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Dr Laura Gale's Outputs (5)

Doing qualitative data analysis (2025)
Book Chapter
Ives, B., Clayton, B., Gale, L., Holdom, T., & Nichol, A. (2025). Doing qualitative data analysis. In L. Nelson, R. Groom, & P. Potrac (Eds.), Research Methods in Sports Coaching (245-253). (2nd edition). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003381891-30

This chapter discusses how to analyse, make sense of, and write up qualitative data in sport coaching research. It starts by introducing qualitative data analysis, its overarching goal, and different forms of analysis used in sport coaching research.... Read More about Doing qualitative data analysis.

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.

COVID-19 Research Report: The Impact of the Pandemic on Community Sport Provision and Participation (2021)
Report
Mackintosh, C., Ives, B., Staniford, L., Gale, L., Thompson, A., Sims, D., Daniels, J., Oldfield, S., & Kolic, P. (2021). COVID-19 Research Report: The Impact of the Pandemic on Community Sport Provision and Participation. Manchester Metropolitan University: Sport England

Opening paragraph:
This is a research report that includes a partnership collaboration study between Manchester
Metropolitan University and five Active Partnerships (AP) in the north of England. Active Partnerships
are strategic agencies for spo... Read More about COVID-19 Research Report: The Impact of the Pandemic on Community Sport Provision and Participation.

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.