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This book develops readers' understanding and conceptualisation of the issues, challenges, and opportunities associated with teaching and coaching lifestyle sports. The book covers topics such as coach development, youth sport participation, athlete learning, and creating a 'meaningful' physical education experience.
List of contents
Section 1: Introducing lifestyle sports1. Teaching and Coaching Lifestyle Sports: A Primer
Section 2:
Physical education and lifestyle sports5. Physical Education - Lifestyle Sport, Neoliberalism, and Childhoods
6. Using Lifestyle Sports to Create a 'Meaningful' Physical Education Experience
7. Embedding Lifestyle Sports into a 21st Century Physical Education Curriculum: A Motivational Perspective and Challenges of Integration
Sport Coaching and Lifestyle Sports8. High-performance Coach Learning and Development in Lifestyle Sports: Looking at the Surfing Context
9. The Impact of Professionalisation and Structured Coaching Programmes in Skateboarding and Freestyle BMX: A Socio-cultural Analysis
10. Understanding Parkour as a Donor Sport for Athlete Learning and Development
11. "Orienteering is a way of life": Learning
from and
for Lifestyle Sports Coaching
12. Self-, Peer-, and Performance Coaching: Observations from BMX in Australia
13. Flexibility, Adaptability, and Creativity: A Culture for the Lifestyle Sports Coach
Section 4: Conclusion14. Concluding Thoughts on Teaching and Coaching Lifestyle Sports: Steps Forward for Research and Practice
About the author
Thomas M. Leeder is a Lecturer in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. His research interests primarily focus on the professional learning and development of physical education teachers and sport coaches, via the use of qualitative research methods and sociological frameworks.
Lee C. Beaumont is an Associate Professor in Physical Education in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. His research interests lie in the area of physical education and sport pedagogy, with a particular emphasis on health-related policy and practice within physical education, the promotion of healthy active lifestyles in young people, sport coaching, outdoor education, and lifestyle sports.
Summary
This book develops readers’ understanding and conceptualisation of the issues, challenges, and opportunities associated with teaching and coaching lifestyle sports. The book covers topics such as coach development, youth sport participation, athlete learning, and creating a ‘meaningful’ physical education experience.
