Elite athletes and all other participants (of all ages) in sport, exercise and different educational contexts are members of societies in radical change. The intention of this workshop is to invite participants to rethink dialogue as a central phenomenon in coaching a thought provoking approach that is evidence based through a number of research projects.
Traditionally coaches and educators put too much focus on goals in their work with their clientele (athletes, exercises, youth, children, and elderly). However, goals change and develop during conversation and over time ( Ordóñez et al., 2009).
The intention of this workshop is to invite participants towards developing an attitude, where they manage to engage with their coaching partner(s) in transformative and fruitful dialogues with an emphasis on values and meaning making a so called third generation coaching (Stelter, 2014; 2019). The approach can be adapted to elite sport, lifestyle change and different educational contexts.
The workshop participants will learn something about:
- societal changes as the basis to understand human interaction in sport and leisure
- experiential , existential, relational and narrative theories as a possible theoretical foundation of fruitful coaching
- dialogues the central methodological elements for a trustful and collaborative relationship
The workshop leader has a strong intention to create a lively interaction between participants and between participants
and himself. The objective is to create a learning environment for reflective practitioners. All participants will receive a handout that unfolds some of the central aspects of the content and guidelines for concrete exercises conducted during the workshop.