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Coach Beyond… researchers study key topics in sport coaching. Specifically, Coach Beyond… researchers investigate coaching practices that best promote social emotional learning in youth sport athletes. Learn more about Coach Beyond… research below!
Reports
National Coach Survey
- Authors: Dawn Anderson-Butcher, PhD, LISW-S & Samantha Bates, PhD, LSW
- Overview: The 2022 National Coach Survey is the first-ever survey in the U.S. to examine youth sport coaches’ backgrounds, experiences, philosophies, behaviors, and training histories and interests, while also exploring whether coach training makes a difference in relation to improved coaching practices and, ultimately, perceived impact on athletes. Findings provide useful information about youth sport coaching in the U.S. and can be used to drive improvements in youth sport policy, practice, coach preparation, and training.
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State-Wide Survey of Ohio Coaches
- Authors: Samantha Bates, PhD, LSW & Dawn Anderson-Butcher, PhD, LISW-S
- Overview: This report overviews the progress on Coach Beyond… priorities and goals with specific focus on findings from our audit of coach certification/licensure requirements and our state-wide survey of Ohio youth sport coaches.
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Coach Beyond Readiness Index: Technical Report
- Authors: Samantha Bates, PhD, LISW, Dawn Anderson-Butcher, PhD, LISW-S, & Anthony J. Amorose, PhD
- Overview: The Coach Beyond Readiness Index assesses the degree to which coaches perceive they are able to support the holistic health and development of student-athletes. Youth sport leaders, school administrators, and researchers can use this tool to assess coach efficacy and align training and educational opportunities to program needs.
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Research Articles
Mapping School-Based Coach Education Requirements in the United States
- Authors: Obidiah Atkinson, Samantha Bates, Dawn Anderson-Butcher, Sydney Mack, and Jacqueline Goodway
- Overview: This article explores the coach education requirements, time commitment, topics, and cost within each state of the United States of America. It also dives deep into the requirements within the State of Ohio.
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Mental Health Training for High School Coaches and Athletic Directors: Community-based Participatory Research to Coach Beyond
- Authors: Samantha Bates, Dawn Anderson-Butcher, Doug Ute, Dale McVey, Sydney Mack, Emily Nothnagle, Rebecca Wade-Mdivanian, Jerome Davis, Josh DeVoll, Joe Vassaloti, Jason Hix, Kaz Pata, Chris Ludban, Nathan Bobek, Keith Myers, Kevin Porter, Jeff Quackenbush, Joe Roberts, Nick Hajjar, Pat Durbin, Tyler Wolfe, and Nick Magistrale
- Overview: This article describes a community-based participatory study, “Coach Beyond,” including the decision-making processes that lead to the co-development of mental health training for coaches. It also describes the factors that supported social change efforts to reinforce sport as a context for holistic student-athlete development and wellness through coach education.
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