Abstract
INTRODUCTION Hay et al. present a stimulating article about the need for assessment efficacy in sports coaching. The idea of creating a development initiative that can help us understand the complex and dynamic nature of sports coaching is an exciting prospect. In our experience working with sport stakeholders from the youth sport to elite sport levels for the past several decades, we have yet to find a sport program with a comprehensive or systematic assessment protocol. We find this somewhat puzzling given that sport programs focus on performance and achievement. We must ask, though, achievement of what? There has been a recent surge of literature connecting positive youth development (PYD) frameworks to youth sport settings, and organized sport has long been considered a prime breeding ground for societal leaders [1, 2]. However, it seems as though formal assessment of these expected outcomes has been neglected. In the remainder of this commentary, we elaborate on Hay et al.’s comments by sharing some examples from our ongoing work related to assessment efficacy in sports coaching.
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