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Learning how to coach: the different learning situations reported by youth ice hockey coaches.
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In this paper, the authors explore the different learning situations in which youth ice hockey coaches learn to coach, including formal large-scale coach education programs, their learning experiences outside of these programs starting from when they were young athletes until their current coaching positions.Abstract:
Background: Large-scale coach education programs have been developed in many countries around the world to help prepare coaches for their important role. Coaches have said that they also learn to coach from experience, starting from when they were young athletes until their current coaching positions. Finally, in the last decade, Internet resources have begun to be promoted as valuable tools for learning. Most of the studies on coaches' development have focused on only one of these three ways of learning how to coach. Purpose: To explore the different learning situations in which youth ice hockey coaches learn to coach. Participants: 35 volunteer youth ice hockey coaches from five minor hockey associations in the province of Ontario, Canada. Data collection: Coaches were interviewed individually using a semi-structured interview guide. The questions asked to coaches were about their learning through formal large-scale coach education programs, their learning experiences outside of these programs starting ...read more
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How Youth-Sport Coaches Learn to Coach
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Formal vs. Informal Coach Education
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