Robyn L. Jones

TL;DR: In this paper, the work-based internship experiences of eight student-coaches were investigated in terms of what precisely such coaches learned within the practical context, and how they engaged with unexpected situational events.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the knowledge development and experiences of 20 coaches enrolled on an 18-month elite level professional preparation program and find a problematic perception of the utilised competency-based framework and a desire for greater peer learning opportunities; an instrumental view and accompanying utilisation of course mentors; and most significantly, the use of the periodic course gatherings (the residentials) as a ‘community of security’ for the coaches to offset everyday feelings of workplace anxiety.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the emotional, embodied, and relational features of two athletes' experiences of video-based feedback, using fictional narratives as a mode of representation, highlighting the power relations and interdependencies in which high performance athletes are enmeshed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the principal purpose of the study was to record and explore the changing coaching landscape within elite Norwegian women's handball from 2003 to 2005, in relation to critically understan...

TL;DR: In this paper, a longitudinal approach is utilized whereby the racial and international compositions of teams and coaching staffs who comprised the First Division of the English National Basketball League during the period 1977-1994 are examined, and it is hypothesized that racism within English basketball is alternatively manifest through numerous social dynamics particular to the English context that are responsible for the predominance of black athletes within the sport.