1st Edition
Qualitative Research Methods for Sport Studies
Part 1: Introducing qualitative research
1. Introduction
Chris Mackintosh
2. Knowing stuff about things that matter: A practical journey towards abstract ideas
Christopher R. Matthews and Molly Grace-Pocock
3. Why qualitative methods? A contrasting view from public policy, management and industry
Chris Mackintosh, Jessica Williams, Laura Quayle and Lauren Marie Mulligan
Part 2: Before entering the field
4. Starting out in ethics and your qualitative sport research journey
Chris Mackintosh and Moses Esperant Gomes-Santos
5. The unspoken reality: Messiness, organising and co-ordinating data planning and collection
Sara Ward and Rachel Wilcock
6. Starting out in the qualitative research fieldwork: Positionality, reflexivity and researcher diaries
Amanda Hughes and Chris Mackintosh
7. First impressions of the field
Rebecca O’Hanlon, Jessica Williams and Laura Egan
Part 3: Doing fieldwork: Research methods and researcher stories
8. Introducing doing qualitative research methods for sport
Chris Mackintosh and Petra Kolic
9. Key considerations for doing Participatory Action Research in sports studies
Robyn Smith, Madison Danford, Simon Darnell, Braeden Doane, Maria Lima Larrazabal, Joaquina, Danielle Dinunzio, Sabrina Brathwaite and Chantelle Jane Soropia
10. Using one-to-one interviews and group interviews in sport studies research
Laura Gale, Amy Tomlinson, Sam Wood, Amy Wilkinson and Ben Ives
11. Qualitative approaches in community sport programme evaluation
John Daniels
12. Participant observation in sport studies
Thalia Holdom, Adam Nichol, Laura Gale, Petra Kolic and Ben Ives
13. Online methods
Rebecca O’Hanlon
14. Visual methods
Rebecca O’Hanlon and Chris Mackintosh
15. Introduction to digital storytelling
Emily Hunt, Robyn Smith, Jake Gifford, Emily Ankers, Louise Mansfield and Melissa Day
Part 4: Methods of qualitative data analysis
16. Choosing, doing and understanding qualitative data analysis in sport
Chris Mackintosh, Petra Kolic and Lauren Marie Mulligan
17. Narrative analysis
Rebecca O’Hanlon
18. Thematic analysis in sport studies
Thalia Holdom, Laura Gale and Ben Ives
19. Grounded theory
Matt Hutchinson
20. Interpretative phenomenological analysis
Amanda Hughes
Part 5: Mapping and navigating your qualitative research methodological journey
21. Getting your head around theory: Key contemporary themes, issues and challenges
Alexandra Consterdine
22. Careers in industry and academia in qualitative sport research
Chris Mackintosh, Jennifer Ryder, Moses Esperant Gomes-Santos and Mia Claydon
23. Conclusions and future directions in doing qualitative sport research
Chris Mackintosh
Biography
Chris Mackintosh is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Development at the Manchester Institute of Sport, Department for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has advised the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Sport England, Sport Scotland and the Sport and Recreation Alliance and undertaken over 125 industry-facing qualitative research projects. Since 2000, he has been teaching at five UK universities, examining PhDs and master’s by research (MRes) and supervising undergraduate (UG) dissertations. Most recently, he has supported and led PhDs to completion in qualitative methodological studies of sport policy. In 2020–2021, he was appointed special policy advisor to the UK House of Lords Select Committee Inquiry into sport, health and well-being.
