Phronetic social science: A means of better researching and analysing coaching?

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-459

  Hemmestad, Liv B ^a   Jones, Robyn L ^b   Standal, Øyvind F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bent flyvbjerg; Coaching; Phronetic social science

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957929806     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2010.514745     Document Type: Article

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