Editorial
Simon Jenkins Editor-in-Chief
Original Research
An analysis of National Football League coaching trees and the network they comprise
Bryan A McCullick, Jeremy Elliott, and Paul G Schempp
Committed relationships and enhanced threat levels: Perceptions of coach behavior, the coach–athlete relationship, stress appraisals, and coping among athletes
Adam R Nicholls, Andrew R Levy, Leigh Jones, Rudi Meir, Jon N Radcliffe, and John L Perry
Coaching boys’ high school teams: Female coaches’ experiences and perceptions
Janna LaFountaine and Cindra S Kamphoff
Expert youth coaches’ diversification strategies in talent development: A qualitative typology
Lenard Voigt and Andreas Hohmann
Exploring coach behaviours, session contexts and key stakeholder perceptions of non-linear coaching approaches in youth sport
Don Vinson, Abbe Brady, Ben Moreland, and Niall Judge
The role of sport-specific play and practice during childhood in the development of adolescent Finnish team sport athletes
Hannele Forsman, Minna Blomqvist, Keith Davids, Niilo Konttinen, and Jarmo Liukkonen
Influence of different small-sided games on physical and physiological demands in rugby union players
Luís Miguel Teixeira Vaz, Bruno Sérgio Varanda Gonçalves, Bruno Emanuel Nogueira Figueira, and Gastón César Garcia
Changes on the match profile of the South African Currie Cup tournament during 2007 and 2013
Yusuf Vahed, Wilbur Kraak, and Ranel Venter
Research Notes
Project SCORE! Coaches’ perceptions of an online tool to promote positive youth development in sport
Leisha Strachan, Dany J MacDonald, and Jean Côté
Hydration strategies of professional elite rugby league referees during super league matches
Ben Jones, Kevin Till, Stacey Emmonds, Roderick FGJ King, Michael P Gray, Clive B Beggs, and John P O’Hara
Review
The training of international level distance runners
Leif Inge Tjelta

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