COACH AS TEACHER: MASTERING INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE ON AND OFF THE FIELD

ELPA 751

Examines the broad landscape of athletics, focusing on matters of human, social, economic, and cultural capital. Draws from prominent books, articles, documentaries, and other sources to develop expanded perspectives and nuanced understandings of leadership and social justice in sports. Specific learning foci include the social, cultural, and historical roles of sports and the traditional and emerging roles of athletes and coaches. Particular attention paid to matters of race, poverty, activism, youth sports, college sports reform, and the leadership that unfolds in these settings.

ELPA 753

Examines key principles of psychology relating to athletics. Addresses psychological aspects of leading. Examines research on psychology in competition. Considers how attention to psychology improves processes and outcomes. Supports coaches' and leaders' holistic development.

KINES 373

Practice in planning and teaching sport concepts and skills. Builds on the planning for learning and instruction foundation. Centered on the Tactical Games, Sport Education, Fitness Education, and Personalized Instruction models and focuses on students developing teaching competencies rather than learning specialized sports skills. Adapt instruction within tactically similar sports.

ELPA 750

Employs an everyday practices conceptual framework. Core tenets: brokering, embedding, experimenting, targeting high doses, zeal. Examines complexities of coaching practice, including individual, organizational, and contextual variables. Draws from research on leadership. Uses research-driven framework to analyze coaching practice across five domains. Highlights processes that guide successful coaches at multiple levels. Encourages reflection upon coaching aspirations and trajectories.

ELPA 755

Provides opportunities to learn from specific models of coaching practice. Utilizes Bell Cow method. Articulates processes underlying successful coaching systems. Attends to personal characteristics and unique settings of coaching. Draws from leadership theory.