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Echoes of Entanglement: Whose Stories Shape Our Understanding(s) of Sport Coaching<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the 8th<\/sup> International Coaching Conference 2026 (#CRiC2026) at the University of Stirling from Monday 8th \u2013 Friday 12th June 2026.\n\n\n\n\n\nConference Overview<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Cluster for Research into Coaching (CRiC) invites submissions for its 2026 conference, Echoes of Entanglement: Whose Stories Shape Our Understanding(s) of Sport Coaching? This conference invites us to (re)think sport coaching as being shaped by the connections between people, place, history, and a series of (un)seen forces. Coaching\u2014and our knowledge of it\u2014is never simply the transmission of knowledge or ideas. Rather, it is developed through our relationships, shared experiences, and the environments in which we live, train, and work. Throughout the conference, we will explore questions such as:\n\n\n\n\n

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    1. Whose stories are these anyway?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Whose voices are heard and valued, and whose are overshadowed or overlooked?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            1. How do our landscapes\u2014social, cultural, technological, and ecological\u2014shape the ways in which coaching is understood and practiced?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n\nDrawing inspiration from Stirling\u2019s unique setting and history, we will consider coaching as something that resonates across time and place, shaped by communities, traditions, and the ethical responsibilities of telling, listening to, and reshaping the stories that define our field.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe CRiC Conference welcomes researchers, practicing coaches, coach educators, policy makers, and innovators interested in exploring the complexities of sport coaching and the stories that shape its understanding.\n\n\n\n\n\nConference Themes<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n
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                • Landscapes of Learning and for Storytelling<\/em><\/strong>: How place, history, tradition, and culture shape coaching practice(s) and identities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                    • Voices from the Margins<\/em><\/strong>: Surfacing overlooked or silenced experiences in coaching, coach education, and coach development (including gender, disability, ethnicity, indigenous, global-south, and socio-economic perspectives).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                        • Entanglement Practice(s)<\/em><\/strong>: Examining the generative relations between human and non-human actors in the (re)production of coaching knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                            • Power, Representation and Authorship<\/em><\/strong>: Interrogating who gets to tell stories of and about sport coaching, and their influence on practice, policy, coach education, and coach development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                                • Ethicality<\/em><\/strong>: Reflecting on the ethical implications for coaches and researchers working within complex systems of people, place, culture, and technology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresentation Modes<\/strong>\n\n\n