Reflections on 20 years of the international tennis federation and olympic solidarity high-performance coach education scholarship programme: Implications for sports coach development

This paper reflects on the impact of the International Tennis Federation and Olympic Solidarity High-Performance Coach Education Scholarship Programme over the last 20 years. Coach education and development has been identified as key to the advancement of sport performance. This programme has been i...

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Main Authors: Miguel Crespo, Rafael Martinez-Gallego, Christine Nash
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-11-01
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description This paper reflects on the impact of the International Tennis Federation and Olympic Solidarity High-Performance Coach Education Scholarship Programme over the last 20 years. Coach education and development has been identified as key to the advancement of sport performance. This programme has been investigated using an online survey and followed up with semi-structured interviews, with participants and coach developers. Results from the survey suggested that the programme was well received by the tennis coaches and integral to their ongoing development plus the growth of tennis performance in their countries. Follow-up interviews revealed the three key themes of supportive environment, lifechanging experience and level of challenge contributed to the effectiveness of this programme and the subsequent development of tennis performance. This concludes with some recommendations for coach development programmes.
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spelling doaj-art-2de66e4a17644189966f71a9733f99372024-11-30T07:11:42ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402024-11-011022e40006Reflections on 20 years of the international tennis federation and olympic solidarity high-performance coach education scholarship programme: Implications for sports coach developmentMiguel Crespo0Rafael Martinez-Gallego1Christine Nash2Development Department, International Tennis Federation, Bank Lane, Roehampton, London, SW15 5XZ, UKDepartment of Physical Education and Sport, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Corresponding author.Applied Coaching Research Group, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UKThis paper reflects on the impact of the International Tennis Federation and Olympic Solidarity High-Performance Coach Education Scholarship Programme over the last 20 years. Coach education and development has been identified as key to the advancement of sport performance. This programme has been investigated using an online survey and followed up with semi-structured interviews, with participants and coach developers. Results from the survey suggested that the programme was well received by the tennis coaches and integral to their ongoing development plus the growth of tennis performance in their countries. Follow-up interviews revealed the three key themes of supportive environment, lifechanging experience and level of challenge contributed to the effectiveness of this programme and the subsequent development of tennis performance. This concludes with some recommendations for coach development programmes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024160379SupportChallengeFacilitationCertificationTheory-to-practiceRacquet sports
spellingShingle Miguel Crespo
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Reflections on 20 years of the international tennis federation and olympic solidarity high-performance coach education scholarship programme: Implications for sports coach development
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Challenge
Facilitation
Certification
Theory-to-practice
Racquet sports
title Reflections on 20 years of the international tennis federation and olympic solidarity high-performance coach education scholarship programme: Implications for sports coach development
title_full Reflections on 20 years of the international tennis federation and olympic solidarity high-performance coach education scholarship programme: Implications for sports coach development
title_fullStr Reflections on 20 years of the international tennis federation and olympic solidarity high-performance coach education scholarship programme: Implications for sports coach development
title_full_unstemmed Reflections on 20 years of the international tennis federation and olympic solidarity high-performance coach education scholarship programme: Implications for sports coach development
title_short Reflections on 20 years of the international tennis federation and olympic solidarity high-performance coach education scholarship programme: Implications for sports coach development
title_sort reflections on 20 years of the international tennis federation and olympic solidarity high performance coach education scholarship programme implications for sports coach development
topic Support
Challenge
Facilitation
Certification
Theory-to-practice
Racquet sports
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024160379
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