nhis book has arisen out of a need for a text which tackles the special issues relating to coaching children (from 6 - 16) in sport. Academics (many with coaching experience) and practitioners have been commissioned to write on

Helps Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 teachers explore and understand the range of 'emotional intelligences' they may experience in the classroom. With links to SEAL, PLTS and Every Child Matters agendas, this title suggests activities, coaching methods and schemes of work to help pupils become independent and effective learners.

This book develops an "athlete-centred approach" to sports coaching, which allows athletes to take ownership of their learning, strengthening their ability to retain key skills and to make effective decisions during competition.

Provides a tool kit for managers tasked with raising performance and sustaining motivation. This book introduces managers to techniques largely drawn from Brief Therapy. It presents the principles of solution focussed thinking and shows how those principles can be applied to issues which managers may find facing as willing or enforced coaches.