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The ethics of sports coaching / edited by Alun R. Hardman and Carwyn Jones

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Routledge, c2011Description: xi, 222 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780415557757
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV 711 .E84 2011
Contents:
Part 1: The Nature of Coaching -- 1. The Normative Aims of Coaching: The Good Coach as an Enlightened Generalist -- 2. Celebrating Trust: Virtues and Rules in the Ethical Conduct of Sports Coaches -- Part 2 : The Character of the Coach -- 3. Becoming a Good Coach: Coaching and Phronesis -- 4. Objectivity and Subjectivity in Coaching -- 5. Sports Coaching and Virtue Ethics -- Part 3 : Coaching Specific Populations -- 6. The Moral Ambiguity of Coaching Youth Sport -- 7. Sport-Smart Persons : A Practical Ethics for Coaching Young Athletes -- 8. Males Coaching Female Athletes -- 9. Coaching Ethics and Paralympic Sports -- Part 4 : Coaching in Context: Contemporary Ethical Issues -- 10. Coaching and the Ethics of Youth Talent Identification: Rethinking Luck and Justice -- 11. Coaching and the Ethics of Performance Enhancement -- 12. Ethical Issues in Coaching Dangerous Sports -- 13. A Defense of Expatriate Coaching in Sport
Summary: Is the role of the sports coach simply to improve sporting performance? What are the key ethical issues in sports coaching practice? This book argues that the coaching process is an inherently moral one with an inescapably ethical dimension, involving intense relationships between players and coaches.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex General Circulation Physical Education - Sports and Wellness GC GV 711 .E84 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000006889

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: The Nature of Coaching -- 1. The Normative Aims of Coaching: The Good Coach as an Enlightened Generalist -- 2. Celebrating Trust: Virtues and Rules in the Ethical Conduct of Sports Coaches -- Part 2 : The Character of the Coach -- 3. Becoming a Good Coach: Coaching and Phronesis -- 4. Objectivity and Subjectivity in Coaching -- 5. Sports Coaching and Virtue Ethics -- Part 3 : Coaching Specific Populations -- 6. The Moral Ambiguity of Coaching Youth Sport -- 7. Sport-Smart Persons : A Practical Ethics for Coaching Young Athletes -- 8. Males Coaching Female Athletes -- 9. Coaching Ethics and Paralympic Sports -- Part 4 : Coaching in Context: Contemporary Ethical Issues -- 10. Coaching and the Ethics of Youth Talent Identification: Rethinking Luck and Justice -- 11. Coaching and the Ethics of Performance Enhancement -- 12. Ethical Issues in Coaching Dangerous Sports -- 13. A Defense of Expatriate Coaching in Sport

Is the role of the sports coach simply to improve sporting performance? What are the key ethical issues in sports coaching practice? This book argues that the coaching process is an inherently moral one with an inescapably ethical dimension, involving intense relationships between players and coaches.

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