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I have chosen to use the Educational Entrepreneurial Approach to Action Research

(Crotty 2014) to investigate my actions and ensure I fully explore my personal and
professional context throughout the Planning, Implementation, Observation and

Reflection cycles of the creative process; I aim to become an agent of change for coach

development and coaching in the GAA. Investing in this approach will enable me to
bring the best of myself to this work and ensure authenticity and validity are the

hallmarks of my research, the process and outcomes of which will become an invaluable
resource for both myself and my organisation.

Being confined to an investigation of a personal and collaborative process for me within

my organisation the findings will not be generalisable to the broader population; instead

I hope they will become a source of insight for those considering related endeavours.

1.2 Purpose of the Research

A New Model of Effective Coaching

In response to the claim of Côté and Gilbert (2009, p. 307) that ‘there still remains a
lack of precision in terminology and approach, and a singular failure to reflect

effectiveness and expertise literature to any conceptual understanding of the coaching
process’, Pat Daly, the GAA Director of Games Development & Research, devised ‘an

overarching conceptual framework that sets forth the vision for coach development’
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(Horgan and Daly, 2015). This framework, known as the ‘Coach ’ (Coach to the
Power of 10) Model (Daly, 2014), is designed to identify the components of effective

coaching, their connections and their significance, and ultimately support coaches in
reflecting on and understanding their coaching practice.

Daly (2014, p 28) describes the origins and elements of the model as follows:

The Coach 10 Model has its origins in the fact that 10 words, each of which has 10 letters, are
used to define the core constructs that underpin the coaching process i.e., where the role of the
coach is to build competence, confidence, commitment, conviction and connection among
players and that coaches are best able to do so when they acquire management and leadership
capability on foot of experience and reflection.

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