Knowledge, Nutrition and Coaching Pedagogy: A Perspective from Female Brazilian Olympic Gymnasts

Autor/inn/en	Stewart, Carly; Schiavon, Laurita Marconi; Bellotto, Maria Luisa
Titel	Knowledge, Nutrition and Coaching Pedagogy: A Perspective from Female Brazilian Olympic Gymnasts
Quelle	In: Sport, Education and Society, 22 (2017) 4, S.511-527 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-3322
DOI	10.1080/13573322.2015.1046428
Schlagwörter	Knowledge Level; Athletic Coaches; Performance; Athletes; Interpersonal Relationship; Foreign Countries; Athletics; Competition; Nutrition Instruction; Dietetics; Body Weight; Age Differences; Health Behavior; Females; Cultural Influences; Semi Structured Interviews; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wissensbasis; Achievement; Leistung; Athlet; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ausland; Leichtathletik; Wettkampf; Nutrition education; Ernährungserziehung; Ernährungslehre; Körpergewicht; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Weibliches Geschlecht; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Brasilien
Abstract	It is acknowledged that knowledge and knowledge bases are an important part of coach and athlete learning and that the coach-athlete relationship is crucial to knowledge created, shared and used. This said knowledge about nutrition as constructed by elite gymnasts would seem particularly important in a culture long associated with weight control practices and disordered eating. This paper provides an insight into the ways that 10 Brazilian Olympic gymnasts construct ideas pertaining to nutritional knowledge across generational periods (between 1980 and 2004) where significant organisational change in Women's Artistic Gymnastics in Brazil occurred and included the introduction of dieticians. Drawing upon different "knowledge types" and paying attention to the coaching context, the life histories of 10 Olympic gymnasts were used to open a window on knowledge construction pertaining to nutrition by three generations of gymnasts. The findings draw attention to two main illustrative themes. Firstly, coaches' personal knowledge, whilst perceived as incomplete by gymnasts, reinforced a narrative of weight loss for gymnasts regardless of generation. Secondly, the younger generations of gymnasts perceived that the introduction of dieticians into structured provision enabled them to use better "structured" knowledge, and with it a sense of increased autonomy and corporeal learning via the construction of "tacit" embodied knowledge leading to healthier practices. Reflections are given to the role of the coach, dieticians and pedagogical actions, and the continued reshaping of knowledge in elite gymnastics. (As Provided).
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