Open AccessAthlete-Centred Coaching in University Sport:
Author(s) -
Geoffrey Pippus
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
movement matters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2564-1611
DOI - 10.29173/mm11
Subject(s) - coaching , context (archaeology) , sociocultural evolution , psychology , pedagogy , discipline , power (physics) , medical education , applied psychology , sociology , medicine , psychotherapist , social science , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , anthropology , biology
The purpose of this study was to investigate how, and to what extent, athlete-centred coaching practices were utilized in a university sport context. This project was informed by sociocultural coaching research that has demonstrated the potential negative consequences of disciplinary coaching approaches and in what ways, if at all, an athlete-centred coaching approach can address some of these concerns. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight varsity head coaches and then analyzed through a Foucualdian lens. The findings suggested that the successful delivery of athlete-centred coaching in university sport is made difficult by ingrained power relations and forms of knowledge which have traditionally made the coach the primary decision maker.