The development of a typology of abusive coaching behaviours within youth sport

International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 503-515

  Raakman, Elaine ^a   Dorsch, Kim ^b   Rhind, Daniel ^c  

^a Justplay Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Ethics; Youth Sport Coaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650631306     PISSN: 17479541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1747-9541.5.4.503     Document Type: Article

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