helping to close the gap between coaching theory and applied practice. With player-centered approaches to coaching, such as Game Sense and Teaching Games for Understanding, at the heart of the book, Advances in Rugby Coaching covers key contemporary topics in coach education such as: Long term coach development, Experience and culture in coaching practice, Positive coaching for youth rugby, Improving decision-making ability, Collaborative action research in rugby coaching, Informed by work with elite-level rugby coaches, and examining coaching practice in both the full and sevens versions of the game, this book encourages the reader to think critically about their own coaching practice and to consider innovative new approaches to player and coach development. It is essential reading for all students of sports coaching with an interest in rugby, and for any coach, manager or administrator looking to develop better programmes in coach education. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Issues in coaching and coach development 11

1 Contemporary developments in coaching 13

2 Positive coaching for youth rugby 27

3 Improving decision-making in sevens rugby / Alain Mouchet Mouchet, Alain 40

4 Coach development: a process of ongoing learning 53

5 Using habitus in research on rugby coach development 65

Part 2 Research on coaches and coaching 77

6 An holistic approach to investigating French rugby coaches' in-match communications with players / Alain Mouchet Mouchet, Alain 79

7 The influence of experience and cultural context on rugby coaches' beliefs about coaching 95

Study 1 Making better people: coaches' beliefs in moral learning through rugby 97

Study 2 South African and Australian coaches' encultured beliefs about coaching 107

8 Elite-level rugby coaches' interpretation and use of Game Sense in Australia and New Zealand 119

Study 1 Dispositions of elite-level Australian and New Zealand coaches towards Game Sense 120

Study 2 Elite-level coaches' views on learning and the implications for coaching pedagogy 130

9 The interpretation and misinterpretation of Game Sense in its implementation by the RFU / Paul Reid Reid, Paul 142

10 Bridging the gap between theory and practice through collaborative action research 156.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138805729

1138805726

9781138805736

1138805734

OCLC:

896597584