Books in the Routledge Research in Sports Coaching series

Birth Advantages and the Relative Age Effect in Youth Sport examines the role of additional birth advantages and socio-environmental factors that young athletes may experience in organized youth sport.

Coach Education in Football is the first book to explicitly explore social, cultural, and historical aspects, by providing critical insight into football coach education programmes from across the globe.

Birth Advantages and the Relative Age Effect in Youth Sport examines the role of additional birth advantages and socio-environmental factors that young athletes may experience in organized youth sport.

Professional Advances in Sports Coaching is a collection of reviews and research on professional issues in coaching and coaching psychology. Seeking to assess and challenge conceptual and theoretical research, the book discusses gender, spirituality, diversity and disability sport, hazing, mental health, disordered eating, and

Professional Advances in Sports Coaching is a collection of reviews and research on professional issues in coaching and coaching psychology. Seeking to assess and challenge conceptual and theoretical research, the book discusses gender, spirituality, diversity and disability sport, hazing, mental health, disordered eating, and social media.

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive review of current research in the psychology of sports coaching. It provides detailed, critical appraisals of the conceptual underpinning of psychology in coaching and is organised around three main themes: factors affecting the coaching environment; enhancing coach performance, and working through coaches. Written by an international team of researchers and practitioners in psychology and coaching, each chapter introduces a key concept, defines key terms, provides a comprehensive literature review, and discusses implications for future research and applied practice. This is indispensable reading for all sport psychologists and coaches.

This book highlights the need to embed care within coach education. Based on case studies that illustrate how coaches can and do care, this book uses theory to establish care as a key facet of sport coaching and offers guidelines that will aid practitioners to enact care in their practice.

There is a lack of women coaches who coach women, and a near absence of women who coach men. This important new book examines why. Drawing on original multi-disciplinary research from around the world, it looks at the status of women in coaching, explores the complex issues they face, and suggests solutions for eliminating barriers.

Women in many Westernised countries have better career opportunities than ever before and the percentage of women leaders in nearly every sector is on the rise, but sport coaching remains a domain where gender equity has declined or stalled. There is a lack of women coaches who coach women, and a near absence of women who coach men. This important new book examines why. Drawing on original multi-disciplinary research from around the world, including first-hand accounts from practising coaches, the book looks at the status of women in coaching, explores the complex issues they face in pursuing their careers, and suggests solutions for eliminating the barriers that impede women in coaching.