When I first I qualified as a coach, back in 2009, I was told “get your coaching badge, then go and do some coaching.”
It felt odd, having just completed a “taught” course, but it seemed almost a recognition of the failure of coach education to actually teach the new coach what they should do.
It’s as if the coaching qualification was just a license to practice, rather than a preparation for (coaching) life.
But what is wrong with coach education? How do coaches learn?
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