TY - JOUR
T1 - A guide to conducting systematic reviews of coaching science research
AU - Bennie, Andrew
AU - Apoifis, Nicholas
AU - Caron, Jeffrey
AU - Falcao, William
AU - Marlin, Demelza
AU - Bengoechea, Enrique Garcia
AU - Koh, Koon Teck
AU - Macmillan, Freya
AU - George, Emma
PY - 2017/5
Y1 - 2017/5
N2 - Research in coaching science continues to grow and as such, there is a need for rigorous tools to help make sense of the rapidly expanding literature. The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed description of a systematic review methodology that can be used to summarise literature in coaching science. To do so, we present a test case of a systematic review we conducted on the sport coaching experiences of global Indigenous populations. More precisely, we conducted a systematic review of English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Portuguese peer-reviewed journal articles, spanning twelve databases (e.g., Sport Discus, ERIC, and Scopus) from 1970 to 2014. ENTREQ and COREQ guidelines were followed to report the results of the systematic review, and Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory was used as a theoretical framework to extract and synthesise relevant findings from the included articles. In sum, this paper presents a robust methodology for systematically reviewing research in coaching science and provides practical insights for those who endeavour to conduct rigorous literature searches in this domain.
AB - Research in coaching science continues to grow and as such, there is a need for rigorous tools to help make sense of the rapidly expanding literature. The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed description of a systematic review methodology that can be used to summarise literature in coaching science. To do so, we present a test case of a systematic review we conducted on the sport coaching experiences of global Indigenous populations. More precisely, we conducted a systematic review of English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Portuguese peer-reviewed journal articles, spanning twelve databases (e.g., Sport Discus, ERIC, and Scopus) from 1970 to 2014. ENTREQ and COREQ guidelines were followed to report the results of the systematic review, and Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory was used as a theoretical framework to extract and synthesise relevant findings from the included articles. In sum, this paper presents a robust methodology for systematically reviewing research in coaching science and provides practical insights for those who endeavour to conduct rigorous literature searches in this domain.
KW - literature review
KW - systematic methodology
KW - sport coaching
KW - Indigenous
U2 - 10.1123/iscj.2017-0025
DO - 10.1123/iscj.2017-0025
M3 - Review article
SN - 2328-918X
VL - 4
SP - 191
EP - 205
JO - International sport coaching journal
JF - International sport coaching journal
IS - 2
ER -