TY - JOUR
T1 - Holism in sports coaching
T2 - Beyond humanistic psychology
AU - Nelson, Lee
AU - Potrac, Paul
AU - Marshall, Phil
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - Increasingly the professional development literature in sports coaching encourages coaches to coach holistically. Yet the phrase ‘holistic coaching’ is mired in ambiguity and has the potential to become meaningless. The aims of this article are to explore the relationship between holism, humanistic psychology, humanism and sports coaching, and to pose some challenges, which could support the field to move beyond the influence of humanistic psychology.
AB - Increasingly the professional development literature in sports coaching encourages coaches to coach holistically. Yet the phrase ‘holistic coaching’ is mired in ambiguity and has the potential to become meaningless. The aims of this article are to explore the relationship between holism, humanistic psychology, humanism and sports coaching, and to pose some challenges, which could support the field to move beyond the influence of humanistic psychology.
U2 - 10.1260/1747-9541.5.4.439
DO - 10.1260/1747-9541.5.4.439
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:78650636732
SN - 1747-9541
VL - 5
SP - 465
EP - 468
JO - International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching
JF - International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching
IS - 4
ER -