Garratt, Dean2014-01-032014-01-032013-09-02Garratt, D. (2013). Philosophy, qualitative methodology and sports coaching research: An unlikely trinity? Sports Coaching Review, 2(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2013.8221522164-062910.1080/21640629.2013.822152http://hdl.handle.net/10034/310866This article is not available through ChesterRep.This article presents a critical account of the relation and unlikely trinity of philosophy, qualitative methodology and sports coaching research, in order to challenge assumptions about the nature of qualitative data analysis. A more radical departure and critique from a philosophical-hermeneutic perspective is encouraged. The key argument presented is that qualitative data analysis should have less to do with ‘method’ and more with philosophy, where ‘practical reasoning’ forges a dialectical relation between the intellectual and practical in the analytical process. This argument is illustrated with reference to published empirical work in the field of sports coaching research.enArchived with thanks to Sports Coaching Reviewphilosophymethodologyhermeneuticssports coachingArticle2164-0637Sports Coaching Review