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Building Resilient Teams: Strategies for Coaches
Creating a positive team environment is foundational for any sports team’s success. A well-rounded, supportive culture improves performance, strengthens relationships, and helps athletes thrive both on and off the field. Coaches play a crucial role in establishing this environment through intentional actions and strategies. This article explores the key aspects of building a positive team…
Building a Team: Identifying Mental Health Champions
The mental health of athletes is a critical focus for modern sport organizations. However, fostering a mentally healthy environment requires a collective effort. At SPKN, we emphasize the importance of identifying and securing commitments from a diverse range of individuals who can contribute to mental health initiatives. Here’s how sport organizations can effectively build a…
Unlocking Team Success: Integrating Cultural Competence in Coaching
Monthly Research Round Up
Welcome to the Monthly Research Round Up! The goal of this round up is to provide you, the reader, with a curated place to come learn about the most cutting edge research focused on sport. In curating this monthly research round-up, a careful selection process is employed to ensure a comprehensive and diverse coverage of…
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Exploring the Perceived Barriers of Effective Communication Within the Coach–Athlete Relationship: A Sample of Scandinavian Coaches and Athletes
Coaching is a process that guides development and is shaped by sound relationships between athletes and coaches. Interpersonal communication represents a mechanism for developing functional relationships. However, not all interactions between coaches and athletes are optimal, and limited research has attempted to understand the factors that impede the ability to engage in effective communication. This…
Enhancing Youth Leadership Through Sport and Physical Education
Leadership is an important life skill that can and should be developed in young people. Sport and physical activity contexts have been identified as a prime venue for developing leadership in youths, but they are underused. Coaches and physical educators can play an integral role in helping their athletes and students to develop leadership skills.…
A Deconstruction of Coaching Philosophy
In a recent study examining coaching philosophy within English football academies, researchers uncovered intriguing insights into how coaches perceive and utilize this concept. The findings shed light on the complex interplay between symbolic identity, practical coaching approaches, and institutional norms. Let’s delve into the key takeaways from this research, offering practical insights for coaches looking…
A machine learning approach for the classification of sports based on a coaches’ perspective of environmental, individual and task requirements: A sports profile analysis.
Pay attention! The influence of coach-, content-, and player-related factors on focus of attention statements during tennis training.
Building Bridges Instead of Putting Up Walls: Connecting the “Teams” to Improve Soccer Players’ Support.
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