Coach Education in Football
Contemporary Issues and Global Perspectives
Thomas Leeder, Thomas M. Leeder
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Coach Education in Football
Contemporary Issues and Global Perspectives
Thomas Leeder, Thomas M. Leeder
About This Book
Association Football is undoubtedly a global sport, with millions of individuals participating in more than 200 countries. The need for an educated football coaching workforce to deliver appropriate coaching practices has never been greater. Formal coach education, which is often the primary medium for developing football coaches, is socially constructed, meaning an array of social, cultural, and historical factors underpin the design and delivery of any provision. Coach Education in Football: Contemporary Issues and Global Perspectives is the first book to explicitly explore these aspects, by providing critical insight into football coach education programmes from across the globe.
Each chapter, organised via a central theme, highlights a contemporary issue affecting football coach education and development within a specific country, offering insights into the contextual opportunities and challenges. The book covers essential topics including the progression of female football coaches, coaches' perspectives towards current provision, technological and pedagogical advances, and the historical development of formal coach education. Each chapter demonstrates the complexities associated with developing football coaches within grassroots and high-performance domains, while providing recommendations for national governing bodies, policy makers, and coach developers. This book is the first of its kind to explicitly investigate football coach education globally.
This accessible book is an important read for students, academics, and practitioners with an interest in sports coaching, coach education, and football.
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Index
- accreditation 165–166
- achievement goal theory (AGT) 183, 188
- adaptive learning 46, 46
- Adult-Oriented Sport Coaching Survey (AOSCS) 207–208, 213, 214
- Advanced Coaching 165–166
AFC Ajax 50AFC see Asian Football Confederation (AFC) - African Cup of Nations (2012) 143
- AGT see achievement goal theory (AGT)
- Ahmad, F. 58
- aligned player development (APD) strategies 92, 95
- alignment, building 24–25
- alliances, building 24–25
- Allison, W. 57
- amateur football coach education 265
- amateur/grassroots 60+ small-sided football, coaching implications for 86–98, 87, 90; aligned player development strategies 92, 95; coaching context strategies 90–93; key implementation challenges and supports 96–97; STPD initiatives, long-term impact of 95–96; strategic coach inquiry 92; team cohesion strategies 91, 93–94; team defence strategies 91, 94–95; team offence strategies 91, 94–95; theoretical underpinnings 88–92
- American Youth Soccer Organisation 237
- analytical skills 22
- AOSCS see Adult-Oriented Sport Coaching Survey (AOSCS)
- APD see aligned player development (APD) strategies
- Araya, J. 200
- Asian Football Confederation (
AFC): Coaching Convention 222; Diploma 58, 60 - aspirant managers, managerial education for 39–40
- associations: managerial education for 38–39
- Australia: accreditation 165–166; Advanced Coaching 165–166; Australian Sports Commission (now Sport Australia or SPORTAUS) 162, 166; Coach Analysis Intervention System 171; coaching methods 166–167; Community Coaching 165; Football Australia (previously Football Federation Australia) 162; Football Aust...