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O'Brien, Katherine A.; Rynne, Steven B.; Mallett, Clifford J. – Sport, Education and Society, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore the manner in which Australian National Rugby League (NRL) referees developed their craft. Craftmanship represents an enduring, basic human impulse, related to the desire to do a job well for its own sake (Sennett, R. (2008). Prologue: Man as his own maker. In R. Sennett (Ed.), "The craftsman"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Team Sports, Athletic Coaches, Workplace Learning
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Mallett, Clifford J.; Rynne, Steven B.; Billett, Stephen – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2016
Background and purpose: This paper attempts to move the discussion of high-performance coach development from an examination of coaches' volume of experiences towards a consideration of the contribution of the learning experiences that coaches have reported throughout their careers. Furthermore, a discussion of proximal and distal guidance in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletic Coaches, Coaching (Performance), Learning Experience
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Tao, Yi-Che; Rynne, Steven B.; Mallett, Clifford J. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2019
Purpose: Despite the recruitment of foreign sport coaches being a relatively long-standing phenomenon, there is limited research examining the experiences of foreign coaches working in globalised high-performance sport contexts. In examining how foreign coaches learn to perform their craft, we draw upon Billett's [2006. 'Relational Interdependence…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Athletic Coaches, Global Approach, Work Environment
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Rossi, Tony; Rynne, Steven B.; Rabjohns, Martin – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2016
Background and purpose: This paper focuses on the learning culture within the high-performance levels of rowing. In doing so, we explore the case of an individual's learning as he moves across athletic, coaching and administrative functions. This exploration draws on a cultural learning framework and complementary theorisings related to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aquatic Sports, Reflection, Athletes
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Mallett, Clifford J.; Rossi, Tony; Rynne, Steven B.; Tinning, Richard – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2016
Background and Purpose: Given the turbulent and highly contested environment in which professional coaches work, a prime concern to coach developers is how coaches learn their craft. Understanding the learning and development of senior coaches (SCs) and assistant coaches (ACs) in the Australian Football League (AFL--the peak organisation for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletic Coaches, Team Sports, Clubs
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Rynne, Steven B.; Mallett, Cliff J. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2012
Background: The development of high performance sports coaches has been proposed as a major imperative in the professionalization of sports coaching. Accordingly, an increasing body of research is beginning to address the question of how coaches learn. While this is important work, an understanding of how coaches learn must be underpinned by an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Public Relations, Semi Structured Interviews
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Rynne, Steven B.; Mallett, Clifford J.; Tinning, Richard – Sport, Education and Society, 2010
The Australian coaching workplace (to be referred to as the State Institute of Sport; SIS) under consideration in this study employs significant numbers of full-time performance sport coaches and can be accurately characterized as a genuine workplace. Through a consideration of the interaction between what the workplace (SIS) affords the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletic Coaches, Interviews, Epistemology