ABSTRACT This paper draws on detailed analyses of authentic coach-athlete interviews during the final selection camp for the Swedish national youth team in hockey. The audio-recorded interviews between the coaches and the individual players (20 players and two national team coaches) covered various issues, involving both the individual players´ goal-setting and sports character, as displayed in his self-presentation during the interview. If the presumptive elite level player presented a vague or low goal or an overly humble self-presentation, this was contested by the coach through jokes, laughter or ironic teasing. Such conversational joking exchanges formed part of each coach´s toolkit for giving critical feedback to interview questions. In their uptake to the coaches playful corrections, the players were expected to engage in po-faced receipt or to laugh along. The selection involved character contests both on the ice rink and in the talk-in-interaction that formed part of the performance appraisal procedure.

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成为一项好运动：在青年国家队的采访中，球员喜欢教练的玩笑

摘要本文对瑞典国家青年曲棍球队的最后选拔营地期间对真实的教练-运动员访谈进行了详细分析。教练和个人球员（20名球员和两名国家队教练）之间的录音采访涵盖了各个问题，涉及个人球员的目标设定和运动特征，如采访中他的自我陈述所显示。如果推定的精英级别球员表现出模糊或低落的目标或过于谦虚的自我表现，这是教练通过开玩笑，大笑或讽刺的嘲弄来进行的。这种对话式的笑话交流构成了每个教练工具包的一部分，该工具包可为面试问题提供重要反馈。为了适应教练的顽皮矫正，要求球员们面对面收据或大笑。选择涉及在滑冰场和互动谈话中的角色竞赛，这是绩效评估程序的一部分。