Description: 10,000 hours? Learning styles? Coaches need to be cruel to be kind? Coaches should have previous elite competing experience? Parental involvement? Coaching female athletes is different?Sport Coaching is complex and multi-faceted, and the role of the coach involves an unlimited number of theories and responsibilities. With this, comes a plethora of information on how to coach effectively and what we should be aware of as coaches.Sometimes this information can become ‘muddied’ and misconstrued. This book aims to unpick some of the key ideas, practices and messages within the domain and determine what credible research has actually concluded.Myths of Sport Coaching is written by leading international researchers and practitioners and offers invaluable theoretical and practical guidance, debunking some common myths and misconceptions in an engaging and informative way.The book supports an evidence-based practice approach and is an important companion for all those learning through sport and hopefully to reflect critically on the way you operate within your sport.Each chapter contains a QR code to a video from the chapter author and this connection introduces the wonderful people we share this book with and their passion.We hope this book helps you demystify some of the challenges you are facing on your journey.Table of contentsMyths about Deliberate PracticeEdward Coughlan The Science of Fun in Sport: Fact over FictionAmanda J. Visek & Anna Feiler Communities of Practice: Common MisconceptionsDiane M. Culver, Tiago Duarte, and Don VinsonA ‘Fundamental’ Myth of Movement with a ‘Functional’ SolutionJames R Rudd, Jonathan D Foulkes, Mark O’Sullivan, and Carl T. WoodsThe Stepping Stone?: Challenging the Myth that Women’s Sportis Less Significant than Men’s SportAli BowesMyths about Learning Styles in Sport Coach EducationAnna StodterCommon Misconceptions about Parental Involvement in YouthSport: Insights for coachesSam ElliottCoaching is a 24­ hour ­a ­day jobBrendan Cropley, Sheldon Hanton, & Lee Baldock10,000 hours and Early Specialization: Short­ term Gains or Long­term Pain?Jody McGowan, Simon Walters, and Chris WhatmanThey Really Are ‘a Different Kettle of Fish’: Myths Surroundingthe ‘Effective Coaching’ of the Female AthleteLuke Jones & Zoë AvnerCommon Sport and Exercise nutrition Myths Encountered byCoaches and AthletesLiz Mahon, Claire Blennerhassett, & Andy SparksReflection is ‘Wholly Beneficial’ for CoachesLauren Downham & Chris CushionDo you have to walk it to talk it? The significance of an eliteathletic career in becoming a high­ performance coach in men’sfootball and rugby unionAlexander D. Blackett‘Questioning in Coaching Leads to Learning’: A Deconstructionof QuestioningMark PartingtonThe Evolving Role of the Sport Psychologist and the Myth thattheir Sole Role is to ‘Fix’ AthletesLaura Swettenham, Kristin McGinty-Minister, & Stewart BickerIs Goal­ Setting an Effective Way to Improve Athletic Performance?Laura C. Healy and Desmond McEwanClutch Plays, Clutch Performances, and Clutch Performers:Separating Myth from RealityMatthew J. Schweickle & Patricia C. JackmanCaring Coaching: Examining the notion of ‘cruel to be kind’ andother caring mythsColum CroninPsychological Resilience in High­ Performance Athletes:Elucidating Some Common Myths and MisconceptionsJolan Kegelaers & Mustafa SarkarThe Coach–Athlete Relationship: What Are we Missing from the Sociocultural ContextChristopher R. D. Wagstaff We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers. To get started finding Myths of Sport Coaching (Sequoia Myths), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.