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Introducing Coach Learners to Behaviourist Coaching Principles: Critical Reflections on Coach Educator Practice (2024)
Book Chapter
Ives, B., Nelson, L., Gale, L., Potrac, P., & Toner, J. (2024). Introducing Coach Learners to Behaviourist Coaching Principles: Critical Reflections on Coach Educator Practice. In S. B. Rynne, & C. J. Mallett (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Coach Development in Sport (132-143). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003160939-11

The purpose of this chapter is to explore how coach educators can and do teach coach learners about the key principles of behaviourism and their application to sport coaching practice. To achieve this goal, the chapter has been divided into four main... Read More about Introducing Coach Learners to Behaviourist Coaching Principles: Critical Reflections on Coach Educator Practice.

Maintaining Professional Face: Deceptive Impression Management in Community Sport Coaching (2024)
Journal Article
Nelson, L. J., Shulman, D., Potrac, P. A., Gale, L. A., & Ives, B. A. (in press). Maintaining Professional Face: Deceptive Impression Management in Community Sport Coaching. Sport, Education and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2024.2349954

This article breaks new ground in the sociology of sports work through its novel exploration of workplace deception and the associated development of an original typology of deceptive impression management. Analysis of data collected from a two-phase... Read More about Maintaining Professional Face: Deceptive Impression Management in Community Sport Coaching.

Political skill in community sport coaching work (2021)
Book Chapter
Nelson, L., Potrac, P., Gale, L., Ives, B., & Conway, E. (2021). Political skill in community sport coaching work. In B. Ives, P. Potrac, L. Gale, & L. Nelson (Eds.), Community Sport Coaching: Policies and Practices. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003159063

This chapter discusses the political skill and exploring why community sport coaches might benefit from developing such social sensibilities. The chapter concludes by considering the place of political skill in the education and continuous profession... Read More about Political skill in community sport coaching work.

Community Sport Coaching: Policies and Practice (2021)
Book
Ives, B., Potrac, P., Gale, L., & Nelson, L. (Eds.). (2021). Community Sport Coaching: Policies and Practice. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003159063

In many Western nations, community sport coaches occupy a central role in supporting the physical health, mental wellbeing, and wider social development of individuals and communities. However, there is no existing academic textbook that examines the... Read More about Community Sport Coaching: Policies and Practice.

Introduction (2021)
Book Chapter
Ives, B., Potrac, P., Gale, L., & Nelson, L. (2021). Introduction. In B. Ives, P. Potrac, L. Gale, & L. Nelson (Eds.), Community Sport Coaching: Policies and Practice. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003159063

This chapter provides the editors’ introduction to the book and is divided into three parts. The first part outlines the aims of the book and its intended readership. The second part describes the three key sub-sections around which the chapters are... Read More about Introduction.

Community sport coaching and impression management (2021)
Book Chapter
Potrac, P., Ives, B., Gale, L., & Nelson, L. (2021). Community sport coaching and impression management. In B. Ives, P. Potrac, L. Gale, & L. Nelson (Eds.), Community Sport Coaching: Policies and Practice. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003159063

This chapter positions community sport coaching work as a social, interactive performance. It begins by introducing the concept of dramaturgy and Erving Goffman’s ground-breaking work addressing ‘the presentation of the self in everyday life.t This b... Read More about Community sport coaching and impression management.

Trust and (dis)trust in community sport coaching (2021)
Book Chapter
Gale, L., Ives, B., Nelson, L., & Potrac, P. (2021). Trust and (dis)trust in community sport coaching. In B. Ives, P. Potrac, L. Gale, & L. Nelson (Eds.), Community Sport Coaching: Policies and Practice. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003159063

This chapter aims to help you to understand and navigate interpersonal (dis)trust in the context of community sport coaching. We begin by outlining how the consideration of trust has much to offer in terms of understanding the complex interplay betwe... Read More about Trust and (dis)trust in community sport coaching.

Emotions, Emotion norms, and emotion management in community sport coaching (2021)
Book Chapter
Ives, B., Nelson, L., Gale, L., & Potrac, P. (2021). Emotions, Emotion norms, and emotion management in community sport coaching. In B. Ives, P. Potrac, L. Gale, & L. Nelson (Eds.), Community Sport Coaching: Policies and Practice. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003159063

Emotions pervade community sport coaching. They are inextricably linked to one’s thought, behaviour, interaction, and patterns of social organisation. This chapter aims to help readers understand and navigate the emotional demands of community sport... Read More about Emotions, Emotion norms, and emotion management in community sport coaching.

An elite hockey player's experiences of video-based coaching: A poststructuralist reading (2016)
Journal Article
Taylor, W. G., Potrac, P., Nelson, L. J., Jones, L., & Groom, R. (2017). An elite hockey player's experiences of video-based coaching: A poststructuralist reading. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 52(1), 112-125. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690215576102

In this article, we present a poststructuralist reading of Claire’s (a pseudonym) experiences of receiving video-based coaching in elite level field hockey. Data were gathered through a series of in-depth interviews that formed part of a recursive an... Read More about An elite hockey player's experiences of video-based coaching: A poststructuralist reading.

Thinking, feeling, acting: The case of a semi-professional soccer coach (2013)
Journal Article
Nelson, L., Potrac, P., Gilbourne, D., Allanson, A., Gale, L., & Marshall, P. (2013). Thinking, feeling, acting: The case of a semi-professional soccer coach. Sociology of Sport Journal, 30(4), 467-486. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.30.4.467

This paper aimed to shed light on the emotional nature of practice in coaching. In particular, this article was designed to explore the relationship between emotion, cognition, and behavior in the coaching context, through a narrative exploration of... Read More about Thinking, feeling, acting: The case of a semi-professional soccer coach.

‘Handshakes, BBQs, and bullets’: self-interest, shame and regret in football coaching (2012)
Journal Article
Potrac, P., Jones, R., Gilbourne, D., & Nelson, L. (2012). ‘Handshakes, BBQs, and bullets’: self-interest, shame and regret in football coaching. Sports Coaching Review, 1(2), 79-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2013.768418

This autoethnographic story explores the competitive, calculating, and often uncaring world of performance football coaching. Particular attention is given to the dilemmas I (the first author) faced, the choices I made, and the consequences of my act... Read More about ‘Handshakes, BBQs, and bullets’: self-interest, shame and regret in football coaching.

Analysing coach–athlete ‘talk in interaction’ within the delivery of video-based performance feedback in elite youth soccer (2012)
Journal Article
Groom, R., Cushion, C. J., & Nelson, L. J. (2012). Analysing coach–athlete ‘talk in interaction’ within the delivery of video-based performance feedback in elite youth soccer. Qualitative research in sport, exercise and health, 4(3), 439-458. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2012.693525

The purpose of this paper was to explore coach-athlete ‘talk in action' during performance analysis feedback sessions. Our goal was to examine how interactional tasks are accomplished through the use of talk. Coach-athlete interactions were recorded... Read More about Analysing coach–athlete ‘talk in interaction’ within the delivery of video-based performance feedback in elite youth soccer.

From ‘blame’ to ‘shame’ in a coach–athlete relationship in golf: a tale of shared critical reflection and the re-storying of narrative experience (2012)
Journal Article
Toner, J., Nelson, L., Potrac, P., Gilbourne, D., & Marshall, P. (2012). From ‘blame’ to ‘shame’ in a coach–athlete relationship in golf: a tale of shared critical reflection and the re-storying of narrative experience. Sports Coaching Review, 1(1), 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2012.704193

This paper is centered on the principle author's (John) personal narrative of a coach-athlete relationship in golf, and how the original story altered through a process of shared critical thinking. On first telling, John explained to his co-authors h... Read More about From ‘blame’ to ‘shame’ in a coach–athlete relationship in golf: a tale of shared critical reflection and the re-storying of narrative experience.

The delivery of video-based performance analysis by England youth soccer coaches: towards a grounded theory (2011)
Journal Article
Groom, R., Cushion, C., & Nelson, L. (2011). The delivery of video-based performance analysis by England youth soccer coaches: towards a grounded theory. Journal of applied sport psychology, 23(1), 16-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2010.511422

The purpose of this study was to build a theoretical framework to understand the delivery of video-based performance analysis by youth soccer coaches in England. Data were collected from interviews with 14 English youth soccer coaches, who had used v... Read More about The delivery of video-based performance analysis by England youth soccer coaches: towards a grounded theory.