“…Coaches go on to cite experience as their primary source of learning how to coach (Gilbert & Trudel, 2001;Erickson, Côté, Fraser-Thomas, 2007;Saiz, Calvo, & Ibanez Godoy, 2009), while stating that they also would prefer a more formal method of learning (Erickson, Bruner, MacDonald, & Côté, 2008). While informal learning opportunities, such as internships and everyday coaching tasks, can provide meaning and contextualization, they do not provide the direction, feedback and quality control that formal training can (Mallett, Trudel, Lyle, & Rynne, 2009). By and large, the simple accumulation of experiences does not result in coaching competence.…”