‘Who’s who’: Exploring cycling coaches’ biographies

Wood, S, Richardson, DJ and Roberts, SJ (2021) ‘Who’s who’: Exploring cycling coaches’ biographies. International Sport Coaching Journal. pp. 1-10. ISSN 2328-918X

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Abstract

Consideration of a learners’ biography is deemed to impact on their engagement with formal education and their connection with, and perceived relevance of, educational course content. It is considered equally important to understand coaches who enrol on formal coach learning in sport – their motivations, beliefs, values, existing knowledge and previous life experiences. This research explored the individual biographies of eight neophyte cycling coaches over an 18-month period following the successful completion of a national governing body coach award. Following 23 formal semi-structured interviews and 26 unstructured interviews, deductive thematic narrative analysis revealed three different typologies of coach: the ‘performance coach’; the ‘parent-coach’; and the 'community coach’. Although the subjective details of the life stories varied according to their idiosyncratic perspective, all participants’ stories broadly followed one of these three identifiable narratives. Identifying different ‘typologies’ of cycling coaches answers calls from coach developers to account for the specific backgrounds of coaches’ practices. It is hoped this research will begin the process of developing more personalised approaches to coach education.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from International Sport Coaching Journal , 2021, https://dx.doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2021-0005. © Human Kinetics, Inc. [or other copyright notice shown in journal, if different]
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, 1701 Psychology
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports > GV711 Coaching G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports
Divisions:	Sport and Exercise Sciences
Publisher:	Human Kinetics
Date of acceptance:	9 July 2021
Date of first compliant Open Access:	24 September 2021
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2021 08:46
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2021 08:46
DOI or ID number:	10.1123/iscj.2021-0005.
URI:	https://ljmu-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/15543

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