Introduction: Emotions in sport coaching: an introductory essay
Paul Potrac, Andy Smith and Lee Nelson
Chapter 1. Passion and paranoia: an embodied tale of emotion, identity, and pathos in sports coaching
Paul Potrac, Cliff Mallett, Kenny Greenough and Lee Nelson
Chapter 2. Sport coaches’ experiences of athlete injury: the development and regulation of guilt
Laura Ann Martinelli, Melissa Catherine Day and Ruth Lowry
Chapter 3. Understanding coach burnout and underlying emotions: a narrative approach
Kylie McNeill, Natalie Durand-Bush and Pierre-Nicolas Lemyre
Chapter 4. My eyes got a bit watery there: using stories to explore emotions in coaching research and practice for injured, sick and wounded military personnel
Kitrina Douglas and David Carless
Chapter 5. Emotions, identity, and power in video-based feedback sessions: tales from women’s professional football
Simone Magill, Lee Nelson, Robyn Jones and Paul Potrac
Biography
Paul Potrac is a Professor of Sports Coaching at Northumbria University and a Full Visiting Professor at University College Dublin. His research interests focus on the social dimensions of sport coaching and coach education, with a particular emphasis on the (micro)political and emotional features of practice.
Andy Smith is Professor of Sport and Physical Activity at Edge Hill University. His research interests focus on the sociology of sport, physical activity and health, with particularly reference to mental health and illness.
Lee Nelson is a Reader of Sports Coaching at Edge Hill University. His research interests focus on the pedagogical, political, and emotional features of practice in coaching and coach education contexts.






