1st Edition

Creative Nonfiction in Sport and Exercise Research

Edited By Francesca Cavallerio Copyright 2022
194 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Academics around the world recognise the effectiveness of storytelling as a way to engage audiences in conversations, raising awareness of issues, and encouraging change. Stories are now seen as the best medium to convey information to diverse audiences. This book explores a novel approach to representing research findings through the adoption of creative nonfictional stories (CNF). At a time... Read more

Introduction

Francesca Cavallerio

Part 1: Learning the Craft of Creative Nonfiction

1. "Where Do I Start?": Getting to Grips with Creative Nonfiction

Francesca Cavallerio

2. From Telling to Showing: An account of Developing a Creative Nonfiction

Laura Martinelli, Melissa Day, and Francesca Cavallerio

Part 2: From Realist Tales to Creative Nonfiction

3. The Daily Grind: Being a Parent of a Competitive Junior Tennis Player

Camilla J. Knight and Chris G. Harwood

4. (Re)assembling ‘Balance’: A Creative Nonfiction of Athlete Mothers Negotiating Sport and Family

Kerry R. McGannon and Jenny McMahon

5. ‘I’m Hurting but I’m Buzzing’: The Lived Experience of ‘Positive Pain’ in Competitive SwimmingGareth McNarry, Adam B. Evans, and Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson

6. The Backstage of ‘Seeing’ Performance: Developing the ‘Seen’ and ‘Unseen’ of Coaching

Charlie L. T. Corsby

7. Filtering and Finding a New Way: A Creative Nonfiction of Soccer Coaches’ Professional Learning

Anna Stodter

8. The Emergence and Perpetuation of a Destructive Culture in a British Olympic Sport

Niels Boysen Feddersen

9. Re-Building and Re-Discovering after Emotionally Abusive Experiences

Gretchen Kerr and Erin Willson

Part 3: Moving Beyond "just" Creative Nonfiction

10. Learning the Craft: Confessions on Writing Creative Nonfiction

Francesca Cavallerio and Ross Wadey

11. Exploring Visual Storytelling as a Vehicle for Creative Nonfiction

Rebecca Palmer and Francesca Cavallerio

 

Biography

Francesca Cavallerio is a Senior Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Psychology in the School of Psychology and Sport Science at Anglia Ruskin University, UK.