The general purpose of this article is threefold. Firstly, it is to further the notion of coaching as
orchestration through develo** insight into precisely how and what coaches orchestrate …

This paper addressed the lived experiences of two community sports coaches in an era of
neoliberal capitalism, consumerism, and insecure employment. Specifically, we considered …

This study addressed the issue of interpersonal trust and distrust in the (sporting) workplace.
Data were generated through cyclical, in-depth interviews with 12 community sports …

This study sought to analyse the lived experiences of so-called “fast-tracked” coaches from
men's association football and rugby union by seeking to understand how these individuals …

Since Heidegger's influential text; Being and time (1927/2005), the phenomenological
question of what it means to 'be'has generated a vast body of work. This paper reports data …

The aim of this study was to provide a rich description of team sport coaches' planning
practices and to evaluate these practices in light of the Game-Based Approach literature and …

Phenomenology is “a specific type of reflection or attitude about our human capacity for
being conscious”(Varela, 1996, p. 336; see also Chapter 2, this volume). To involve yourself …

Collaborative action learning was undertaken in response to the growing criticisms of formal
coach education. Since it is strongly felt that we can no longer merely commentate on what …

Elite men's football in the UK has been portrayed as a harsh and 'uncaring'micro-political
environment. Paradoxically, care has been identified as an essential aspect of coaching …

The purpose of this position paper is to promote the interest, usefulness and specificity of a
coherent system that is based on psychophenomenology as a theoretical framework …