This file was dowloaded from the institutional repository Brage NIH -brage.bibsys.no/nih Jones, R. L., Bailey, J., Santos, S. (2013 (1984) framework is presented not so much as a prescription to 'good practice', but as a potential way to raise the profile and somewhat problematise the debate about touching as a part of coaching. The second objective of the paper is to further the case for visual methods, and in particular photography, as a means to address and explore the complexities and nuance of touch in pedagogical, and more precisely coaching, settings. The focus here draws attention to the constrained and spontaneous nature of existence. Here, a debate is also presented both about the often assumed 'realist' nature of the data, and on the use of precise theoretical explanations to clarify and rationalize them. The final goal relates to presenting some images of coaches' practice as related to both caring and touching.
A growing body of work focuses on coach and athlete agency within the complex, social field of coaching. Little attention, however, has been given to athletes' life histories and how these might influence their engagement with the coaching process. The purpose of this paper is to examine how key and cumulative events in Faye's (all names are pseudonym) life influenced her engagement in distance running and with the coach with whom she worked. The findings highlight that, whilst Faye's preferences were not entirely stable, she was predisposed towards a specific type of coach, in this instance, Dave. Dave promoted working conditions that encouraged athletes to see their bodies-as-machines, to follow his orders, and not to take shortcuts. Although, on the surface, Faye 'bought into' Dave's coaching, the dialectical interactions between the established set of working conditions and Faye's embodiment raise a number of questions pertinent to coaching scholars and practitioners.
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