Hands-off sports' coaching: the politics of touch
Lead Research Organisation:
Manchester Metropolitan University
Department Name: Faculty of Education
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Heather Piper (Principal Investigator) | |
| Dean Garratt (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Bill Taylor (Author)
(2011)
Touching tales : coaching in the risk society
Bill Taylor (Co-Author)
(2011)
From pastoral care to the new professional : contradictions and conflict in coaching practice
Duggan J
(2013)
Interrupting the Immoral Panic around Child Abuse and Professional Touch Thinking About Impact
in International Review of Qualitative Research
Garratt D
(2013)
'Safeguarding' sports coaching: Foucault, genealogy and critique
in Sport, Education and Society
Garratt D
(2014)
Dangerous liaisons: youth sport, citizenship and intergenerational mistrust
in International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics
Garratt, D.
Too hot to handle? A social semiotic analysis of touching in 'Bend it like Beckham',
in Sports Coaching Review.
Heather Piper
(2014)
Touch in Sports Coaching and Physical Education: Fear, Risk and Moral Panic
| Description | The research and publication has continues since the funding for this grant terminated. Having discovered that sports coaches and PE teachers are as concerned about touching (and other personal acts) children and young people as teachers and carers - impact activity has focussed on the unhelpfulness of the current approach. |
| Exploitation Route | Others could usefully question what they and others do but in a different way to the current default questioning. They should consider what is best for children and young people, not what is likely to be seen as 'good' practice, by those who promote defensive risk-free practices. |
| Sectors | Education,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Description | The findings of this research and a previous related piece of research have been used by many. Professional journals have written about them, the media has publicised them and the govt have produced reports referencing them, and statements utilising their ideas. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |
| Description | Climate of fear surrounds children's sports coaches |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | An article in the Sunday Telegraph reporting on the research outcomes The Sunday Telegraph |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9417560/Climate-of-fear-surrounds-childrens-sports-coaches.ht... |
| Description | Don't touch : paranoia endangers children on sport courses |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | This article draws on the project so as to discuss how paranoia can get in the way of good practice for children engaging in sport. The Sunday Times |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Society/article631844.ece |
| Description | Olympic legacy 'threatened by climate of fear' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | This article which refers to the project appeared in The Sentinel newspaper on 10.9.12 The Sentinel |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Olympic-legacy-threatened-climate-fear/story-16865617-detail/st... |
| Description | Safeguarding sports coaching : a Focauldian analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presented at 'Radical Foucault' event, University of East London, Docklands Campus 8th & 9th September 2011 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Touch and fear in physical education and sports' coaching |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of the research and it's implications to a cohort of PGCE Physical Education Primary Associate Teachers, University of Chester |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Touch and fear in physical education and sports' coaching |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Online presentation to an audience of the "Redefining Educational Dimensions Programme" of the British Council |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |