Coaching for Human Development and Performance in Sports

Rui Resende is professor at the University Institute of Maia in Portugal. He is a Ph.D. from the University of Corunna in Sports Sciences and Master of High-Performance Sports from the University of Porto. He created and was coordinator of the Master's degree in Sports Coaching at the Maia University Institute. He was athlete and volleyball coach in all the competitive ranks, counting in his curriculum the direction of the national team in a juniors European Championship. He was a PE teacher for 23 years exercising numerous management positions at the school. He was president of the National Association of Volleyball Coaches of Portugal. He is editor in-chief of the Journal of Sport Pedagogy & Research and does research in the area of Sport Coaching and PE teachers counting with numerous articles, chapters of books and books edited in this area of research. He is Coach developer from the International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE).

Rui Gomes is an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Minho, Portugal. He received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Minho. He has research interests on human adaptation to stress, leadership and team performance, and training life skills and human performance. He leads the research group "Adaptation, Performance and Human Development", which was created in 2007 (www.ardh.pt). He leads the intervention project "School of Life Skills" (www.e-cv.pt). As a sport psychologist, he consults athletes and their families, coaches, and sport managers.

Chapter 1. Coaching: Definition and Conceptualization; John Lyle and Julian North.- Chapter 2. Coach Educaton: How Coaches Learn to Coach; Pierre Trudel, Michel Milisted and Diane Culver.- Chapter 3. Coach Efficacy: Setting the Philosophy of Coaching; Rui Gomes and Rui Resende.- Chapter 4. How to be an Effective Coach: An Interpersonal Approach; Jennifer Turnnidge, Veronica Allen and Jean Côté.- Chapter 5. Developing the Coach Developer; Masamitsu Ito and John Alder.- Chapter 6. Coaching Education around the World: Being a Professional; Sergio Lara Bercial and John Bales.- Chapter 7. Coach Professionn: Acting as a Coach; Paul Potrac and Cliff Mallett.- Chapter 8. Coaching Young Athlets; Gordon Bloom.- Chapter 9. Coaching Adult Athletes; Bettina Callary, Brad Young and Scott Rathwell.- Chapter 10. Coaching Professional Athletes; Steven Rynne.- Chapter 11. Coaching for Sport Participation; Rui Resende and Rui Gomes.- Chapter 12. Coaching for Aging; Tania Cassidy, Diana Culver and Bettina Callary.- Chapter 13. Coaching Athletes with Disabilities; Andrea Faull.- Chapter 14. Coaching for Adventures Sport; Vinicius Brasil and Valmor Ramos.- Chapter 15. Coaching Cohesive Teams; Todd M. Loughead.- Chapter 16. Coaching Life Skills in Sport; Martin I. Jones.- Chapter 17. Coaching and Gender Issues; Diana Culber and Guylaine Demers.- Chapter 18. Coaching Efficacy and the Use of Technology; Lee Nelson.- Chapter 19. Coach the Coach; Andy Gillham and Pete Van Mullem.- Chapter 20. Stress and Burnout in Coaching; Göran Kenttä.- Chapter 21. A Research Agenda for Studying Sports Coaching: Implications for Coaching Education and Practice.- Chapter 22. Research Agenda for Studying Sports Coaching: Implications for Research Design; Brett Smith.