Section 1: Setting the Vision and Strategy in Sport Coaching 1: Aligning Philosophy within a Hierarchy: Developing Assistant Coaches 2: Parental Roles, Racial Dynamics, and Coaching Volleyball in the US South Section 2: Shape the Environment 3: Building a Winning Youth Olympic Hockey Team - The Role of Strategic Player Selection and Coaching 4: Navigating Motivation with the Talented and Committed Athlete 5: Creating Inclusive Sport Environments Section 3: Building Relationships 6: Role Ambiguity and Work-Life Balance: The Real Pressures of Coaching 7: Micropolitics in Coaching 8: Supporting the Leadership Skills of Football Coaches to Meet the Demands of the Women's Professional Game. Section 4: Conducting Practices and Preparing for Competition 9: Complexity of Planning Long-Term Athlete Development in Brazilian Football: A System Thinking Approach 10: A Shift in Pedagogy: A Games-Based Approach to Football (Soccer) Training Section 5: Read and React to the Field 11: The Power of Unity: Team Dynamics in Judo 12: Calm Voice in the Chaos: Building a Long-Term Tactical Model for Scottish Hockey Section 6: Learn and Reflect 13: Small Actions, Big Implications: Ethics and Integrity in Sport Coaching 14: There Are No Easy Questions Because There Are No Easy Answers! Section 7: Cases in Coach Development 15: Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Australian Women in High-Performance Coaching 16: Coach Development as Adventure and Exploration: One Coach's Account of Their Experiences in and the Possibilities of a Project-Led Approach to Learning 17: There's So Much Complexity, Can We Say Anything Definitively? Navigating Complexity in Coaching and Coach Development.
Case Studies in Sport Coaching and Development : Practice Meets Theory