Book chapter
The Coach Developer as a System Builder: Maintaining a High-Performing Sport System
Developing Sport Coaches, pp 183-196
2023
Abstract
The focus in this chapter is to examine how high-performing (HP) sport systems have evolved from the traditional 'athlete-coach' relationship to an increasingly complex team of support staff ranging from sport performance specialists to administrators, mental health experts and wellness 'coaches.' The aim of this inquiry is to contribute to our understanding of the complexity of how HP systems work so that coach developers and others involved in this area can build and manage these systems more efficiently and effectively. The complex nature of HP sport has been largely under-explored and under-theorized (Sotiriadou & De Bosscher, 2018). The high-performance term is often used as a catch-all term. Clarifying the definition of high-performance is important and impacts all aspects of a high-performance sport system. Coach development in the field at the high-performance level is difficult to explain, and this illustrates the complex nature of high-performance sport. Case study examples from different high-performance sports provide useful context and perspective to highlight the evolving nature and boundaries of the athlete-centered approach to coaching and how to enable coaches to develop the necessary skills and behaviors. Finally, recommendations are provided for researchers to further advance our understanding of the value of the coach and the coach developer relationship in the high-performance system for the future.
This chapter examines how high-performing (HP) sport systems have evolved from the traditional 'athlete-coach' relationship to an increasingly complex team of support staff ranging from sport performance specialists to administrators, mental health experts and wellness 'coaches.' De Bosscher et al. also noted a strong and significant relationship between quality coaching systems and medal winning success in Olympic sports. Mowles highlighted some science disciplines have developed a non-linear model to help explain the nature of complexity in society. One unique challenge facing elite sport in the US is the varied use of the term high-performance. The complexity of many moving parts during any given season through a professional team or across the Olympic cycle makes for a difficult discussion. The challenges for the coach developer in the high-performance context are to identify how to support the coach's growth and development while adjusting to the strains and pressures of the dynamic and fluid high-performance sport context.
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- Title
- The Coach Developer as a System Builder
- Creators
- Cameron Kiosoglous
- Contributors
- Christine Nash (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Developing Sport Coaches, pp 183-196
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum
- Other Identifier
- 991021893594704721