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An analysis of the value of multiple mentors in formalised elite coach mentoring programmes
Sawiuk, Rebecca; Groom, Dr Ryan; Taylor, Dr William (2017-04-04)ABSTRACT Background: Within the context of sports coaching and coach education, formalised mentoring relationships are often depicted as a mentor– mentee dyad. Thus, mentoring within sports coaching is typically conceptualised ... -
Becoming a Performance Analyst : Autoethnographic Reflections on Agency, and Facilitated Transformational Growth
Butterworth, Andrew; Turner, David (2014-09-03)This paper features an autoethnographic approach in presenting and reflecting upon the story of one higher education student’s rapid vocational and academic transformation. Initially an inconspicuous undergraduate student, ... -
Beyond ‘crude pragmatism’ in sports coaching: Insights from C.S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey: A commentary
Turner, David (2017-01-01) -
‘CEO equals man’: Gender and informal organisational practices in English sport governance
Piggott, Lucy; Pike, Elizabeth (2019-08-05)Despite the benefits of diversity amongst sport leaders increasingly being argued by both researchers and practitioners, English sport governance remains gender-imbalanced at all levels of leadership. Within this article, ... -
Coaches' perceptions of the potential use of performance analysis in badminton
Butterworth, Andrew; Turner, David; Johnstone, James Alexander (2012)Despite performance analysis' proliferation as part of the coaching process, there remains a dearth of literature examining coaches' perceptions of its use. Equally, a distinct gap in literature exists examining the use ... -
A Commentary on Winning formula, man management and the inner game: Commonalities of success in the Ryder Cup and Super Bowl.
Turner, David (2015-06-01)I read Simon Jenkins’ piece with great interest, particularly because I recently delivered (December, 2014) a public presentation on Bill Belichick and Pete Carroll, as part of my Learning From Legendary Coaches series, ... -
A Creative Writing Case Study of Gender-Based Violence in Coach Education: Stacey’s Story
Lewis , Dr Colin; Roberts, Simon; Andrews, Hazel; Sawiuk, Rebecca (2020-04-01)Creative nonfiction writing is the literary technique employed in this article to explore insights and assist our understanding of an “alleged” sexual assault in a sport coach education environment. Creative nonfiction ... -
Euro 2020 set England up for a strong World Cup in 2022
Sawiuk, Rebecca (2021-07-16) -
Exploring formalized elite coach mentoring programmes in the UK: ‘We’ve had to play the game’
Sawiuk, Rebecca; Groom, Dr Ryan; Taylor, Dr William (2018-07-04)Formalized mentoring programmes have been implemented increasingly by UK sporting institutions as a central coach development tool, yet claims supporting formal mentoring as an effective learning strategy are often ... -
The extreme phronesis of Percy Cerutty : A narrativized life history of a legendary sports coach
Turner, David (2017-09-23)This paper presents and interprets a narrativized coaching life history of the Australian athletics coach Percy Cerutty (1895-1975). Through a relational process of self-improvement and practical wisdom sometimes called ... -
The journey is the destination : Reconsidering the expert sports coach
Turner, David; Nelson, Lee; Potrac, Paul (2013)This paper seeks to critically consider the traditional linear staged model of expertise development commonly employed in the sports coaching literature, which has been principally based upon the accumulation of threshold ... -
“Long ball” and “balls deep”: a critical reading of female coach-learners’ experiences of the UEFA A licence
Sawiuk, Rebecca; Lewis , Colin; Taylor , William (2021-01-15)In this article we present a critical reading of female coachlearners’ experiences of the Union of European Football Association’s Advanced Licence (UEFA A), which at the time of writing have been largely ignored. It comes ... -
Making the transition from the UEFA Advanced Licence to the Professional Licence (or not)
Groom, Dr Ryan; Sawiuk, Rebecca (Routledge, 2018)The focus of this chapter is an analysis of a mentoring conversation between Jayne (pseudonym, mentee), a UEFA Advanced Licence football coach, and Michael (pseudonym. mentor), a UEFA Professional Licence football coach. ... -
Mentoring in Coach Education: The Importance of Role Models, Context and Gender
Sawiuk, Rebecca; Groom, Dr Ryan (Routledge, 2019-12-17)The aim of this chapter is to explore the key mentoring experiences of Lois Fidler, a female international youth coach and UEFA Professional Licence (UEFA Pro) holder. In this chapter, we specifically focus upon Lois’s ... -
Planning, delivering, and evaluating formalised sport coach mentoring: exploring the role of the Programme Director
Sawiuk, Rebecca; Leeder, Dr Tom; Lewis , Dr Colin; Groom, Dr Ryan (2022-03-01)While research into sport coach mentoring is steadily increasing, currently the literature base is overly mentee-centric, overlooking the role and importance of additional stakeholders (e.g. mentors, programme directors, ... -
A preliminary analysis of team performance in English first-class Twenty-Twenty (T20) cricket
Moore, Andrew; Turner, David; Johnstone, James Alexander (2012-04)T20 cricket is becoming the most popular and financially valuable form of the game, yet information related to the performances of winning teams is limited. This preliminary study investigated batting and bowling performance ... -
Reviewing the sports coach mentoring literature: a look back to take a step forward
Leeder, Tom; Sawiuk, Rebecca (2020-08-07)This article takes a look back, in order to take a step forward, for sports coach mentorship within both academia and practice. Consequently, this article aims to review the contemporary trends within the sports coach ... -
A ‘Sporting Future’ for all?: A review of gender diversity in sport leadership within England.
Piggott, Lucy; Pike, Elizabeth; Matthews, Jordan (Routledge, 2018) -
A ‘Sporting Future’ for all?: A review of gender diversity in sport leadership within England.
Piggott, Lucy; Pike, Elizabeth; Matthews, Jordan (Routledge, 2018) -
A ‘Sporting Future’ for all?: A review of gender diversity in sport leadership within England.
Piggott, Lucy; Pike, Elizabeth; Matthews, Jordan (Routledge, 2018)