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Investigating the alignment between coaches’ ideological beliefs and academy philosophy in professional youth football
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posted on 2020-12-01, 14:05 authored by Josh Hall, Ed CopeEd Cope, Rob Townsend, Adam NichollsThe impacts of professional sporting culture and institutional discourse on coaching practices and ideologies have largely been unconsidered and undiscussed. Understanding coaching practice from a social perspective can provide insights into the prevailing culture that coaches are immersed within, pointing to patterns of discourse, norms and values that govern coaches’ actions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential for (mis)alignment between coaches’ ideological beliefs and the instituted philosophy of the professional football academy at which they worked. Thirteen male football coaches (M = 36.23 years) were observed coaching on three separate occasions, equating to 2584 minutes of footage (M = 66.26 minutes). Each recorded session was analysed using a computerised version of the Coach Analysis Intervention System (CAIS). All participants were interviewed twice (before first observation and after final observation). Coaches were questioned about the academy philosophy and their personal behavioural profiles. Data were subjected to thematic analysis and placed within a theoretical framework utilising concepts of Pierre Bourdieu. Findings highlighted that coaches’ interpretations of the academy philosophy were impacted by their prior socialisation and position within the status hierarchy. The data also demonstrated ‘philosophy’ being used as a ‘buzzword’ throughout the academy, derived from loose interpretations, but offered few specific suggestions regarding how coaches ‘should’ behave. Coach interactions were used as forms of social control rather than addressing pedagogical concerns, with coaches’ personal dispositions proving extremely strong and ultimately prevailing. It is worth questioning, therefore, the extent to which the academy ‘philosophy’ can be displaced, and the mechanisms required to ensure collective acceptance to an instituted coaching approach.
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- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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Sport, Education and SocietyVolume
27Issue
3Pages
377 - 392Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Taylor and FrancisPublisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Sport, Education and Society on 09 Dec 2020, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2020.1856061Acceptance date
2020-11-22Publication date
2020-12-09Copyright date
2020ISSN
1357-3322eISSN
1470-1243Publisher version
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- en
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Dr Ed Cope. Deposit date: 30 November 2020Usage metrics
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