What do coaches orchestrate? Unravelling the 'quiddity' of practice

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Author
Jones, Robyn
Ronglan, Lars Tore
Date
2017-01-24Acceptance date
2017-01-10
Date Deposited
2017-01-10
Type
Article
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Publisher
Routledge
ISSN
1357-3322
1470-1243 (ESSN)
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The general purpose of this article is threefold. Firstly, it is to further the notion of coaching as orchestration through developing insight into precisely how and what coaches orchestrate. Secondly, it is to firmly position coaching as a relational practice, whilst thirdly it is to better define coaching’s complex nature and how it can be somewhat ordered. Following an introduction where the purpose and value of the paper are outlined, we present the reflective method of critical companionship through which we explored and addressed the aforementioned purposes. The case for the quiddity, or the 'just whatness' (i.e., the inherent nature or essence) of coaching as involving complex, relational acts which can be somewhat explained through recourse to the developing theory of orchestration is subsequently made. In doing so, two precise examples of how we as coaches orchestrate sporting practice are presented. The paper concludes with both a summary of the principal argument(s) made, and some reflective considerations for future directions.
Journal/conference proceeding
Sport, Education and Society;
Citation
Jones, R. and Ronglan, L. T. (2017) 'What do coaches orchestrate? Unravelling the 'quiddity' of practice', Sport, Education and Society, pp.1-11. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2017.1282451
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This article was published in Sport, Education and Society on 24 January 2017 (online), available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2017.1282451
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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- Sport Research Groups [1094]
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