Section 1 1. The Role of the Coach (Peter Horton) 2. Planning your Coaching: A Focus on Youth Participant Development (Andy Abraham, Sergio Lorenzo Jimenez Saiz, Steve Mckeown, Gareth Morgan, Bob Muir, Julian North, Kevin Till) 3. The Importance of a Coaching Philosophy (John Sproule) Section 2 4. The Competition Environment (Dave Collins and John Kiely) 5. The Practice Session: Creating a Learning Environment (Terry McMorris) 6. The Practice Session: Creating a Motivational Climate (Kevin Morgan and Mohamad Faithal Haji Hassan) 7. The Practice Session: Talent Development (Russell Martindale) 8. Coaching Tactics (Shirley Gray and Edward Hall) Section 3 9. How Coaches Learn and Develop (Christine Nash) 10. Emotional Intelligence (Aine MacNamara and John Stoszkowski) 11. Mentoring as a Coach Development Tool (Christine Nash and Sarah McQuade) 12. Reflective Practice (Amanda Martindale and Dave Collins) 13. Learning through Communities of Practice in Sport Coaching (Christine Nash and Cedric English) Section 4 14. Technology in Sports Coaching (Jill Clark and Christine Nash) 15. Using Geotechnology Tools in Sports Coaching (Jill Clark and Joseph Kerski) Section 5 16. Putting it all together (Christine Nash)
Christine Nash is currently Deputy Head of the Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK, and also Programme Director for the new online MSc in Sport Coaching and Performance. She was a national swimming coach in the UK and has coached in the USA. She is currently involved in supporting coach education with a variety of sports. She is a member of the Coaching Standards Group, the committee that endorses coach education courses in the UK. She also sits on the research committee of the International Council for Coaching Excellence.