Abstract The purpose of this article is to identify and explore the barriers to holistic coaching in a variety of sport settings in a non-North American-centric culture. Data were derived from a series of interviews drawn from two distinct samples: (a) focus groups conducted with 19 youth sport coaches throughout South Africa and (b) individual interviews with 10 coaches in an underserved South African township. The semi-structured focus groups and interviews were content analysed, with results revealing that coaches face a number of major barriers to teaching and coaching life skills. These include: (a) the competitive nature of sport overshadowing goals related to life skills development; (b) life skills absent or peripheral in coaching philosophy and selection; and (c) a lack of coaching knowledge and holistic coach education. Practical implications are explored in depth, with a particular focus on non-north American-centric cultures.

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全面指导南非积极青年发展的障碍

摘要本文的目的是在非以北美为中心的文化中，发现并探索各种体育环境中进行整体教练的障碍。数据来自两个不同样本的一系列访谈：（a）在南非全境对19名青年体育教练进行的焦点小组访谈；（b）在服务水平低下的南非乡镇对10名教练的个别访谈。对半结构化的焦点小组和访谈进行了内容分析，结果表明，教练在教与学生活技能方面面临许多主要障碍。其中包括：（a）与生活技能发展有关的体育超越目标的竞争性质；（b）在指导哲学和选择方面缺乏或缺乏外围的生活技能；（c）缺乏教练知识和整体教练教育。