Resources
No.43
January 2005
 
    

International Association for Sports InformationPre-Olympic Congress, Thessaloniki, GreeceAugust 6-11, 2004
 
IASI Cyber Café Information Guide
Coaching and Training
Core Resources

Databases
Produced by BISp, the Bundesinstitut for Sportwissenschaft (Federal Institute of Sport Science) this mainly German language sport sciences database is freely available via the BISp website. This database has over 140,000 advanced-level records (40,000 on sports medicine) from 1970 to date. Includes citations to periodical articles, books, dissertations, and conference papers. Approximately 85% of the records are in German or English. The database is updated monthly. Formerly called: Sportliteratur. Also available on the same website is the complimentary databases, SPOFOR and SPOMEDIA. SPOFOR is a database of approximately 6,000 research projects and SPOMEDIA is a database of audiovisual resources.
SPONET
http://www.sponet.de/
This database, produced by the Institute for Applied Training Science (IAT) in Leipzig, has of over 9,000 international references to sport sciences resources available via the internet (fulltext articles, theses, conference papers and essays). The subject focus is on junior and senior elite training, competition and research. Approximately 1500 new sources are added annually. A German and English language search engine provides an author, title, freetext, subject, level-of-difficulty approach to finding information. This database is freely available at the URL above.

SPORTDiscus
Updated monthly, SPORTDiscus contains over 650,000 records (from 1830 to date), to periodical articles, books, book chapters and essays, conference papers, reports, videotapes and URLs to fulltext documents/sources. Subject coverage includes all aspects of sports sciences, physical education, health and recreation. Each record is assigned a level of difficulty: A) advanced (scientific research), (I) intermediate (based on scientific research but easier to understand), and (B) basic (popular and easy to read).
The University of Oregon, Kinesiology Publications records from 1949 to date are included along with the sociology of sport records from the discontinued SIRLS database, other projects, and from the major indexing partner, the Australia National Sport Information Centre, 1987 to date. Other databases incorporated into the SPORTDiscus database include:
For SPORTDiscus subscription information see http://www.sirc.ca/products/sportdiscus.cfm

Searching Tips:

Consult the SIRC Thesaurus (available on EBSCO and other vendors) to find general and more specific descriptors. Consult the following major descriptors for an extended list of other terms, e.g.
  • COACHING, and the related terms (RT), RECRUITING, SELECTION, TALENT DEVELOPMENT, or
  • TRAINING. Under this term is an extensive Scope Note that outlines which terminology to use, plus view the large number of narrower terms (NT) e.g. CROSS-TRAINING, INTERVAL TRAINING, PEAKING, PERIODIZATION, STRENGTH TRAINING, TAPER,
  • Free text searching (searching for unique words anywhere in the record) can be used to find tests not listed in the SIRCThesaurus, e.g. Coaching Staff Cohesion Scale (CSCS), Coaching Leadership Assessment Scale
For other search protocols see the Basic Search Guide to SPORTDiscus on EBSCOHost at: http://www.iasi.org/guides/index.html


Web Resources
Coaches Information Service (ISBS) http://www.coachesinfo.com/about/
Coaching Science Abstracts http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/coachsci/index.htm
CoachingSPORTS.net http://www.coachingsports.net/
Play by the Rules http://www.playbytherules.net.au/
SportQuest’s Coaching Resources, http://www.sportquest.com/resources/coaching.cfm
Sports Coach http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/
Coach Education
Coaches Information Service (ISBS) http://www.coachesinfo.com/about/
Coaching Science Abstracts http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/coachsci/index.htm
CoachingSPORTS.net http://www.coachingsports.net/
Play by the Rules http://www.playbytherules.net.au/
SportQuest’s Coaching Resources, http://www.sportquest.com/resources/coaching.cfm
Sports Coach http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/
Codes of Ethics
CPCA Code of Ethics, http://www.coach.ca/e/cpca/code/index.htm
Coaching Ethics Code (United States Olympic Committee) http://www.usoc.org/education/ethics.pdf
Coach's Code of Ethics (Australian Coaching Council) http://www.coachingaus.org/ethics.htm
Coaches' Code of Ethics (National Youth Sports Coaches Association)
http://www.decatursports.com/articles/NYSCA.htm
Code of Ethics & Conduct for Sports Coaches (Sports Coach Website)
http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/ethics.htm

Key National & International Organizations
American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness (AAALF) http://www.aahperd.org/aaalf/template.cfm
Australian Coaching Council (ACC) http://www.ausport.gov.au/acc/
Canadian Professional Coaches Association (CPCA) http://www.coach.ca/e/cpca/
Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) http://www.coach.ca/e/index.htm
Coaching New Zealand (CNZ) http://www.sparc.org.nz/coaching/
International Council for Coach Education (ICCE) http://www.icce.ws/
International Sport Sciences Association (ISSA) http://www.issaonline.com
National Athletic Trainer's Association (NATA) http://www.nata.org/
National Youth Sport Coaches Association (NYSCA) http://www.nays.org/
sports coach UK (formerly National Coaching Foundation) http://www.sportscoachuk.org/

Key Serials
Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics Annual (formerly Journal of Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics ) (American Press)
Canadian Journal for Women in Coaching (online) The Women in Coaching Program, Coaching Association of Canada (http://www.coach.ca/WOMEN/e/journal/index.htm )
The Coach (Descartes Publishing)
Coach and Athletic Director (formerly Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director) (Scholastic Inc.)
Coaches Report (Canadian Professional Coaches Association)
FHS: Faster, Higher, Stronger (formerly Coaching Focus) (National Coaching Foundation, UK)
Journal of Athletic Training (National Athletic Trainers’ Association)
Modern Athlete and Coach (Australian Track and Field Coaches Association)
New Studies in Athletics (Meyer & Meyer for the International Association of Athletics Federations)
Olympic Coach (United States Olympic Committee, Coaching Division)
Sports Coach (Australian Sports Commission)
Zeitschrift fuer Angewandte Trainingswissenschaft (Meyer & Meyer)





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