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In pursuit of becoming a senior coach: the learning culture for Australian Football League coaches

2015; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 21; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/17408989.2015.1072508

1742-5786

Clifford J. Mallett, Tony Rossi, Steven Rynne, Richard Tinning,

Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Background and Purpose: Given the turbulent and highly contested environment in which professional coaches work, a prime concern to coach developers is how coaches learn their craft. Understanding the learning and development of senior coaches (SCs) and assistant coaches (ACs) in the Australian Football League (AFL – the peak organisation for Australian Rules Football) is important to better develop the next generation of performance coaches. Hence the focus of this research was to examine the learning of SC and AC in the AFL. Fundamental to this research was an understanding that the AFL and each club within the league be regarded as learning organisations and workplaces with their own learning cultures where learning takes place. The purpose of this paper was to examine the learning culture for AFL coaches.