Creative Nonfiction in Sport and Exercise Research

<p>Academics around the world recognise the effectiveness of storytelling as a way to engage audiences in conversations, raising awareness of issues, and encouraging change. Stories are now seen as the best medium to convey information to diverse audiences. </p><p>This book explores a novel approach to representing research findings through the adoption of creative nonfictional stories (CNF). At a time when dissemination of scientific research is constantly highlighted as a fundamental aspect for academics, CNF represents an opportunity to effectively communicate science to non-academic audiences through stories. </p><p>By providing practical examples of how to transform findings into compelling stories rooted in data, following the mantra of showing rather than telling, which characterises CNF, <i>Creative Nonfiction in Sport and Exercise Research</i> helps researchers – qualitative, quantitative, established professors, and students – to turn their research into stories. </p><p>A unique contribution to the field, this book is the first in the sport and exercise research field to take scholars on a discovery jouney, moving from their classic realist to a more creative, compelling, but still rigorous representation of research findings. The book features chapters written by authors from different sport research backgrounds, who present the findings of a previously published ‘classic’ study rewritten in the form of a story. Reflective chapters focusing on the how-to and the challenges of this creative analytical practice complete the work, to support scholars in developing their creative skills.</p> <p>Introduction </p><p>Part 1: Learning the Craft of Creative Nonfiction </p><p>1. "Where Do I Start?": Getting to Grips with Creative Nonfiction</p><p>2. From Telling to Showing: An account of Developing a Creative Nonfiction</p><p>Part 2: From Realist Tales to Creative Nonfiction</p><p>3. The Daily Grind: Being a Parent of a Competitive Junior Tennis Player</p><p>4. (Re)assembling ‘Balance’: A Creative Nonfiction of Athlete Mothers Negotiating Sport and Family</p><p>5. ‘I’m Hurting but I’m Buzzing’: The Lived Experience of ‘Positive Pain’ in Competitive Swimming</p><p>6. The Backstage of ‘Seeing’ Performance: Developing the ‘Seen’ and ‘Unseen’ of Coaching</p><p>7. Filtering and Finding a New Way: A Creative Nonfiction of Soccer Coaches’ Professional Learning</p><p>8. The Emergence and Perpetuation of a Destructive Culture in a British Olympic Sport</p><p>9. Re-Building and Re-Discovering after Emotionally Abusive Experiences </p><p>Part 3: Moving Beyond "just" Creative Nonfiction </p><p>10. Learning the Craft: Confessions on Writing Creative Nonfiction</p><p>11. Exploring Visual Storytelling as a Vehicle for Creative Nonfiction</p>