The Japan Journal of Coaching Studies
Online ISSN : 2434-0510
Print ISSN : 2185-1646
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Life-story study to coaching practical wisdom of youth team coach (a former J-league soccer player)
Midori HaranakaMasao NakayamaMasaaki KoidoTeppei KuwabaraMasanori MoriTakeshi Asai
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2015 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 163-173

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    The purpose of this study were to study practical wisdom of coaching, and reconsider “coaching” from soccer coaches’ life-story. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with two coaches (former J-league soccer players) who are directing top-level youth soccer team in Japan. The result showed that coaches are learning from their own coaching experiences. Therefore, it seems important that coaches should work on practices that include “organic improvement” based on “reflective thinking”. In conclusion, “coaching” was reconsidered as “the workings of growth for coaches through their coaching practices” and this appears to be a different view from “conventional coaching”.

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