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1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations |
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Routledge research in sports coaching |
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Routledge research in sports coaching.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 A new approach for sport coaching research; Preliminaries; Sport coaching; Sport coaching research; Disciplines, multidisciplines, interdisciplines and the aims of the book; Invoking philosophy, levels of theory and critical realism; A focus on practice/action; A sport coaching practice ontology and the Embedded, Relational and Emergent (ERE) model; Overview of the argument/plan of the book; 2 Psychologized approaches to sport coaching research |
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IntroductionSport coaching as behaviours; Sport coaching as cognition; Sport coaching as strategies and functions; Summary; 3 Sociologized approaches to sport coaching research; Introduction; Sport coaching as psychological/sociocultural complexity; Sport coaching as a social practice; Normative models of sport coaching; Summary; 4 Disciplinary agreements and disagreements about sport coaching; Introduction; Similarities and differences in understandings/definitions of sport coaching; Detailing and accounting for differences in understandings/definitions of sport coaching; Summary |
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5 Interdisciplinarity, ontology and critical realismIntroduction; Problems with existing interdisciplinary approaches and the foregrounding of ontology; Critical realism as an underpinning approach for interdisciplinary thinking and research; Summary; 6 A critical realist-informed sport coaching ontology for interdisciplinary thinking and research: introducing the ERE model; Introduction; Ontology, theory, model ...?; Identifying the key components of the ERE model; The ERE model components |
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Some indications about how the ERE model fits together: how sport coaching can be understood as a relational totalityThe ERE model applied to d'Arripe-Longueville and colleagues; Summary; 7 Undertaking critical realist-informed interdisciplinary research on sport coaching; Introduction; The implications of a critical realist ontology for research work: the centrality of theory; The adaptive cycle; Developing theory; Targeting data sources/sampling; Data collection approaches and methods; Summary; 8 An ethnographic case study of kayak slalom performer development coaching; Introduction |
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The researchThe research 'story' in brief: 15 months with the 'Academy'; Kayak slalom coaches and paddlers embedded in a wider sporting ecology; The coaching goals; Stakeholder actions; Strategies with underpinning reasons; Resources; A brief theoretical exploration of PDP humour; Summary; 9 Reflections on sport coaching and sport coaching research; Introduction; Reflections on sport coaching; Reflections on sport coaching research; Critical reflections on existing research approaches; Some brief recommendations for sport coaching research; Final thoughts; Index |
| Summary |
"Research shapes our understanding of practice in powerful and important ways, in sports coaching as in any other discipline. This innovative study explores the philosophical foundations of sport coaching research, examining the often implicit links between research process and practice, descriptions and prescriptions.?Arguing that the assumptions of traditional single-disciplinary accounts, such as those based in psychology or sociology, risk over-simplifying our understanding of coaching, this book presents an alternative framework for sports coaching research based on critical realism. The result is an embedded, relational and emergent conception of coaching practice that opens new ways of thinking about coaching knowledge. Drawing on new empirical case study research, it demonstrates vividly how a critical realist-informed approach can provide a more realistic and accountable knowledge to coaching stakeholders. This knowledge promises to have important implications for coaching, and coach education and development practices.?Sport Coaching Research and Practice: Ontology, Interdisciplinarity and Critical Realism is fascinating reading for any student or researcher working in sports coaching, sport pedagogy, physical education, the philosophy or sociology of sport, or research methodology in sport and exercise."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Coaching (Athletics)
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Coaching (Athletics) -- Research
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
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Coaching (Athletics)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1317620445 |
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9781317620440 |
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9781317620433 |
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1317620437 |
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1315753235 |
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9781315753232 |
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