Introduction

Ten years have passed since the original publication of Research Methods in Sports Coaching (RMSC). Doesn’t time fly? We have since witnessed an explosion of coaching research and there continues to be a growing number of academic institutions offering undergraduate and postgraduate sports coaching and related degrees. In many cases, these programmes require students to complete dissertation projects. As part of their studies, coaching students are typically expected to sit a research methods module and generate a dissertation proposal in preparation for conducting supervised coaching research. It is through such modules and supervised research activity that the next generation of coaching researchers can be inspired to develop the necessary quality of mind and associated research methods knowledge and skills to produce high-quality and impactful coaching research. The need for a coaching-specific research methods text clearly remains.