"Despite the proliferation of formal coach education programs, where participants complete a structured course and pass a knowledge test, there has been little work to evaluate programs that educate a large number of coaches ... One such online coach education program is USA Swimming's Foundations of Coaching program, a requirement for new coach members, consisting of two sequential oneline courses. More than 2,000 new swimming coaches take this course every year. To examine the effectiveness of the Foundations of Coaching program, the author worked with seven staff members at USA Swimming who oversaw the program's development and implementation ... " -- Abstract.
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