Special issue “Racket sports: Understanding and intervening” Volume 2 No 140, 2023/2 - pagesPages 5 to 8Racket activities: A fruitful area of research for sports science and physical education!By Clément Llena, Olivier DieuPages 11 to 30Supporting the professional development of coaches to optimise the dynamics of their interactions with athletes: the case of badminton coachesBy Julie K/Bidy, Guillaume EscaliéPages 31 to 50Tapping into the educational potential of sportspersonship for the moral development of students: The case of a badminton tournamentBy Benoît Tremblay, Denis Martel, Jonathan Côté-BrassardPages 51 to 74A sporting career and emotions: The case of a top French table tennis playerBy Jérôme Visioli, Oriane Petiot, Guillaume Martin, Jérôme GuérinPages 75 to 96Student activity analysis in a badminton tactical taskBy Thomas Royet, Nicolas Mascret, Olivier VorsPages 99 to 110Padel: Passing fad or a discipline that’s here to stay? The institutionalization of a new practice within the French Tennis Federation: A comparative analysis and outlook. Carte blanche to Éric Largeron, Robin Haziza, Alix Collombon, and Benjamin TisonBy Marine FontainePages 111 to 121Badminton in the twenty-first century: Between sporting and social performance. Carte blanche to Yohan PenelBy Olivier DieuPages 125 to 128Julie K’Bidy, Comprendre-Transformer-Comprendre. Analyse de la dynamique interactive entraîneurs experts – badistes de Haut Niveau et étude de l’impact d’un dispositif transformatif sur le développement professionnel des entraîneurs experts. Thèse de doctorat soutenue le 8 janvier 2021, Université de Bordeaux, 411 p.By Gilles Kermarrec