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Disability sports coaching: towards a critical understanding

The growing work that addresses coaching disabled athletes has thus far failed to engage with the field of disability studies, and as a result misses a crucial opportunity to develop a critical understanding of coach learning and practice in disability sport. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to b...

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Main Authors:	Robert Townsend, Brett M. Smith, Christopher Cushion
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2015
Subjects:	Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Disability studies Models of disability Coach education Coach learning Coaching practice Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/20816
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