1,306
Views
2
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Developing a ‘letter to my younger self’ to learn from the experiences of expert coaches

, &
Pages 569-585 | Received 01 Aug 2019, Accepted 31 Jan 2020, Published online: 16 Feb 2020

References

  • Armour, K., M. Quennerstedt, F. Chambers, and K. Makopoulou. 2015. “What Is ‘Effective’ CPD for Contemporary Physical Education Teachers? A Deweyan Framework.” Sport, Education & Society 22 (7): 1–13. doi:10.1080/13573322.2015.1083000.
  • Barone, T., and E. W. Eisner. 2012. Arts Based Research. London: Sage.
  • Berntsen, D., and D. C. Rubin. 2002. “Emotionally Charged Autobiographical Memories across the Lifespan: The Recall of Happy, Sad, Traumatic and Involuntary Memories.” Psychology & Aging 17 ((4)): 636–652. doi:10.1037/0882-7974.17.4.636.
  • Braun, V., V. Clarke, and P. Weate. 2017. “Using Thematic Analysis in Sport and Exercise Research.” In Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, edited by B. M. Smith and A. C. Sparkes, 191–205. London: Routledge.
  • Callary, B., P. Werthner, and P. Trudel. 2012. “How Meaningful Episodic Experiences Influence the Process of Becoming an Experienced Coach.” Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise & Health 4 (3): 420–438. doi:10.1080/2159676X.2012.712985.
  • Cassidy, T. G., P. A. Potrac, and A. McKenzie. 2006. “Evaluating and Reflecting upon a Coach Education Initiative: The CoDe of Rugby.” The Sport Psychologist 20 (2): 145–161. doi:10.1123/tsp.20.2.145.
  • Ciampolini, V., M. Milistetd, S. B. Rynne, V. Zeilmann Brasil, and J. Viera Do Nascimento. 2019. “Research Review on Coaches’ Perceptions Regarding the Teaching Strategies Experienced in Coach Education Programs.” International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 14 (2): 216–228. doi:10.1177/1747954119833597.
  • Colley, H., P. Hodkinson, and J. Malcolm. 2003. Informality and Formality in Learning: A Report for the Learning Skills Research Centre. London:Learning & Skills Research Centre.
  • Côté, J., and W. Gilbert. 2009. “An Integrated Definition of Coaching Effectiveness and Expertise.” International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 4 (3): 307–323. doi:10.1260/174795409789623892.
  • Cushion, C. J. 2006. “Mentoring: Harnessing the Power of Experience.” In The Sports Coach as Educator: Reconceptualising Sports Coaching, edited by R. Jones, 128–144. London: Routledge.
  • Cushion, C. J., L. Nelson, K. Armour, J. Lyle, R. Jones, R. Sandford, and C. O’Callaghan. 2010. “Report of Sports Coach UK: Coach Learning and Development: A Review of Literature.” November 16. https://www.ukcoaching.org/
  • Day, M. D. 2017. “Documents of Life: From Diaries to Autobiographies to Biographical Objects.” In Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, edited by B. M. Smith and A. C. Sparkes, 177–189. London: Routledge.
  • Figgins, S. G., M. J. Smith, C. N. Sellars, I. A. Greenlees, and J. C. Knight. 2016. “You Could Really Be Something Quite Special: A Qualitative Exploration of Athletes’ Experiences of Being Inspired in Sport.” Psychology of Sport & Exercise 24 (5): 82–91. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.01.011.
  • Fletcher, D., and M. Sarkar. 2012. “A Grounded Theory of Psychological Resilience in Olympic Champions.” Psychology of Sport & Exercise 13 (9): 669–678. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.04.007.
  • Fletcher, D., and M. Scott. 2010. “Psychological Stress in Sports Coaches: A Review of Concepts, Research, and Practice.” Journal of Sports Sciences 28 ((2)): 127–137. doi:10.1080/02640410903406208.
  • Freeman, M. 2010. Hindsight: The Promise and Peril of Looking Backward. London: Oxford University Press.
  • Gagné, M., R. M. Ryan, and K. Bargmann. 2003. “Autonomy Support and Need Satisfaction in the Motivation and Well-Being of Gymnasts.” Journal of Applied Sport Psychology 15 (4): 372–390. doi:10.1080/714044203.
  • Galatti, L. R., Y. Y. Sato Dos Santos, and P. Korsakas. 2019. “A Coach Developers’ Narrative on Scaffolding a Learner-Centred Coaching Course in Brazil.” International Sport Coaching Journal 6 (3): 339–348. doi:10.1123/iscj.2018-0084.
  • Gearity, B. T., B. Callary, and P. Fulmer. 2013. “Learning to Coach: A Qualitative Case Study of Phillip Fulmer.” Journal of Coaching Education 6 (2): 65–86. doi:10.1123/jce.6.2.65.
  • Goodger, K., T. Gorely, D. Lavallee, and C. Harwood. 2007. “Burnout in Sport: A Systematic Review.” The Sport Psychologist 21 (2): 127–151. doi:10.1123/tsp.21.2.127.
  • Gray, D., B. Royall, and H. Malson. 2017. “Hypothetically Speaking: Using Vignettes as a Stand-Alone Qualitative Method.” In Collecting Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques, edited by V. Braun, V. Clarke, and D. Gray, 71–93. Cambridge: University Press.
  • Hudson, J., and M. C. Day. 2012. “Athletes’ Experiences of Expressive Writing about Sports Stressors.” Psychology of Sport & Exercise 13 (6): 798–806. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.05.005.
  • International Council for Coaching Excellence, Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, and Leeds Metropolitan University. 2013. International Sport Coaching Framework (Version 1.2). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Jarvis, P. 2009. Learning to Be a Person in Society. Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Jones, R. L., R. A. Harris, and A. Miles. 2009. “Mentoring in Sports Coaching: A Review of the Literature.” Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy 14 (3): 267–284. doi:10.1080/17408980801976569.
  • King, J. 2017. “In Defence of the Realist Tale.” In Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, edited by B. M. Smith and A. C. Sparkes, 291–302. London: Routledge.
  • Knowles, Z., G. Tyler, D. Gilbourne, and M. Eubank. 2006. “Reflecting on Reflection: Exploring the Practice of Sports Coaching Graduates.” Reflective Practice 7 (2): 163–179. doi:10.1080/14623940600688423.
  • Kowalski, R. M., and A. McCord. 2019. “If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Advice to My Younger Self.” The Journal of Social Psychology 5 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1080/00224545.2019.1609401.
  • Lewis, J., J. Ritchie, R. Ormston, and G. Morrell. 2014. “Generalizing from Qualitative Research.” In Qualitative Research Practice: A Guide for Social Science Students and Researchers, edited by J. Ritchie, J. Lewis, C. McNaughton Nicholls, and R. Ormston, 347–366. London: Sage.
  • Lyle, J. 1999. “The Coaching Process: An Overview.” In The Coaching Process: Principles and practices for Sport, edited by N. Cross and J. Lyle, 25–46. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Mankad, A., S. Gordon, and K. Wallman. 2009. “Psycho-Immunological Effects of Written Emotional Disclosure during Long-Term Injury Rehabilitation.” Journal of Clinical Psychology 3 (3): 205–217. doi:10.1123/jcsp.3.3.205.
  • McCombs, L. B. 2001. “What Do We Know about Learners and Learning? The Learner-Centered Framework: Bringing the Educational System into Balance.” Educational Horizons 79 (4): 182–193. http://www.jstor.org/stable/42927064
  • McMahon, J. 2017. “Creative Analytical Practices.” In Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, edited by B. M. Smith and A. C. Sparkes, 302–315. London: Routledge.
  • McMahon, J., C. Zehntner, and K. R. McGannon. 2017. “Fleshy, Female and Forty: A Docudrama of a Former Elite Swimmer Who Re-immersed Herself into Elite Swimming Culture.” Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health 9 (5): 546–553. doi:10.1080/2159676X.2017.1340328.
  • McMahon, J., K. R. McGannon, and C. Zehntner. 2019. “I am Fast but I Do Not Fit: An Autoethnography of a Swimmer’s Experiences of Competetive Performance’ Stigma in Two Sporting Contexts.” Sport, Education and Society 24 (3): 283–297. doi:10.1080/13573322.2017.1348941.
  • Parry, D., and C. Johnson. 2007. “Contextualising Leisure Approach to Encompass Complexity in Lived-Leisure Experience: The Need for Creative Analytical Practice.” Leisure Science 29 (2): 119–130. doi:10.1080/01490400601160721.
  • Phoenix, C., and E. Rich. 2017. “Visual Research Methods.” In Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, edited by B. Smith and A. Sparkes, 139–151. Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Raab, D. 2017. Writing for Bliss: The Seven-step Plan for Telling Your Story and Transforming Your Life. Canada, USA: Loving Healing Press.
  • Richardson, L. 2000. “Writing; A Method of Inquiry.” In Handbook of Qualitative Research, edited by N. Denzin and Y. Lincoln, 923–948. London: Sage.
  • Richardson, L. 2004. “Creative Analytical Practice (CAP) Ethnography.” In The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, edited by M. Lewis-Beck, A. Bryman, and T. Futing Liao, 212–213. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Ropers-Huilman, B. 1999. “Witnessing: Critical Inquiry in a Poststructural World.” International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 12 (1): 21–35. doi:10.1080/095183999236312.
  • Schinke, R. J., A. T. Blodgett, K. R. McGannon, and Y. Ge. 2016. “Finding One’s Footing on Foreign Soil: A Composite Vignette of Elite Athlete Acculturation.” Psychology of Sport & Exercise 25 (7): 36–43. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.04.001.
  • Schinke, R. J., A. T. Blodgett, K. R. McGannon, Y. Ge, O. Oghene, and M. Seanor. 2017. “Adjusting to the Receiving Country outside the Sport Environment: A Composite Vignette of Canadian Immigrant Amateur Elite Athlete Acculturation.” Journal of Applied Psychology 29 (3): 270–284. doi:10.1080/10413200.2016.1243593.
  • Sitch, M., and M. D. Day. 2015. “Using a Daily Diary Approach to Understand the Psychological Experiences of Making Weight.” The Sports Psychologist 29 (1): 29–40. doi:10.1123/tsp.2013-0098.
  • Smith, B. 2009. “Narrative Inquiry in Psychology: Exploring the Tension Within”. Qualitative Research in Psychology 3(3). 169–192. doi: 10.1191/1478088706qrp068oa.
  • Smith, B., K. R. McGannon, and T. L. Williams. 2015. “Ethnographic Creative Non-Fiction: Exploring the What’s, Why’s and How’s.” In Ethnographies in Sport and Exercise, edited by G. Molner, 59–73. London: Routledge.
  • Smith, B. 2017. “Narrative Analysis in Sport and Exercise: How Can It Be Done.” In Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, edited by Smith and A. Sparkes, 260–273. London and New York: Taylor & Francis.
  • Smith, B. 2018. “Generalizability in Qualitative Research: Misunderstandings, Opportunities and Recommendations for the Sport and Exercise Sciences.” Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise & Health 10 (1): 137–149. doi:10.1080/2159676X.2017.1393221.
  • Smith, B., and A. C. Sparkes. 2009. “Narrative Inquiry in Sport and Exercise Psychology: What Can It Mean, and Why Might We Do It?” Psychology of Sport & Exercise 10 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1191/1478088706qrp068oa.
  • Smith, B., J. R. Tomasone, A. E. Latimer-Cheung, and K. A. Martin Ginis. 2015. “Narrative as a Knowledge Translation Tool for Facilitating Impact: Translating Physical Activity Knowledge to Disabled People and Health Professionals.” Health Psychology 34 (4): 303–313. doi:10.1037/hea0000113.
  • Smith, B., and K. R. McGannon. 2018. “Developing Rigor in Qualitative Research: Problems and Opportunities within Sport and Exercise Psychology.” International Review of Sport & Exercise Psychology 11 (1): 101–121. doi:10.1080/1750984X.2017.1317357.
  • Sparkes, A. C., and B. Smith. 2014. Qualitative Research Methods in Sport, Exercise and Health: From Process to Product. Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Stodter, A., and C. J. Cushion. 2017. “What Works in Coach Learning, How, and for Whom? A Grounded Process of Soccer Coaches’ Professional Learning.” Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise & Health 9 (3): 321–338. doi:10.1080/2159676X.2017.1283358.
  • Szedlak, C., M. Smith, B. Callary, and M. Day. 2019. “Examining the Use of Written, Audio, and Video Vignettes to Translate Knowledge to Elite Strength and Conditioning Coaches.” International Sport Coaching Journal 6 (2): 199–210. doi:10.1123/iscj.2018-0027.
  • Szedlak, C., M. Smith, M. Day, and B. Callary. 2018. “Using Vignettes to Analyse Potential Influences of Effective Strength and Conditioning Coaching on Athlete Development.” The Sport Psychologist 32 (3): 199–209. doi:10.1123/tsp.2017-0060.
  • Thomsen, D. K., D. B. Pillemer, and Z. Ivcevic. 2011. “Life Story Chapters, Specific Memories and the Reminiscence Bump.” Memory 19 (3): 267–279. doi:10.1080/09658211.2011.558513.
  • Thomson, R., and J. Holland. 2005. “Thanks for the Memory: Memory Books as a Methodological Resource in Biographical Research.” Qualitative Research 5 (2): 201–209. doi:10.1080/14780880802070583.
  • Thrash, T. M., and A. J. Elliot. 2003. “Inspiration as a Psychological Construct.” Journal of Personality & Social Psychology 84 (4): 871–889. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.84.4.871.
  • Thrash, T. M., A. J. Elliot, L. A. Maruskin, and S. E. Cassidy. 2010a. “Inspiration and the Promotion of Well-Being: Tests of Causality and Mediation.” Journal of Personality & Social Psychology 98 (3): 488–506. doi:10.1037/a0017906.
  • Thrash, T. M., E. G. Moldovan, V. C. Oleynick, and L. A. Maruskin. 2014. “The Psychology of Inspiration.” Social & Personality Psychology Compass 8 (9): 495–510. doi:10.1111/spc3.12127.
  • Thrash, T. M., L. A. Maruskin, S. E. Cassidy, J. W. Fryer, and R. M. Ryan. 2010b. “Mediating between the Muse and the Masses: Inspiration and the Actualization of Creative Ideas.” Journal of Personality & Social Psychology 98 (3): 469–487. doi:10.1037/a0017907.
  • Tracy, S. J. 2010. “Qualitative Quality: Eight “Big-Tent” Criteria for Excellent Qualitative Research.” Qualitative Inquiry 16 (10): 837–851. doi:10.1177/1077800410383121.
  • United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Associtaion (UKSCA) 2019. “UKSCA Competency Document.” Novermeber 16. https://www.uksca.org.uk/assets/pdfs/ASCCdocs/ASCCcompetencyDocument.pdf
  • Wareham, Y., P. Burkett, P. Innes, and G. P. Lovell. 2018. “Sports Coaches’ Education, Training and Professional Development: The Perceptions and Preferences of Coaches of Elite Athletes with Disability in Australia.” Sport & Society 21 (12): 2048–2067. doi:10.1080/17430437.2018.1487955.
  • Werthner, P., and P. Trudel. 2009. “Investigating the Idiosyncratic Learning Paths of Elite Canadian Coaches.” International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 4 (3): 433–449. doi:10.1260/174795409789623946.
  • Zehntner, C., and J. McMahon. 2014. “The Impact of a Coaching/Sporting Culture on One Coach’s Identity: How Narratives Became a Useful Tool in Reconstructing Coaching Ideologies.” Sports Coaching Review 3 (2): 145–161. doi:10.1080/21640629.2015.1051883.
  • Zehntner, C., and J. McMahon. 2019. “Power and Knowledge in a Coach Mentoring Program.” Sports Coaching Review 8 (1): 62–82. doi:10.1080/21640629.2018.1480736.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.