'Positive Pedagogy for Sport Coachingpresents a highly innovative approach to coaching individual sports. Professor Light effectively draws on a number of literatures, including contemporary learning theory, social theory and positive psychology, in the development and application of pedagogy for this athlete-centred approach. The book's first two parts ground coaches in the lexicon of positive pedagogy, before providing examples of how it can be used across a range of sports in the final part. It is, in my view, a text that could have a significant impact on coaching practice.'-Professor David Lavallee, University of Stirling, UK 'Richard Light offers an intellectually powerful, persuasive and accessible introduction to a crucial body of ideas that connect learning, game sense and coaching practice under a socio-cultural umbrella, that will help people coaching and working in sport pedagogy rethink their assumptions about learning and coaching. This is an essential resource for anyone who wants to coach from an 'athlete-centred' perspective with clear theoretical and empirical support linked to practical 'how to guidance'. There is comprehensive treatment of learning, questioning and designing coaching environments, that challenge many of the misunderstandings and pseudo-principles common in espoused constructivist approaches to coaching.' - Professor Chris Cushion, Loughborough University, UK 'Richard Light challenges the traditional narrow focus of direct instruction for coaching individual sport or the specific skills required in team sports.

The book presents an innovative approach to coaching that is effective in increasing r assumptions about learning and coaching. This is an essential resource for anyone who wants to coach from an 'athlete-centred' perspective with clear theoretical and empirical support linked to practical 'how to guidance'. There is comprehensive treatment of learning, questioning and designing coaching environments, that challenge many of the misunderstandings and pseudo-principles common in espoused constructivist approaches to coaching.' - Professor Chris Cushion, Loughborough University, UK 'Richard Light challenges the traditional narrow focus of direct instruction for coaching individual sport or the specific skills required in team sports. The book presents an innovative approach to coaching that is effective in increasing performance at any age or level through positive athlete experiences of practice that also contribute toward personal development and wellbeing. It has a sound theoretical base which is underpinned by a humanistic and holistic philosophy. Moreover, it is grounded in practice to demonstrate the effectiveness of an ongoing conversation between theory and practice. The ideas in this book will support the physical education teacher's implementation of the strength based approach promoted in the new Australian national HPE curriculum.

'-Professor Field Rickards, University of Melbourne, Australia.