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Sport, Education and Society Volume 26, 2021 - Issue 2
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The influence of early life experiences on English and Australian Super League coaches’ learning

Pete Holmesa Department of Sport, Doncaster College and University Centre, Doncaster, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3083-9301
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Richard L. Lightb Child Wellbeing Institute, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrew Sparkesc Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7622-6570
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Pages 202-213 | Received 02 Jun 2019, Accepted 28 Dec 2019, Published online: 07 Jan 2020
 
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ABSTRACT

This article focuses on the influence of early life experiences and socio-cultural context on coach learning in the sport of rugby league. It draws on the findings of a study that investigated the influence of cultural context on the development of elite-level rugby league coaches in England and Australia. The article focuses on the influence of experience from early childhood to the end of compulsory schooling on the development of three English and three Australian rugby league coaches who, at the time of the study, were working, or had worked, in the Super League.

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