Labours of Sport Coaching: The Science and Art of Coaching, Motivation, and Self-Determination

• Coaching paradigms influencing our beliefs and behaviours

  CALL TO ACTION: Follow, rate, and share the show!When you plan, deliver, and reflect on your coaching practice, you may not recognise that your beliefs and behaviours can be traced back to higher order paradigms of thought, playing out at the various metaphysical levels. In this episode I seek to increase your awareness by offering examples of some (not all) coaching paradigms, breaking each one down according to their ontological, epistemological, methodological, and axiological positionings for cohesive understanding. The paradigms discussed - and in some cases combined - include behaviourism, constructivism, embodiment, pragmatism, and ecological dynamics, to spark your curiosity. Listen in to unlock deeper and more focused thinking and subsequent practice as a coach.If you like this episode, I recommend these other episodes too:Rethinking coaching philosophyCoaching as a science, with John LyleLearn more about your host and access services and added resources:https://markjcarrollcoaching.wordpress.com/consultancy/

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• How to coach if free will does not exist! Coaching in a determined world

  CALL TO ACTION: Follow, rate, and share the show!In this episode I play with the notion of free will being an illusion in a fully deterministic world, and what this would mean for how coaches treat athletes and themselves. My thoughts are based on neurobiological and cultural arguments presented in Robert Sapolsky's fascinating book 'Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will', which I recently read. I take the book's central themes and consider the overlap with my own research on influences on coach behaviour, to help it make sense for sport coaches. The jury is still out on the arguments for and against free will, but playing along in this episode can help unlock new learning about luck, empathy, and patience in sport. While still providing a pathway for changing your own or others' behaviour through leaning into our 'machine-ness'!If you like this episode, I recommend these other episodes too:Don't change coach behaviour, control it. A salutogenic approach to talent development, with Andrew Kirkland.Learn more about your host and access services and added resources:https://markjcarrollcoaching.wordpress.com/consultancy/

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• Supporting athletes' psychological needs at competition

  CALL TO ACTION: Follow, rate, and share the show! In this episode I offer strategies for supporting players’ three basic psychological needs during each part of a matchday, from when they first arrive to pregame preparations to half time talks to side line behaviour in itself. Opportunities for heightened autonomy, competence, and relatedness are everywhere during competitions, as are restrictions if we’re not thinking proactively as coaches. So tune in to find out more. If you like this episode, I recommend these other episodes too:Managing athletes’ ego involvement in youth sport coachingAncelotti's half-time team talk coach, Eamon DevlinKevin Nicol - Providing structure within tactics Learn more about your host and access services and added resources:https://markjcarrollcoaching.wordpress.com/consultancy/

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• Impact of athlete group size on need supportive sport coaching

  CALL TO ACTION: Follow, rate, and share the show!Welcome to the third installment of episodes zooming in on practical challenges associated with delivering coaching that asks questions of our capacity and desire to support athletes' sense of autonomy, competence, and relatedness. In this episode I discuss the trick topic of managing group size. Tune in to learn why we may act differently depending on how many athletes we're leading, coupled with our experience, confidence, man power, and underlying beliefs about priorities within our practice. You'll also receive potential solutions to mitigate these concerns. My PhD thesis influenced this work:STORRE: A qualitative multiple case study exploration of the antecedents of the interpersonal behaviours of youth football coaches in Scotland based on a self-determination theory frameworkIf you like this episode I recommend checking out these previous episodes too:The time and place for athlete need support, and controlManaging athletes' ego involvement in youth sport coachingLearn more about your host and access services and added resources:https://markjcarrollcoaching.wordpress.com/consultancy/

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• Creative and storied approaches to coach education

  Read my new THE Campus article!:Why academics should adopt a podcaster’s mindset | THE Campus Learn, Share, ConnectTraditional coach education can often feel stale and predictable in its delivery, which limits its effectiveness. Research evidence from myself and others is making a case for coach educator to diversify their methods. In this episode I provide some creative devices to cultivate fresh intrigue and engagement, deepen reflection, and bring about individualised learning with coaches. Novel style short stories, poems, films, podcasts, and even stage plays are all discussed for their unique potential as learning tools for coaches.Papers and materials discussed in this episode:Roberts, S. J., Baker, M., Reeves, M. J., Jones, G., & Cronin, C. (2019). Lifting the veil of depression and alcoholism in sport coaching: how do we care for carers?. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 11(4), 510-526.Douglas, K., & Carless, D. (2008). Using stories in coach education. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 3(1), 33-49.'Where is the Line?' Film Exploring Duty to Care in Coaching - UK CoachingIf you like this episode I recommend checking out this one too:The contemporary coach developer, with Timothy JonesLearn more about your host and access services and addedresources:https://markjcarrollcoaching.wordpress.com/consultancy/

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