Retired Performers’ Reflections for Movement Practice

Ethical Practices for Skilled Movement Behaviour presents the first collection of original contributions that focus on how the retirement experiences of skilled movement performers influence how they choose to provide and orient themselves towards current performers under their tutelage, how the retirement experiences of skilled movement performers - turned coaches/instructors/practitioners influence their current practice.

The value of this cutting-edge book lies in its theoretical breadth and accessibility. Authors will draw upon contemporary social theorists from a range of anti-positivist paradigmatic perspectives. This edited collection is the first of its kind to consider how sociologically informed accounts of the complex experiences and implications of retirement for the post-performance instructional practices of former skilled movement performers. The invited contributions embrace a marriage of creative narrative writing practices with their own chosen social theory to communicate their experiences of retirement, exercise, and wellbeing and how these experiences have influenced their thoughts about the production of performers.

Ethical Practices for Skilled Movement Behaviour provides a progressive and accessible means of representation to provide a sensitive, enjoyable, and expressive account of the residual impact of a skilled movement performance career, particularly as it relates to their ongoing orientation and will be of key interest to scholars, researchers and students in the area of Sport Transition and Retirement, Sport Sociology and Sport Coaching.