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Published October 2018 by Contact us Chelsea Close Off Amberley Road Armley, Leeds LS12 4HP United Kingdom Phone: + 44 (0) 113 274 4802 [email protected] Website www.ukcoaching.org Patron HRH The Princess Royal Chair Gillian Wilmot Editor Beth Thompson [email protected] The opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the views of UK Coaching, its management or staff. Throughout these articles, the pronouns he, she, him, her and so on are interchangeable and intended to be inclusive of both males and females. It is important in sport, as elsewhere, that both genders have equal status and opportunities. The term parent includes carers, guardians and other next of kin categories. UK Coaching will ensure that it has professional and ethical values and that all its practices are inclusive and equitable. © The National Coaching Foundation, 2018 Photography Cover © Simon Wright @GBswimstars Inside © UK Coaching unless otherwise stated. Designed and produced by Coachwise Creative (93223) ISSN 2516-3191 2 Welcome It gives me great pleasure to introduce the second edition of the Applied Coaching Research Journal, Transforming Lives Through Coaching. The first edition was successfully launched by our patron, HRH Princess Anne at the UK Coaching Research Conference in Manchester in February 2018. The journal is aimed at anyone interested in coaching research; coaches and coach developers, policy makers and system managers, students and academics. It attempts to provide ideas, inspiration, advice and solutions, with the intention that it will promote the best of coaching research and transfer knowledge to practitioners. The articles in this edition have sound research methodologies and evidence with storytelling techniques. We are sure that you’ll find them aspirational and in some cases suggest solutions and a call to action. Our aim as an editorial team is to build on the successes of the first edition by ensuring that this edition has variety and maintains the high quality of submissions to keep you informed, stimulated and engaged. Furthermore, the intention is to raise awareness and provoke thought and discussion around potential future research questions and topics. We hope that the journal will be used to either develop or substantiate good practice, or build on and improve existing coach education and development endeavours. If you would like to help shape the future of coaching, please join us at our next research conference on 19 February 2019, at Pride Park Stadium, home of Derby County FC. Our focus at the conference will be on coach experience and well-being, as well as innovation and learning. Further details can be found at the end of this journal. We hope to see you there! If you have any feedback about this journal, please contact the research team at [email protected], or for further information about UK Coaching, please check out our new website: www.ukcoaching.org On behalf of the editorial team, Dr Wayne Allison, League Managers Association and UK Coaching Board Member