Ed Cope is a Lecturer in Sports Coaching at Loughborough University, UK. Ed teaches on modules related to the disciplinary area of coaching pedagogy, and has published widely in the areas of coach behaviour, coach education and children’s attitudes towards and experiences of sport. Mark Partington is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching at Edge Hill University, UK, where he coordinates and teaches a number of modules that integrate pedagogy and practical knowledge in coaching practice. Mark has used a number of qualitative methods in his research with professional coaches and coach developers including field note observations, interviews and focus groups and the quantitative method of systematic observation. As well as being a researcher, Mark has experience as a coach in performance and development environments.