Browsing by Author "Townsend, Robert C."
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Coaching in disability sport: from practice to theory
(Routledge, 2019-12-17)Understanding the complexity of coaching in disability sport remains a pressing concern. While interest in disability sport continues to grow there is a relative lack of insight into coaching in this context, particularly ... -
Disability sport coaching: "You just coach the athlete, not the disability"
(Routledge, 2020)Disability and parasport provide visibility and representation of disability and disabled people, providing a space where cultural understandings of ‘disability’ can be challenged and reshaped. As a result, disability and ... -
Infusing disability into coach education and development: a critical review and agenda for change
(Taylor & Francis, 2021)Background: The training of coaches is considered central to sustaining and improving the quality of sports provision. In Parasport, coaches are recognised at the highest level of international sport policy as performing ... -
Investigating the alignment between coaches’ ideological beliefs and academy philosophy in professional youth football
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020)The impacts of professional sporting culture and institutional discourse on coaching practices and ideologies have largely been unconsidered and undiscussed. Understanding coaching practice from a social perspective can ... -
‘It’s not about disability, I want to win as many medals as possible’: The social construction of disability in high-performance coaching
(SAGE Publications, 2018)This article draws on the theoretical concepts of Pierre Bourdieu to provide a critical analysis of the social construction of disability in high-performance sport coaching. Data were generated using a qualitative cross-case ...
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“Who am I to tell them how to coach”: A critical analysis of the work and learning of coach developers in Aotearoa, New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2021)This thesis shares research undertaken in New Zealand on the learning and development of sports coach developers. It specifically focuses attention on how coach developers understand and perform their roles. Drawing on ...
