Overview
The Sport Coaches' Handbook is the mandatory text resource for the USA Kickboxing Silver Level Certification.
The Sport Coaches' Handbook was written by the International Council for Coaching Excellence. Please find the link below to purchase the book. USA Kickboxing and the Combat Athlete Institute would like to acknowledge the incredible and inspiring work of two of the world's legends of coaching education: Dr. Wade Gilbert and Dr. Patrick Duffy. It is the vision and wisdom of these two teachers that courses like this were built upon.
The Handbook Can Be Purchased Here
The International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) is a not-for-profit organization based at Leeds Beckett University whose mission is to lead and develop sport coaching globally. In pursuit of that mission, ICCE has developed an international sport coaching framework and built a global coaching community to strengthen the position of coaching as a profession. ICCE partners and markets include national representative bodies responsible for coach development, international federations, institutions that deliver coach education or represent coaches, individuals who design and deliver coach education, coaches, and the international sport community at large.
ICCE president John Bales and ICCE manager for strategy and development Sergio Lara-Bercial lent their experience and expertise to this project, not only as chapter contributors but also as selectors of leading coach educators to be part of this ambitious collaboration.
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Dan Gould, PhD, is the director of the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports and professor in the department of kinesiology at Michigan State University. Gould’s current research focuses on the psychology of coaching, the role coaches have in teaching life skills to young athletes, and the development of youth leaders through the sport captaincy experience. In addition to his research interests, Gould has dedicated much of his career to applied sport psychology efforts as a mental skills training consultant, coaching educator, and author.
Gould has given over 1,000 coaching education clinic presentations and developed numerous coaching and coaching education programs aimed at coaches ranging from the youth level to the Olympic level. He has written a number of books, including the USTA Mental Skills and Drills Handbook, Sport Psychology for Young Athletes, and Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology, the most widely used text in the field.
Cliff Mallett, PhD, is a professor of sport psychology and coaching in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at the University of Queensland (Australia) and an honorary professor at the Technical University of Munich (Germany).
Mallett is an Olympic-medal- and world-championship-winning coach. He is internationally recognized as a leading researcher in sport psychology and coaching as well as a coach developer. His research interests are varied but emphasize motivation, mental toughness, and leadership as it pertains to coaching high-performance sport.
Mallett has been cochair and chair of the research committee for the International Council for Coaching Excellence (2009-2019). He served as associate editor for the International Sport Coaching Journal for several years.
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
Sue Backhouse
Joe Baker
John Bales
Martin Camiré
Karen Collins
Bob Crudgington
Kristen Dieffenbach
Andy Driska
Karl Erickson
Damian Farrow
Vern Gambetta
Jenelle N. Gilbert
Wade Gilbert
Dan Gould
Sergio Lara-Bercial
Cliff Mallett
Laurie Patterson
Steven Rynne
Mike Sheridan
William Taylor
Pierre Trudel
Nick Wattie
Sport Coaches' Handbook. United States, Human Kinetics, 2020.
The Sport Coaches' Handbook is the mandatory text resource for the USA Kickboxing Silver Level Certification.
The Sport Coaches' Handbook was written by the International Council for Coaching Excellence. Please find the link below to purchase the book. USA Kickboxing and the Combat Athlete Institute would like to acknowledge the incredible and inspiring work of two of the world's legends of coaching education: Dr. Wade Gilbert and Dr. Patrick Duffy. It is the vision and wisdom of these two teachers that courses like this were built upon.
The Handbook Can Be Purchased Here
- Module 1: Coach Preparation Assignments
- Coach Preparation is the 1st Module of the Silver Level Coaching Education Program (CEP) for USA Kickboxing. There is a 5 part assignment in the 1st Module. This will be the start of a digital portfolio you will create for certification. This digital portfolio has the unique value of telling the story of your journey as both an athlete and a coach to the National Championship level in the United States of America.
- Module 2: Athlete Preparation Assignments
- Athlete Preparation is the 2nd Module of the Silver Level Coaching Education Program (CEP) for USA Kickboxing. There is a ? part assignment in the 2nd Module. This will be the continued creation of a digital portfolio for certification. This digital portfolio has the unique value of telling the story of your journey as both an athlete and a coach to the National Championship level in the United States of America. The 2nd Module portfolio contains evidence of your knowledge and competence as a national championship level coach in the International Olympic Committee recognized sport of Kickboxing.