📚 Recommended Reading List

The following sources introduce key ideas around coaching, play, motivation, and games-based learning. These will support your preparation for the programme and your pre-course task.

Hartley, T. (2023). Harnessing the power of play in coaching. Available from: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/harnessing-power-play-coaching-tom-hartley-1e/ [Accessed 31 July 2023].
Richardson, B. (2018). Taking the complexity out of games-based learning. Available from: https://www.ukcoaching.org/resources/topics/guides/subscription/taking-the-complexity-out-of-games-based-learning [Accessed 31 July 2023].
UK Coaching. (2016). What motivates young people to be active? Available from: https://www.ukcoaching.org/resources/topics/guides/what-motivates-young-people-to-be-active [Accessed 31 July 2023].
Berry, J., Abernethy, B., & Côté, J. (2008). The contribution of structured activity and deliberate play to the development of expert perceptual and decision-making skill. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30(6), 685–708. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.30.6.685 - https://hub.hku.hk/bitstream/10722/60471/1/content.pdf?accept=1