• Activity theory, complexity and sports coaching: an epistemology for a discipline 

      Jones, Robyn; Edwards, Christian; Tuim Viotto Filho, Irineu A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-03-18)
      The aim of this article is twofold. First, it is to advance the case for activity theory (AT) as a credible and alternative lens to view and research sports coaching. Second, it is to position this assertion within the ...
    • Changing personas and evolving identities: The contestation and renegotiation of researcher roles in fieldwork 

      Purdy, Laura; Jones, Robyn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-06-13)
      The aim of this paper is to discuss the development and evolution of particular personas adopted by researchers in the quest for rich exchanges within the social field. It analyses my role (the principal author) as a female ...
    • Changing the face of coach education: using ethno-drama to depict lived realities 

      Morgan, Kevin; Jones, Robyn; Gilbourne, David; Llewellyn, David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-07-18)
      Background: Coaching holistically and viewing coaching as interdisciplinary, where different knowledges meet, interconnect and dissect, has increasingly gained recognition. In an effort to engage more effectively with this ...
    • Coaching, caring and the politics of touch: a visual exploration 

      Jones, Robyn; Bailey, Jake; Santos, Sofia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-03-12)
      This paper has three principal purposes. The first involves locating the ‘politics of touch’ as related to coaching within Noddings' theory of pedagogical caring. Noddings' framework is presented not so much as a prescription ...
    • ‘I found out the hard way’: micro-political workings in professional football 

      Thompson, Andrew; Potrac, Paul; Jones, Robyn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-12-03)
      This paper examines the micro-political experiences of Adam (a pseudonym), a newly appointed fitness coach at a Football Association Premier League club, in his search for acceptance by senior colleagues. Data were collected ...
    • Micropolitical workings in semi-professional football 

      Potrac, Paul; Jones, Robyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-12)
      This paper seeks to illuminate the micropolitical strategies that Gavin (a pseudonym) used in an attempt to persuade the players, the assistant coach, and the chairman at Erewhon City Football (soccer) Club to “buy into” ...
    • Negotiation and capital : athletes' use of power in an elite men's rowing program 

      Purdy, Laura; Jones, Robyn; Cassidy, Tania (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-08)
      The aim of this paper is to examine how power is given, acquired and used by athletes in the elite sporting context. It focuses on a top-level athlete's reactions to the behaviors of his coaches and how such actions ...
    • Phronetic social science: a means of better researching and analysing coaching? 

      Hemmestad, Liv B.; Jones, Robyn; Standal, Øyvind Førland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-11)
      The aim of this paper is to present the case for phronetic social science as an appropriate lens through which to view sports coaching. In doing so, we firstly define and then elaborate upon the principal concepts contained ...
    • Power, conflict, and cooperation: toward a micropolitics of coaching 

      Potrac, Paul; Jones, Robyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-05)
      According to Jones, Wells, Peters, and Johnson (1993), being political is a necessary part of a coach’s repertoire, because a coach’s effectiveness and longevity may depend not only on a favorable win–loss record but ...
    • ‘Studentship’ and ‘impression management’ in an advanced soccer coach education award 

      Chesterfield, Gavin; Potrac, Paul; Jones, Robyn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-07-13)
      The purpose of this study was to investigate how coaches perceived and responded to the content knowledge and assessment processes that they were exposed to during an advanced level soccer coaching award programme. In-depth ...
    • The promise and problems of video diaries: building on current research 

      Jones, Robyn; Fonseca, Joana; De Martin Silva, L.; Davies, G.; Morgan, Kevin; Mesquita, Isabel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-21)
      The purpose of this paper was to further explore the use of video diaries as a research method. Specifically, the principal objective was to detail and deconstruct the use of video diaries in relation to some of the claims ...