A Critical Analysis of the Conceptualisation of "Coaching Philosophy"

Autor/inn/en	Cushion, Christopher; Partington, Mark
Titel	A Critical Analysis of the Conceptualisation of "Coaching Philosophy"
Quelle	In: Sport, Education and Society, 21 (2016) 6, S.851-867 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-3322
DOI	10.1080/13573322.2014.958817
Schlagwörter	Criticism; Athletic Coaches; Ideology; Teaching Methods; Values; Beliefs; Social Structure; Theory Practice Relationship; Models; Coaching (Performance); Discourse Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritik; Ideologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Wertbegriff; Belief; Glaube; Sozialstruktur; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Analogiemodell; Diskursanalyse
Abstract	The aim of this paper was to critically review existing literature relating to, and critically analyse current conceptualisations of, "coaching philosophy." The review reveals a bewildering approach to definitions, terms and frameworks that have limited explanation and reveal a lack of conceptual clarity. It is argued that rather than provide clarification and understanding the existing literature conflates coaching rhetoric and ideology with coaching philosophy and serves to reproduce existing coaching discourse rather than explain coaching practice. The paper problematises the unquestioned assumptions currently underpinning "coaching philosophy"; namely the overemphasis of coaches' agency and reflexivity, the downplaying of the significance of social structure on coaches' dispositions and the acceptance that coaching practice is an entirely conscious activity. The paper argues for an alternative philosophy of coaching that uses philosophic thinking to help coaches question existing ideology, and critically evaluate the assumptions and beliefs underpinning their practice. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01