Coaching Masters Athletes

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Bettina Callary is the Canada Research Chair in Sport Coaching and Adult Learning and an Associate Professor in the Department of Experiential Studies in Community and Sport at Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr. Callary is the editor-in-chief of the International Sport Coaching Journal; she is on the editorial board of Sports Coaching Review and the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity; and is an alpine ski coach and coach developer, and Masters athlete.

Bradley W. Young is Full Professor in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa, in Ontario, Canada. As a coach and Masters athlete, he has served as an advisor to the Coaching Association of Canada on Masters Athletes and is an advisor to Active Aging Canada and a member of a pan-Canadian network on Physical Literacy in Older Adults.

Scott Rathwell is Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. Scott's research focuses on the psychosocial factors related to lifelong sport and the mechanisms through which Masters Athletes maintain their elite performance.

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This book explores the research and practice specific to planning to coach Masters athletes and divulges what is known about distinctive considerations for delivering coaching interventions to this cohort, expanding on coaches' abilities to influence adults' personal development, as well as their own coach education.

Inhalt

1. The Emergence of Masters Sport and the Rising Importance of Coaches for this Cohort

2. Adult Learning in Sport: Implications for Psycho-social Coaching Competencies

3. Notions of Age-related Decline and Performance amongst Masters Athletes: Implications for

Coaching

4. Age-related Physiological Changes in Masters Athletes: Coaching Implications

5. An Overview of Risk Factors for Disease in Masters Athletes: Implications for Coaches

6. Sport Psychology and Masters Athletes: Implications for Coaches

7. Roles of Masters Athletes

8. Understanding the Social and Relational Dimensions of Coaching Adults

9. Coaching for Personal Assets and Life Skills in Masters Sport

10. Roles of Masters Coaches at and around Competition and Events

11. Coach Development and Education for the Masters Coach

12. Policy Development for Coached Masters Sport- Possibilities and Problematization

13. A Way Ahead for Coaching Masters Athletes