Sports coaching is increasingly understood as a multifaceted and interdisciplinary area of practice, shaped by insights from a variety of academic and professional disciplines. This breadth is evident across numerous coaching settings, including elite performance sport, grassroots and community programmes, and educational environments.
This publication contains the proceedings from the fourth Coaching Symposium, following earlier symposiums hosted in 2019, 2023,, 2024, and 2025. The proceedings from the first symposium, held in 2019, can be accessed through the University of Chichester repository at https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/4840/. Collectively, the symposium series is designed to foster debate, critical reflection, and research-informed discussion within the field of sports coaching, while also strengthening collaboration between coaching practitioners and academic researchers.