Journal article
Shifting perspectives: transitioning from coach centred to athlete centred-challenges faced by a coach and athlete
Journal of Athlete Centred Coaching, Vol.1(1), pp.33-52
2016
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Abstract
This paper outlines the voices of a practicing coach and also athlete who reveal their experiences as they transitioned from the coach centered approach to the athlete centered approach within the Australian swimming culture. Using narrative accounts, their stories of experience are presented. While the benefits that the athlete centered approach to coaching can have for both athletes and coaches have been detailed in numerous research investigations, not as much has been done in relation to challenges faced by the coach and athlete as the transition occurs from coach centered to athlete centered. Inherent challenges in the transition phase from coach centred to athlete centered are important to understand in order to assist coaches and athletes when such a transition occurs. The athlete and coach in this study revealed a number of challenges. Firstly, the extend to which dominant cultural ideologies had permeated their thinking and doing was extensive even though both of them had self-determined the transition. Other issues that arose included disciplinary power and a concern for the approach being untested in terms of competitive performance. From these findings, the authors make a number of suggestions to better support both athletes and coaches during the transition from coach to athlete centered.
Details
- Title
- Shifting perspectives: transitioning from coach centred to athlete centred-challenges faced by a coach and athlete
- Creators
- Jenny McMahon - University of TasmaniaChris Zehntner - University of Tasmania
- Publication Details
- Journal of Athlete Centred Coaching, Vol.1(1), pp.33-52
- Identifiers
- 3030; 991012821697902368
- Academic Unit
- School of Education; Faculty of Education
- Resource Type
- Journal article