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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458983803321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-135-28295-1

1-135-28296-X

1-283-04534-6

9786613045348

0-203-86844-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Ethics and Sport

Altri autori (Persone)

HardmanAlun

JonesCarwyn <1967->

Disciplina

796.07/7

Soggetti

Coaching (Athletics)

Sports - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I 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 II 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 III 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 ATHLETES9 COACHING ETHICS AND PARALYMPIC SPORTS; PART IV 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; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Is the role of the sports coach simply to improve sporting performance? What are the key ethical issues in sports coaching practice?Despite the increasing sophistication of our understanding of the player-sport-coach relationship, the dominant perspective of the sports coach is still an instrumental one, focused almost exclusively on performance, achievement and competitive success. In this ground-breaking new book, leading sport scholars challenge that view, arguing that the coaching process is an inherently moral one with an ine