Potrac, Paul and Ives, Ben and Gale, Laura and Nelson, Lee and Morgan, Callum (2021) Community Sport Coaching and Impression Management. In: Community Sport Coaching: Policies and Practice. Routledge, New York, pp. 210-223. ISBN 9780367746780. Official URL: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.432...
Potrac, Paul and Ives, Ben and Gale, Laura and Nelson, Lee and Morgan, Callum (2021) Community Sport Coaching and Impression Management. In: Community Sport Coaching: Policies and Practice. Routledge, New York, pp. 210-223. ISBN 9780367746780. Official URL: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.432...
Potrac, Paul and Ives, Ben and Gale, Laura and Nelson, Lee and Morgan, Callum (2021) Community Sport Coaching and Impression Management. In: Community Sport Coaching: Policies and Practice. Routledge, New York, pp. 210-223. ISBN 9780367746780. Official URL: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.432...
Abstract
This chapter positions community sport coaching work as a social, interactive performance. It begins by introducing the concept of dramaturgy and Erving Goffman’s ground-breaking work addressing ‘the presentation of the self in everyday life. This background information is then followed by an exposition of some of Goffman’s central dramaturgical concepts and the ways in which they connect with, and could be used to inform, everyday community sport coaching practice. Here, Callum, the last author, provides detailed examples of how he has utilised these dramaturgical concepts to inform the ways in which he performs his community sport coaching role. Finally, the conclusion summarises the central arguments and issues raised in this chapter and provides some critical questions to stimulate your reflection on the dramaturgical dimensions of everyday practice.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Coaching (Athletics) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, School of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Feb 2026 16:30 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2026 16:30 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/36608 |
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