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Coaching Impact: The Transformational Coach in Sports

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There is growing recognition that effective coaching is not only about developing better athletes, but also about developing better people. To achieve this important goal, behavioural frameworks are needed to help coaches foster high-quality interpersonal relationships through their interactions with athletes. This chapter focuses on the principles of Transformational Coaching and how these principles can be practically implemented into real world sport settings. Recent research suggests that Transformational Coaching can be conceptualized using 11 distinct coaching behaviours. This chapter will (a) provide an overview of these 11 behaviours, (b) elaborate on how Transformational Coaching behaviours can foster positive developmental experiences, and (c) offer practical strategies for incorporating Transformational Coaching into everyday coach-athlete interactions.

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Turnnidge, J., Côté, J. (2020). Coaching Impact: The Transformational Coach in Sports. In: Resende, R., Gomes, A.R. (eds) Coaching for Human Development and Performance in Sports. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63912-9_5

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