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

• A defence of competition in youth sports - EPISODE FROM VAULT

  Sign up to my FREE motivational psychology newsletter:Subscribe| Labours of Sport Coaching - The Self-Determined CoachThis week we're going back to one of the podcast's first, and most interesting conversations, with Professor Cesar Torres, a sport philosopher and historian from SUNY Brockport university in the USA. Cesar offers an alternative way of viewing and using competition when working with young sport participants, that contrasts with the popular villainisation of competition in youth sport circles.Want to leave feedback or suggest a topic for a future episode? Get in touch: [email protected] more about your host and access services and addedresources:https://markjcarrollcoaching.wordpress.com/consultancy/

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• Issue of structure for coaches in community sport

  Sign up to my FREE motivational psychology newsletter:Subscribe| Labours of Sport Coaching - The Self-Determined CoachCommunity sport coaches are lacking structure on how to fulfil their roles, and there are consequences for how they behave and the motivations they develop for coaching. This issue affects coaches and their participants, and the problem reproduces as an effect of individual, team, club, NGB, and wider policy factors colliding. Tune into this episode to understand these interactions better and the implications for the coach-created motivation environment. I also offer solutions at these various levels to help cultivate a more supported, and thus supportive coaching culture in the community.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 suggest checking out this previous episode:Being a parent-coach - Experiences and effects on behaviourLearn more about your host and access services and added resources:https://markjcarrollcoaching.wordpress.com/consultancy/

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• Trait and state based influences on coach behaviour

  Sign up to my FREE motivational psychology newsletter:Subscribe| Labours of Sport Coaching - The Self-Determined CoachWhen we turn up to coach, we bring all of who we are as coaches and people, including our personality, emotions, and biography. These factors drive our behaviour, therefore understanding the mechanisms is key to making progress in our behaviour. Tune in for a deep dive on both inherited and learned behaviours, as well as the roles motivations and emotions collaboratively play in making you who you are as a coach. In addition, you'll receive strategies for working with your individual makeup and surrounding influences to guide you on your personal journey. If you enjoy this episode I recommend checking these episodes out too:Rethinking coaching philosophyDon't change coach behaviour, control itThe information fallacy in coach behaviour changeLearn more about your host and access services and added resources:https://markjcarrollcoaching.wordpress.com/consultancy/

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• Rethinking coaching philosophy

  Sign up to my FREE motivational psychology newsletter:Subscribe| Labours of Sport Coaching - The Self-Determined CoachEver considered what a coach's philosophy can and perhaps should include beyond sport specific knowledge? We use the term philosophy so much in coaching that it means everything and nothing all at once, and in this episode I sit down with Dr Mark Partington from Edge Hill University to discuss his new paper revisiting philosophy. Combining sociological theory with professional experience, Mark's paper offers new angles for discussion, from the place of metaphysics to considering whether the values coaches profess within philosophy statements are realised within actual coaching practice. Tune in to get to grips with, and understand the practical use of terms like ontology, epistemology, axiology, and reflexivity, while becoming more self-aware of the power of social influences on your coaching philosophy. You might just unlock a new level of thinking to take your philosophy, and practice, further. Paper discussed:Partington, M., & Cushion, C. J. (2025). Re-visiting a critical analysis of ‘coaching philosophy’: deconstruction to reconstruction. Sport, Education and Society, 1-14.If you enjoy this episode, I suggest you check out this previous episode too:Why effective coach reflection needs reflexivityLearn more about your host and access my services:https://markjcarrollcoaching.wordpress.com/consultancy/

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• When to leverage extrinsic motives through controlling coaching

  Feedback if LoSC impacts your practice:https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/rJEqYsDpCmIt is solid advice to nurture your athletes' internal drivers through autonomy-supportive coaching for sustainable, long term motivation and a range of positive benefits. But there are times when short term impacts matter too, and situations and personalities call for a responsibly managed controlling coaching approach to elicit immediate reactions from athletes. In this episode I talk through this case, building on clues left by research evidence and drawing on my professional practice to offer a nuanced argument for taking full advantage of all behavioural regulators as and when needed in coaching, for a short while at least. Paper discussed: Pelletier, L. G., Fortier, M. S., Vallerand, R. J., & Briere, N. M. (2001). Associations among perceived autonomy support, forms of self-regulation, and persistence: A prospective study. Motivation and emotion, 25, 279-306.If you like this episode, I suggest checking out these episodes too:Don't change behaviour, control itReframing motivation with SDTBecome a patron: https://shorturl.at/QgMCFVisit website: https://markjcarrollcoaching.wordpress.com/

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