Reflecting on the delivery of a longitudinal coping intervention amongst junior national netball players

Recent research suggests that appropriately-tailoredinterventions can assist adolescents enhance their coping skills(frydenberg and lewis, 2004). the present paper reflects uponthe delivery of a longitudinal coping intervention utilized byjunior national netball players. reflection is focused on issuessuch as the rationale for the intervention, operational issuessurrounding the delivery and management of the work. it is alsofocused on interpersonal issues relating to interventionimplementation. we contend that being explicit aboutdevelopmental and applied processes may enable theoreticallysound and efficacious practices to be identified. in addition,unpacking operational issues related to delivery may assistapplied sport and exercise psychologists in the development ofrelated work.