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Evidence-Based Recommendations for Coach Development Programs: A Body Image Case Study
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Well-designed coach development programs (CDPs) provide optimal learning environments to improve coaches' professional, interpersonal, and intrapersonal sport knowledge and skills. To maximize engagement and learning, CDPs should reflect coaches' design and delivery preferences. Using body image education as a case study, this study examined coaches' preferences for CDP delivery mode, duration, timing, and teaching strategies. Sport coaches (N= 389; 59.4% men; 78.6% white; 12.72 +/- 10.93 years of experience; 50.3% soccer coaches) completed an online survey assessing preferences for general CDPs and those focused on body image. Men coaches reported a preference for in-person programs, whereas women coaches preferred online asynchronous programs across all content areas. All coaches preferred medium-length programs of around 5 hr of commitment, with synchronous sessions scheduled for weekend mornings and weekday nights. Similar preferences were identified for design and delivery of both general and body image CDPs. For a body image CDP, coaches prioritized topics on eating disorders, how to establish positive approaches to food, and building body-positive environments. These novel results provide insight on CDPs coach preferences, offering insights for CDPs on body image for sport. Aligning programs according to coaches' preferences may increase their uptake in CDPs and assist learning outcomes.
Keywords:
coach education
coach learning
coaching pedagogy
learning preferences
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