Coaching athletes with disability: preconceptions and reality

Yvette Wareham; Brendan J Burkett; Peter Innes; Geoff Lovell

doi:10.1080/17430437.2016.1269084

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Coaching athletes with disability: preconceptions and reality

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Coaching athletes with disability: preconceptions and reality

Yvette Wareham, Brendan J Burkett, Peter Innes and Geoff Lovell

Sport in Society, Vol.20(9), pp.1185-1202

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2016.1269084

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It is now widely recognized that athletes with disability compete at an elite level which parallels that experienced by non-disabled athletes. The importance of quality coaching to develop an athlete's full potential is similarly recognized. However, research in the area of coaching athletes with disability is still lacking compared to its counterpart in non-disabled sport. This research explored the holistic experience of coaching elite athletes with disability, and therefore encompassed not only the coaches' preconceptions, but the rewards and challenges of their coaching experience. Semi-structured interviews were held with 12 coaches of elite athletes from sports including swimming, athletics, cycling, canoeing, triathlon, equestrian sport and wheelchair basketball. The results of the study identified that, although the coaches reported their experience as being overwhelmingly positive, they were also regularly confronted with difficulties not generally faced by coaches of non-disabled athletes.

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Title: Coaching athletes with disability: preconceptions and reality
Authors: Yvette Wareham (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Brendan J Burkett (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Peter Innes (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Geoff Lovell (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Publication details: Sport in Society, Vol.20(9), pp.1185-1202
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2016.1269084
ISSN: 1743-0437; 1743-0445
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute; Engage Research Lab; School of Health - Sports & Exercise Science; School of Law and Society; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450358402621
Output Type: Journal article

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