“…Integral in Vähäsantanen and Eteläpelto's (2015) theorising, and implied in the anecdotal examples above, is the necessity of acknowledging the wider milieu in which individuals work and also recognising that an individual's capacity to enact professional agency is contingent upon the associated socio-cultural constraints and resources they have at their disposable (in the case of our coaches, for example, their professional credibility, social networks, economic and political capital, and/or sporting habitus). To simplify, how coaches have become professionals, who they are and are connected to, their employment genealogy, performance record, professional integrity, social connections and organisational relationships, understanding of how to do their job 'effectively', and their personal perception of themselves and longevity in the role and sport, all may come to bear on their work-related decision making capacities.…”