This raises some interesting questions.
How do you change the mindset of individuals who do not value coach eduction, and only seek to imitate others without thinking about the how and why?
What to do about the multitude of social pressures of "significant others" on a coach?
How do you challenge the idea of "This is how we do things" and get people to think about what they do rather than blindly follow a recipe?
It mirrors education in general when anyone who does not agree with the latest initative or suggests an alternative is stuck in the past or a dangerous subversive who wants to destroy the system.
For me reflection and experimentation bring oportunities to change and develop. An old friend once said "the older I get the less certain I am about anything" (He was a priest!) In archery coach education we look for consistency of output but I know that output can be achieved in a variety of ways.
Stoszkowski, J. and Collins, D., 2014. Communities of practice, social learning and networks: Exploiting the social side of coach development. Sport, education and society, 19(6), pp.773-788.
