A life skills development programme for youth football coaches: Programme development and preliminary evaluation

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Bowley, Ceri
Cropley, Brendan
Neil, Rich
Hanton, Sheldon
Mitchell, Ian
Date
2018-09-15Acceptance date
2018-07-06
Date Deposited
2018-10-02
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Article
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British Psychological Society
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This manuscript presents two linked studies that together aimed to design, deliver, and evaluate
a service-user informed education programme that focused on improving coaches’
understanding of, and ability to facilitate, life skill development through grassroots football in the UK. First, focus groups (n = 14) were conducted with key stakeholders (n = 56) to explore
their perceptions of life skills and how they might be developed within grassroots football. The
findings revealed six life skill themes, with social skills emerging as the most pertinent for the
context. Further, the role of the coach in formally faciliting life skill development was
expressed, suggesting that they are not developed implicitly through sport participation alone.
Second, using the findings from study one, a coach education programme was designed and
subsequently delivered to a total of 45 coaches. Preliminary evaluation, using a triangulation of
sources, revealed that the programme was successful in developing participants’ knowledge
and understanding of life skills as well as improving their competence and confidence to
integrate life skill development into their coaching practice. Support is, therefore, offered for
the development of context specific life skill development programmes that are based on key stakeholder needs and expectations.
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Sport & Exercise Psychology Review
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Bowley, C., Cropley, B., Neil, R., Hanton, S. and Mitchell, I. (2018) 'A life skills development programme for youth football coaches: Programme development and preliminary evaluation ', Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 14(2)
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https://shop.bps.org.uk/publications/sport-exercise-psychology-review-vol-14-no-2-september-2018.htmlhttp://hdl.handle.net/10369/10126
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Article published in Sport & Exercise Psychology Review in September 2018 available at https://shop.bps.org.uk/publications/sport-exercise-psychology-review-vol-14-no-2-september-2018.html
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