The focus of my research interests relate to the everyday complexities and affairs of coaches, particularly relating to ‘influence’ and ‘control’ within the coaching context. To date, my work has drawn upon ethnomethodology to explore coaches’ everyday interactions and observations. I am interested in a range of qualitative research methods as ways of better understanding coaching.
Peer-reviewed publications
Jones, R.L., & Corsby, C. (2015). A Case for Coach Garfinkel: Decision Making and What We Already Know. Quest, 67, 1-11.
Corsby, C. L. T. (2017). The deconstruction and reconstruction of sports coaching: An interview with Professor Robyn Jones: A commentary. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 12(4), 429–431
Corsby, C.L.T. & Jones, R. L. (2019). Observation, evaluation and coaching: the local orderliness of 'seeing' performance. Sport, Education and Society, DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2019.1587399
Corsby, C.L.T., & Jones, R.L. (2019). Complicity, performance, and the 'doing' of sports coaching: An ethnomethodological study of work. The Sociological Review. DOI: 10.1177/0038026119897551
Corsby, C.L.T., & Bryant, A. (2020). "I felt like I was missing out on something": An evaluation of using remote technology in the classroom. Educational and Information Technologies. DOI: 10.1007/s10639-020-10207-2
Corsby, C.L.T., Lane, A., & Spencer, D.R. (2020). Becoming a mentor: an exploration of 'how' student-coaches negotiate mentoring practice, Sport, Education and Society, DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2020.1866525
Lee, H. W., & Corsby, C.L.T. (2021). Goffman, Totalising, and resistance in South Korean coaching: Understanding the 'underlife' of coaching. Sports Coaching Review. DOI.org/10.1080/21640629.2021.1897245
Corsby, C.L.T., Jones, R.L., Thomas, G.L., & Edwards, C.N. (2021). Coaching and 'self repair': Examining the 'artful practices' of coaching. Sociological Research Online. DOI: 10.1177/13607804211064911
Corsby, C.L.T., Jones, R.L., & Lane, A. (2022). Contending with vulnerability and uncertainty: What do coaches say about coaching. Sports Coaching Review. DOI: 10.1080/21640629.2022.2057697
Jones, R.L., Denison, J., & Corsby, C.L.T. (2022). Editorial: In the interest of discussion, debate, and future possibilities. Sports Coaching Review. DOI: 10.1080/21640629.2022.2161119
Jones, R.L., Corsby, C.L.T., & Lane, A. (2023). Sustaining the unsustainable: Meaningful longevity and the doing so sport coaching. Sport in Society. doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2023.2253754
Jones, R.L., Corsby, C.L.T., & Thomas, G.L. (2023). Bordering, connecting, and dispelling within sports coaching: Erasing the practitioner-scholar divide. Societies. 13(9). doi.org/10.3390/soc13090201
Corsby, C.L.T. (2023). Coaching practice as discovering performance: The wild contingencies of coaching. Sports Coaching Review. DOI: 10.1080/21640629.2023.2275394
Corsby, C.L.T., Sánchez-García, R., & Jenkings, K.N. (2023). Ethnomethodological and Conversation Analysis (EMCA) Studies of Coaching in Sport: A Coaching Special Issue. Sports Coaching Review.
Edited Books & Book Chapters
Corsby, C. L. T. & Edwards, C.N. (2019) (Eds). Exploring Research in Sports Coaching and Pedagogy: Context and contingency. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Corsby, C. L. T. & Edwards, C. N. (2019). Introduction: Context and Contingency. (pp. 1-11). In C.L.T. Corsby and C.N. Edwards (Eds), Exploring Research in Sports Coaching and Pedagogy: Context and contingency. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Corsby, C.L.T., Thomas, G.L., & Santos, M. (2021). Coached Education: (Re) conceptualizing how coaches learn. (pp). In. R. Resende & A.R. Gomes (Eds), Coaching for human development and performance in sports. (P.25-41). Springer.
Corsby, C.L.T. (2021). The backstage of 'seeing' performance: Developing the 'seen' and 'unseen' of coaching. In F. Cavallerio. Creative Non-Fiction in Sport and Exercise. London: Routledge.
Potrac, P., Hall, E., McCutcheon, M., Morgan, C., Kelly, S., Horgan, P., Nichol, A., Edwards, C.N., & Corsby, C.L.T. (2022). Developing politically astute football coaches: An evolving framework for coach learning and coaching research. (pp. 15-28). In T, Leeder (Ed), Coach Education in Football: Contemporary Issues and Global Perspectives. London: Routledge.
B.Sc. Sport
Coaching (1st Class), Cardiff Metropolitan University (2013)
Ph.D. Sport
Coaching, Cardiff Metropolitan University (2017)
UEFA ‘A’
Licence Coach (Youth & Senior)
PgCTHE, Cardiff Metropolitan University (2019)
Academic Recognition
2013 - Winner of the Gwyn Williams award for best all-round male undergraduate student
2017 - 'PhD Thesis of the year' award from Cardiff Metropolitan University
2020 - External Examiner, University of the West of Scotland
2023 - “Exceptional Supervisory Team of the Year”. Presented at the Doctoral Researcher Supervisor Symposium, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Principality Stadium.
Grants
Awarded Santander Outward Mobility Scholarship (2015)
Awarded Santander Outward Mobility Scholarship (2017)
ESRC PhD pathway award (2019)
Student Engagement Fund: Mentoring (2019)
Student Engagement Fund: Student Feedback (2019)
UEFA Research Programme, Mental health, wellbeing and coping with the everyday: An examination of what elite coaches endure (2019)
Sport Wales, Welsh Coach Developer Practitioner Programme (WCDPP) (2022)
