Browsing Research publications by Author "Turner, David"
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The B+ Hypothesis: strength through adversity in sports coaching?
Turner, David (2008)Some years ago whilst gathering research interview data from athletics coaches I came across the following quote in regards to the achievement of athletic potential: It is often the B+ people, not the A’s who will eventually ... -
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
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Case-finding for dementia during acute hospital admissions: a mixed methods study exploring the impacts on patient care after discharge and costs for the English National Health Service
Burn, Anne-Marie; Bunn, Frances; Fleming, Jane; Brayne, Carol; Turner, David; Fox, Chris (2019-06-01)Objective: Between 2012 and 2017 dementia case-finding was routinely carried out on people aged 75 and over with unplanned admissions to acute hospitals across England. The assumption was that this would lead to better ... -
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, ... -
Does formal coach education work?
Turner, David (2008)Definitions of formal coach education tend to vary in the now considerable literature related to coach learning and development (Nelson, Cushion, & Potrac, 2006). But we will take it to refer to large-scale programmes ... -
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 ... -
Outside the Box to Orthodox : How John Buchanan changed Coaching Boundaries
Boxall, Ricky; Turner, David (2010)John Buchanan is the most successful international cricket coach ever. Despite unorthodox methods and an unusual background he has influenced modern coaching practices. Buchanan’s appointment as coach by Queensland and ... -
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 ... -
The usual suspects : Critical consideration of the fast tracking of ex-elite athletes into high profile coaching roles
Turner, David (2008)Firstly, why might such fast-tracking be contemplated? It is a commonly held view that it is a natural and logical progression from being a high achieving athlete, to becoming a successful coach, or manager in a coaching ...