While recent work recognizes a need for coach education to place greater emphasis on interpersonal knowledge when developing coaching expertise, it is our position that educators (CEs) must follow similar trajectory in embracing the requisite of their role and move beyond reliance content professional order shape delivery. To better understand CEs’ behaviors, authors observed four experienced C...

Consideration of a learners’ biography is deemed to impact on their engagement with formal education and connection with, perceived relevance of, educational course content. It considered equally important understand coaches who enrol coach learning in sport—their motivations, beliefs, values, existing knowledge, previous life experiences. This research explored the individual biographies eight...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TWOFOLD (a) to develop an underwater chronometer capable to provide feedback while the athlete is swimming, as well as being a control tool for the coach, and (b) to analyse its feedback effect on swim pace control compared with feedback provided by the coach and with no feedback, in 25 m and 50 m swimming pools. 30 male swimmers of national level volunteer to part...

This is a quantitative study of executive coaching to determine the key factors or ‘active ingredients’ which contribute to its effectiveness. Data collected from 156 client–coach pairs participating in formally contracted, external executive coaching was analysed to examine the impact on coaching outcome of the following: client self-efficacy, client personality and client–coach personality ma...

The effectiveness of coach education programmes has been identified as a key factor in the development of coaches (Gilbert & Trudel, 1999a). There are a number of elements that constitute a measurement of effectiveness, not least of all, how useful the coaches find the information presented to them during coach education courses, if they utilise the content during their execution of the coachin...

Surgical training and board certification are based on 3 fundamental attributes: knowledge, judgement technical skill. has evolved into a highly structured program of defined knowledge areas, progressive clinical responsibility, minimum case volumes. Upon completion surgical training, surgeons go through process obtaining from an independent body entrusted by the public profession, to determine...

Context: The Dr. Leo Kannerhuis has developed a vision on disease management for people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), the life coaching model. In this light we wanted to develop a digital coach which would enhance empowerment, lead to a possible improvement of the quality of life and a reduction of care consumption. Purpose: The main research question was: What is the effect of using di...