Coaching Guidance in Sport

"You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within." (Bob Nelson, 2002).

Coaching Guidance for Best Practice

It’s a coach’s role to prepare and train their athletes psychologically and maintain their well-being (Norman & French, 2013). Improving an athlete’s performance as an individual or in a group can increase their success. To achieve this, all coaching practitioners will need to understand how to motivate, build self-confidence and gain interpersonal skills for themselves and their athletes.


This web guide will enhance your knowledge on these three topics by providing a breakdown of different approaches and theories, along with coaching top tips and differentiation for best practice.

(Big Stock Photo, 2015)