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Sabbatical Gert Vande Broek: international validation of coach circumplex with serial winning coaches

In the past 6 years, a research tool (coaching circumplex) has been developed and validated in collaboration with the Flemish Government, with which coaching behavior can be studied. Further validation of this measuring instrument in a more international context and with top coaches is necessary. A stay with a reputed research group abroad (Queensland Australia) is planned. This research team collected a dataset from Olympic (serial winning) top coaches. Revisiting this dataset through the lens of the developed coach circumplex can gain insight into configurations of coaching behavior with (serial winning) top coaches in order to achieve maximum performance. In addition to teaching new analysis techniques, having access to a unique dataset, such a stay abroad will also facilitate the development of a close-knit international research network and provide broader insights into theories about coaching and leadership. At the moment there is a cooperation agreement with the Flemish Government to integrate this coaching circumplex in all courses of the Flemish Trainers School. The further refinement of this tool as well as the aforementioned validation within a top sport context can lead to a structural and permanent collaboration with VTS and in this way to a permanent input of research data. The extension to the aforementioned international network is necessary in function of the further expansion of the research group into an expertise center for (top) sports coaching in the future.

Date:1 Oct 2020 →  31 Aug 2021
Keywords:serial winning coaches, coach circumplex
Disciplines:Psychology of sport and physical activity