Integration of professional judgement and decision-making in high-level adventure sports coaching practice

Collins, Loel; Collins, Dave

doi:10.1080/02640414.2014.953980

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“…Professional judgement and decision making (PJDM; , 2014Collins, Collins, & Grecic, 2015) acts to synergise the complex interactive application of pedagogic and leadership skills associated with coaching practices in adventure sports coaching. Previous papers have highlighted the importance of PJDM in adventure sports coaching specifically as related to risk management (Collins & Collins, 2013), the epistemological underpinning of the PJDM process , and the planning of programmes, linked sessions, and individual sessions .…”

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“…A rapid change in challenge level against sudden drops in clients' performance adds to the high PJDM load on adventure sports coaches. The highly dynamic and individualised nature of high-level adventure sports coaching places additional and significant emphasis on in-session thinking (Collins & Collins, 2013, 2014. The constant auditing process proposed by , however, together with the maximisation of opportunities to conduct the audit (Collins & Collins, 2014) still require the factors on which to focus the PJDM process to be understood.…”

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“…The highly dynamic and individualised nature of high-level adventure sports coaching places additional and significant emphasis on in-session thinking (Collins & Collins, 2013, 2014. The constant auditing process proposed by , however, together with the maximisation of opportunities to conduct the audit (Collins & Collins, 2014) still require the factors on which to focus the PJDM process to be understood. Accordingly, the purpose of this particular paper was to investigate the significant factors addressed by the in-action PJDM within coaching practice.…”

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“…Adventure sports coaches require a reasoning framework for the PJDM process that is underpinned by a set of epistemological values. Accordingly, and to provide a theoretical context to this purpose, we first outline three closely linked papers by the authors that consider a) the epistemological and ontological underpinnings of the PJDM process in adventure sports coaching practice , b) the nature of PJDM in the planning and delivery of sessions , and c) the integration of PJDM into the coaching act (Collins & Collins, 2014). a) Epistemological underpinnings: recognised the sophisticated epistemology that underpins high-level practice in adventure sports coaching.…”

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The foci of in-action professional judgement and decision-making in high-level adventure sports coaching practice

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Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning

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“…In contrast, an expertisefocused evaluation would consider the processes and metaprocesses associated with these target behaviours. Exploring the why of a behaviour, the reasoning underpinning its selection and use, candidates would also be asked about alternatives; namely, what other options were considered, why they were rejected, and what would need to change for a different option to be taken [50]. Through this focus on decision making, training routes would therefore help to develop the aforementioned thinking structures, adaptability and critical analysis that will allow practitioners to prosper in their dynamic and complex (and eventually unsupervised) applied environments.…”

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The Illusion of Competency Versus the Desirability of Expertise: Seeking a Common Standard for Support Professions in Sport

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In this paper we examine and challenge the competency-based models which currently dominate accreditation and development systems in sport support disciplines, largely the sciences and coaching. Through consideration of exemplar shortcomings, the limitations of competency-based systems are presented as failing to cater for the complexity of decision making and the need for proactive experimentation essential to effective practice. To provide a better fit with the challenges of the various disciplines in their work with performers, an alternative approach is presented which focuses on the promotion, evaluation and elaboration of expertise. Such an approach resonates with important characteristics of professions, whilst also providing for the essential 'shades of grey' inherent in work with human participants. Key differences between the approaches are considered through exemplars of evaluation processes. The expertise-focused method, although inherently more complex, is seen as offering a less ambiguous and more positive route, both through more accurate representation of essential professional competence and through facilitation of future growth in proficiency and evolution of expertise in practice. Examples from the literature are also presented, offering further support for the practicalities of this approach. Key PointsThe paper examines limitations in the commonly applied competency method of evaluation for support professions and promotes an alternative, expertise-focused approach.The expertise approach goes beyond the use of competency-based systems, and even the definitions of competence provided in this paper, to evaluate and facilitate capacities for more elaborative and adaptive thinking, judgment and growth.Bodies responsible for professional development and evaluation need to lead a long overdue, widespread shift from competency-driven to expert practice across the spectrum of science and coaching in sport, reflecting the situation already common in medicine.

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Advancing Leadership in Sport: Time to Take Off the Blinkers?

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Sports Med

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While leadership is one of the most significant factors in sport, most research has focused on who effective leaders are and what they overtly do rather than why and how they lead in a certain way at a certain time. Presumably shaped by social norms, the bulk of this work has also overstated the role of bright (or socially desirable) leadership intentions and behaviours; or at least overlooked how this style fits with the 'darker' (or socially undesirable) intentions and behaviours that are prevalent and effective in applied practice. Contextualising this situation against the origins and dominant paradigms of sport-specific study, we therefore highlight the need for greater emphasis on both the cognitive and dark sides of leadership. Regarding the former, we argue that expert leadership requires cognitive excellence given that optimal and consistent impact requires the conscious selection, combination and deployment of leadership behaviours. Regarding the latter, we also argue that bright intentions and behaviours can often only be a part of an effective leadership repertoire and can beneficially operate in tandem with inherently dark alternatives. To advance knowledge and practice, we therefore call for a more pragmatic approach to research that considers both the cognitive mechanisms-namely professional judgement and decision making-and the full spectrum of intentions and behaviours that underpin real world leadership.

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Integration of professional judgement and decision-making in high-level adventure sports coaching practice

Cited by 49 publications

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The foci of in-action professional judgement and decision-making in high-level adventure sports coaching practice

The foci of in-action professional judgement and decision-making in high-level adventure sports coaching practice

The Illusion of Competency Versus the Desirability of Expertise: Seeking a Common Standard for Support Professions in Sport

Advancing Leadership in Sport: Time to Take Off the Blinkers?

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