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- Lindgren, Eva-Carin, 1962-, et al.
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Balancing performance-based expectations with a holistic perspective on coaching : a qualitative study of Swedish women's national football team coaches' practice experiences
- 2017
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Ingår i: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. - Abingdon : Taylor & Francis. - 1748-2623 .- 1748-2631. ; 12:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore how an exclusive sample of women's national football team coaches described how they implement careful coaching while facing social and organizational pressure to win medals.Method: To consider coaches' negotiations, we drew on Noddings' concept of caring. Using an interpretive research paradigm, we conducted in-depth interviews with five Swedish women's national football team coaches. An abductive approach was used to simultaneously process the theoretical framework of "ethics of care" and the empirical data.Results: The coaches unanimously adopted a holistic perspective to coaching. The coaching strategies they described included promoting players' development, well-being, and sustainable elite performance; listening to the players' voices and engaging in dialogue; and creating a positive environment and promoting fair play.Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that the women coaches, despite performance pressure, adopt caring coaching in the form of Noddings' pedagogical modelling, dialogue, and confirmation strategies, and provide an example of how coaches can adopt caring, holistic, and athlete-centred coaching while working at the highest level of competitive sport and achieving competitive success.
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- Barker, Dean, 1977, et al.
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Jacob and Martin: Developing digital technology competence in physical education teacher education
- 2016
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Ingår i: Digital Technologies and Learning in Physical Education. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016. | : Routledge. - 9781315670164 - 9781138947283 - 9781138947290 ; , s. 231-246
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter provides an illustration of how digital technologies (DTs) are experienced by Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) students. The illustration is based on the reflections of two students at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The students received an assignment that involved demonstrating how a specific DT could be implemented. Three perspectives of the practitioners' experiences are provided. A Deweyan perspective shows how the students and their situations are transformed by DTs. A Foucauldian perspective focuses on the regulating aspects of technology. An applied Information Technology perspective demonstrates how DTs become part of the social practices of physical education. © 2017 Ashley Casey, Victoria A. Goodyear and Kathleen M. Armour. All rights reserved.
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- Barker-Ruchti, Natalie, 1971
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Women's Artistic Gymnastics: An (auto-)Ethnographic Journey
- 2011
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Breathtaking circus-like performances and perfectly shaped bodies: The current ideal of women’s artistic gymnastics is narrow. Competitive success is only possible if gymnasts satisfy distinct bodily characteristics and produce particular gymnastics performances. How do present-day female gymnasts experience this sport? This book provides insight into gymnastics by demonstrating how a group of young high-performance gymnasts ‘live’ their sport.
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- Barker-Ruchti, Natalie, 1971-, et al.
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Producing success : A critical analysis of athlete development governance in six countries
- 2018
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Ingår i: International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. - : Routledge. - 1940-6940 .- 1940-6959. ; 10:2, s. 215-234
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper aims to analyse and compare athlete development governance in Australia, Finland, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland. We adopt a Foucauldian framework to theorise athlete development governance as shaped by and based on distinct ‘government mentalities’ and ‘modes of governance’. Qualitative procedures were used to collect and analyse 58 documents related to the 6 countries’ athlete development governance and to conduct 14 informal interviews with national elite sport system experts. Our results confirm other scholars’ findings that sport governance is moving towards managerialist government mentalities. Specific modes of governance that are being implemented to systematise athlete development include targeted forms of funding and the modelling of athlete development. However, the results also highlight how athlete development governance is a site of negotiation, arising from (a) historical events, (b) sociopolitical contexts, (c) financial conditions, (d) government mentalities and (e) sport science knowledge. Our examination demonstrates how these factors not only problematise athlete development governance but also allow for distinctive local athlete development government discursivities and/or sport-specific adjustments such as less result-driven and more holistic interpretations of athlete development. We conclude by outlining implications intended to support stakeholders’ (e.g. coaches’, sport directors’) engagement in conceptualising, implementing and/or revising athlete development frameworks.
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- Hausken-Sutter, Solveig E., et al.
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Interdisciplinary sport injury research and the integration of qualitative and quantitative data.
- 2023
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Ingår i: BMC Medical Research Methodology. - : BioMed Central (BMC). - 1471-2288. ; 23:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: To understand and prevent sport injuries, scholars have employed different scientific approaches and research methods. Traditionally, this research has been monodisciplinary, relying on one subdiscipline of sport science and applying qualitative or quantitative research methods. Recently, scholars have argued that traditional approaches fail to address contextual components of sport and the nonlinear interactions between different aspects in and around the athlete, and, as a way forward, called for alternative approaches to sport injury research. Discussion of alternative approaches are today taking place, however, practical examples that demonstrate what such approaches entails are rare. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to draw on an interdisciplinary research approach to (1) outline an interdisciplinary case analysis procedure (ICAP); and (2) provide an example for future interdisciplinary sport injury research.METHODS: We adopt an established definition and application of interdisciplinary research to develop and pilot the ICAP for interdisciplinary sport injury teams aiming to integrate qualitative and quantitative sport injury data. The development and piloting of ICAP was possible by drawing on work conducted in the interdisciplinary research project "Injury-free children and adolescents: Towards better practice in Swedish football" (the FIT project).RESULTS: The ICAP guides interdisciplinary sport injury teams through three stages: 1. Create a more comprehensive understanding of sport injury aetiology by drawing on existing knowledge from multiple scientific perspectives; 2. Collate analysed qualitative and quantitative sport injury data into a multilevel data catalogue; and 3. Engage in an integrated discussion of the collated data in the interdisciplinary research team.CONCLUSION: The ICAP is a practical example of how an interdisciplinary team of sport injury scholars can approach the complex problem of sport injury aetiology and work to integrate qualitative and quantitative data through three stages. The ICAP is a step towards overcoming the obstacles of integrating qualitative and quantitative methods and data that scholars have identified.
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- Håman, Linn, 1982-, et al.
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The framing of orthorexia nervosa in Swedish daily newspapers : A longitudinal qualitative content analysis
- 2016
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum. - Malmö : Malmö University. - 2000-088X. ; 7, s. 27-46
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explored and elucidated how orthorexia is framed in Swedish daily newspapers with a focus on characteristics of orthorexia. Key questions include: 1) how do the newspaper articles connect exercise with orthorexia? and 2) what trends in depicting exercise in relation to orthorexia do the newspaper articles represent over time? The method used was a longitudinal qualitative content analysis guided by the framing theory. We analyzed 166 articles published between 1998 and 2013. Our analysis revealed that orthorexia originally was framed as an eating disorder and subsequently included unhealthy exercise. Two trend shifts could be identified: in 2004, exercise was added as an element and in 2013 extreme exercise trends were described to influence the increase of orthorexia. The findings indicate that Swedish newspapers extend Bratman’s definition and depict orthorexia indiscriminately to describe a range of different behavioral characteristics. These results are discussed in terms of the idea of “healthism” and general health trends in society.
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- Håman (née Eriksson), Linn, 1982-, et al.
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Research ethics within the study : Fitness professionals’ talk of health and orthorexia nervosa
- 2014
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Ingår i: 4<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Qualitative Research in Sport & Exercise. ; , s. 37-37
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Fitness center activities have gained popularity. One central role fitness staff members have is to help participants to become or maintain health and fitness. In recent years, a new phenomenon – orthorexia nervosa, which M.D. Bratman coined in the late 1990s – has emerged. He termed orthorexia as "a fixation on eating healthy food". Research has mentioned that participants in sports and fitness activities may be at higher risk of becoming orthorexic. Since the late 1990s, orthorexia has been noticed, also in Swedish newspaper articles. In so doing, the 'condition' has evolved to include fanatic exercise and eating behaviours. Fitness professionals might thus work with individuals that are considered to suffering from orthorexia. The purpose of this presentation is to elucidate and problematize ethical issues that are raised during the research that deals with personal trainers and group fitness instructors talk of health and orthorexia. The material will consist of four focus groups with 18 fitness professionals that work in Swedish fitness centers. It will be carried out as a qualitative study. This study raises ethical issues, including for instance: a) by focusing and giving attention to orthorexia, the study may contribute to categorizing "the problem", as well as enlarge it. This paradoxical situation as the aim is to contribute scientific knowledge that can problematize orthorexia; b) the challenge to manage and balance a critical approach without causing harm (e.g. introduce orthorexia to fitness professionals who might have an erroneous perspective of and/or have little knowledge about orthorexia) (cf. Halse & Honey, 2005).
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- Kerr, Roslyn, et al.
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THE PRODUCTION OF THE ADULT GYMNAST: TOWARDS BEST PRACTICE IN WOMEN’S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
- 2014
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Ingår i: AIESEP World Congress, 10-13 February 2014, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Since the performances of famous gymnasts such as Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci in the 1970s, women's artistic gymnastics has been characterised as a problematic child sport (Barker-Ruchti, 2009; Kerr, 2006). Numerous studies have identified medical and psychological issues associated with competing at a high level at a young age, such as stunted growth, bone deformity and distorted body image (see for example, Caine et. al., 2001; Daly, Bass & Finch, 2001; Dresler et. al., 1997; Lindholm, Hagenfeldt & Hagmann, 1995; Mellercowicz, et. al., 2000; Tofler et. al., 1996). However, recently there have been several gymnasts appearing at the highest international level of considerably older age, the most famous being Oksana Chusovitina who has competed at six Olympic Games including London at age 37. To date, there has been no research examining older gymnasts and the effects of seeing 'older' bodies on the gymnastics competition floor. This presentation will discuss findings from an interview study examining the experiences of older gymnasts and the factors that have led to the prolonging of their careers, together with an examination of how the existence of older gymnasts affects the perception of the sport. The findings will be analysed through identifying childhood and adulthood as social constructions. For example, in the Western world, childhood is positioned as a place for ‘play’ and adulthood for ‘paid work’ neither of which fit easily with gymnastics training which usually entails long hours of unpaid work for both children and adults. Gymnastics remains an amateur sport, with no professional leagues that allow gymnasts to be paid for their work and only limited prize money. This presentation will shed light on how participants’ understandings of what constitutes childhood and adulthood have influenced their choices to participate in gymnastics into adulthood. References Barker-Ruchti, N. (2009). Ballerinas and pixies: A genealogy of the changing gymnastics body. International Journal of the History of Sport, 26, 43-61. Caine, D., Lewis, R., O’Connor, P., Howe, W., & Bass, S. (2001). Does gymnastics training inhibit growth of females? Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 11, 260-270. Daly, R.M., Bass, S.L. & Finch, C.F. (2001). Balancing the risk of injury to gymnasts: how effective are the counter measures? British Journal of Sports Medicine, 35, 8-19. Dresler, C. M., Forbes, K., O'Connor, P. J., Lewis, R. D., Glueck, M. A., Tofler, I. R., et al. (1997). Physical and emotional problems of elite female gymnasts. New England Journal of Medicine, 336, 140 - 142. Kerr, R. (2006). The Impact of Nadia Comaneci on the sport of Women’s Artistic Gymnastics, Sporting Traditions, 23(1) November 2006, pp. 87 – 102. Lindholm, C., Hagenfeldt, K., & Hagmann, U. (1995). A nutrition study in juvenile elite gymnasts. Acta Paediatrica, 84, 273-277. Mellerowicz, H., Matussek, S., Leier, T., & Asamoah, V. (2000). Sportverletzungen und Sportschäden im Kindes- und Jugendalter - eine Übersicht. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin, 51(3), 78-84.
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