With many retired athletes hired as coaches, John O'Sullivan calls for a deeper look into the qualifications of a coach, and shares how our culture is rapidly changing coach education. Professionalization in sport is progressing in an upward trend, and youth sport as we know it is about to change. Will the parents and athletes adapt? John’s insights will be valuable to coaches, athletes and parents.

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To learn about early sport specialization in basketball as John O'Sullivan mentioned, read the work cited below!
Post, E. G., Rosenthal, M. D., Root, H. J., & Rauh, M. J. (2021). Sport Specialization Behaviors Are Associated With History of Reported Injury in Youth Basketball. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.

To read work by Jay Coakley, access the Amazon link to his books below!
https://www.amazon.com/Jay-Coakley/e/B00JL1GSNM?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&qid=1628627718&sr=8-4

To learn more about Manchester United’s culture, access the two works cited below!
Torchia, D. (2020). Creating and managing community in a community football club. Managing Sport and Leisure, 25(1-2), 79-98.

Ginesta, X., de San Eugenio, J., & Soldevila, A. (2020). Entertainment multinationals, public diplomacy and identity change in Spanish football: Analysing liquid modernity. In Sport, Globalisation and Identity (pp. 181-192). Routledge.

To learn more about Steve Boyle’s 2-4-1 sports clubs, access the website below!
https://241sports.com/about/

For more on Chris Snyder and the I9 Sports world, access the website below!
https://www.i9sportsfranchise.com/tag/chris-snyder/

Want to read more of John O'Sullivan’s thoughts on professionalization in youth sport? Access the work below!
https://changingthegameproject.com/the-professionalization-of-youth-sports/\\

Looking to learn more about coaching education? Access the website below!
https://www.ussoccer.com/coaching

Curious about the UK’s mentors for coaches system? Read the work cited below!
Sawiuk, R., Taylor, W. G., & Groom, R. (2018). Exploring formalized elite coach mentoring programmes in the UK:‘We’ve had to play the game’. Sport, Education and Society, 23(6), 619-631.

To read about Nick Caserio, click the link below!
https://www.houstontexans.com/team/front-office-roster/nick-caserio

To read about Josh McDaniels, access the link below!
https://www.patriots.com/team/coaches-roster/josh-mcdaniels

To read about Jerry Yeagley’s induction into the Soccer Hall of Fame, access the link below!
https://www.nationalsoccerhof.com/builders/jerry-yeagley.html

Curious about what Paul Goodman is up to these days? Access the link below!
https://goodmanelite.com

Want to read works by Reinhold Neibuhr? Click the link to his books on Amazon below!
https://www.amazon.com/Reinhold-Niebuhr/e/B001IGNZB6%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

To read Let Them Play by Jerry Lynch, click the link below!
https://www.amazon.com/Let-Them-Play-Mindful-Success-ebook/dp/B01JNRX6HE

To read books by Jerry Lynch, click the link below!
https://www.amazon.com/Jerry-Lynch/e/B001IU2PO0?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_6&qid=1628700217&sr=1-6

To read Mark Williams’ The Best: How Elite Athletes Are Made, click the link below!
https://www.amazon.com/Best-How-Elite-Athletes-Made-ebook/dp/B08F4ZRQS9/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=mark+Williams+how+elite+athletes+are+made&qid=1628700394&s=digital-text&sr=1-3

To read Bob Bigelow’s book about sport parenting, click the link below!
https://www.amazon.com/Bob-Bigelow/e/B001K8NIG4?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1628700428&sr=8-1

To read Dennis Rodman’s biography, click the link below!
https://www.amazon.com/Dennis-Rodman/e/B008BK8T54?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1628700528&sr=1-2

Want to learn more about “The Last Dance”? Click the link below and check it out on Netflix!
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28973557/the-last-dance-updates-untold-story-michael-jordan-chicago-bulls

For Doug Lemov’s The Coach’s Guide to Teaching, click the link below!
https://www.amazon.com/Coachs-Guide-Teaching-Doug-Lemov/dp/1913622304/ref=asc_df_1913622304/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459515754640&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11386232663722255390&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031905&hvtargid=pla-988784000114&psc=1

RELATED RESEARCH

Want to learn more about ex-athlete’s coaching styles? Read the three works cited below!
Turner, D. (2008). The usual suspects: Critical consideration of the fast tracking of ex-elite athletes into high profile coaching roles. Coaching Edge.

Adewunmi, C. M., & Mayaki, J. I. Socio-Demographic Factors as Correlates in Choice of Coaching Profession among Retired Athletes.

Kim, Y. J., & Dawson, M. C. (2021). Sports reforms, interaction (dis) order and stigma: coaching identities in context. Sport, Education and Society, 1-14.

Want more on youth sport specialization, access the work cited below!
Kliethermes, S. A., Marshall, S. W., LaBella, C. R., Watson, A. M., Brenner, J. S., Nagle, K. B., ... & Beutler, A. I. (2021). Defining a research agenda for youth sport specialisation in the USA: the AMSSM Youth Early Sport Specialization Summit. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55(3), 135-143.

Curious about Jay Coakley’s thoughts on youth sport specialization? Access the work below!
Coakley, J. Sport Specialization: Does It Create Excellence or ‘One-Trick Ponies’?.

To learn more about sport coaching education, access the two works cited below!
Stylianidis, P., Zilidou, V., Ziagkas, E., & Douka, S. (2020). Evaluating a Coaching MOOC Course to Support Dual Career of Athletes. In Internet of Things, Infrastructures and Mobile Applications: Proceedings of the 13th IMCL Conference (Vol. 1192, p. 401). Springer Nature.

Driska, A. P. (2020). Quality Sport Coaching in Action: The Application of the National Standards for Sport Coaches in Youth Sport. Strategies, 33(6), 14-20.

For more on professionalization in sport, access the work cited below!
Raabe, J., Lauer, E. E., & Bejar, M. P. (2021). Mental Toughness in Youth Sport Coaches: A Phenomenological Exploration. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, (just-accepted), 1-37.

To learn about the education process for physicians, access the work below!
Khan, A., & Vinson, A. E. (2020). Physician well-being in practice. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 131(5), 1359-1369.

Want to know more about mentors for coaches? Access the work cited below!
Stock, M. J., & Duncan, H. E. (2010). Mentoring as a Professional Development Strategy for Instructional Coaches: Who Mentors the Mentors?. Planning and Changing, 41, 57-69.

To explore the benefits of filming sport practices, read the work cited below!
Larssen, B. C., Ho, D. K., Kraeutner, S. N., & Hodges, N. J. (2021). Combining Observation and Physical Practice: Benefits of an Interleaved Schedule for Visuomotor Adaptation and Motor Memory Consolidation. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 15, 17.