... rather than on individual development. In order to meet the requirements of this study a systematic observation method was used in order to analyse the coaching sessions. Systematic observation, according to Darst, Mancini and Zakrajsek, (1983, cited in Cushion, 2004): ...allows a trained person following stated guidelines and procedures to observe, record, and analyse interactions with the assurance that others viewing the same sequence of events would agree with the recorded data. (p.6) An example of this type of method is the Coaching Behavioural Assessment System (CBAS). The weaknesses of such an approach are that it is atheoretical and too simplistic. It does not allow one to look at the complexity of the coaching process. Systematic observation only describes in a basic manner an objective account of a coach's behaviours. (Cushion, 2004) However, although descriptive research is considered the most elementary level of research, it is essential for developing a field and as ...

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