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INTERNATIONAL SPORT COACHING JOURNAL
Volume 3, Issue 2, Pages 170-177Publisher
HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
DOI: 10.1123/iscj.2016-0010
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coaching leadership; coaching knowledge; coaching behaviours; coaching success
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Winning a national championship is a rare feat; winning five consecutive championships is extraordinary. One such example has recently occurred with the University of Windsor women's basketball team which competes in the Canadian interuniversity sports league. The team's head coach, Chantal Vallee, has a combined regular season and playoff winning percentage greater than 80%, including winning five consecutive Canadian national championships. Even more astounding is that before her appointment the school had only four winning seasons in their 50-year history, and had never hosted a playoff game. The purpose of this paper is to explain the remarkable turnaround of this program. This article will provide both the what (Enacting The Vision; Athlete Empowerment; Teaching Life Skills; Lifelong Learning and Personal Reflection) and the how (blueprint) of the transformation of the University of Windsor women's basketball into a perennial national contender.
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