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O'Gorman, Jimmy; Partington, Mark; Potrac, Paul; Nelson, Lee – Sport, Education and Society, 2021
The micro-level enactment of elite sport policy has received little critical coverage in the sociology of sport subdiscipline. This paper provides original insights into how coaches working in professional youth football academies variously interpreted, experienced and engaged with The FA Premier League's Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP).…
Descriptors: Athletics, Athletic Coaches, Athletes, Youth Programs
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Wilkinson, Shaun D.; Penney, Dawn; Allin, Linda; Potrac, Paul – Sport, Education and Society, 2021
The micro-level enactment of educational policy has received little attention in the physical education [PE] literature, particularly as it relates to setting policy. This study employs enactment theory to provide original insights into the ways in which setting policy was enacted by PE teachers in three mixed-gender secondary schools in England.…
Descriptors: School Policy, Secondary Education, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
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Nelson, Lee J.; Potrac, Paul; Groom, Ryan – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
The aim of this paper was to provide some rich insights into how an elite ice-hockey player responded to his coaches' pedagogical delivery of video-based feedback sessions. Data for this study were gathered through a series of in-depth, semi-structured interviews and a reflective log relating to those interviews. The interviews were transcribed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Team Sports, Feedback (Response), Video Technology