ABSTRACT This study examined rugby coaches’ perceptions concerning their in-competition role, when observing the game and managing player substitutions. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven coaches of French national teams. The data were analysed with a thematic qualitative analysis. The results revealed some similarities concerning the observation strategies, the significant cues for deciding substitutions, and shared procedures for player substitution management. There was evidence of a coaching “genre” shared by the coaches, which revealed a strong influence of the social and cultural context of French rugby. Nevertheless, the results also demonstrated important differences and the absence of a clear or common conceptual framework. This variety of statements revealed individual “coaching styles”, adaptation to specific contexts, personal points of view and the importance of previous experiences in match coaching situations. The implications for the development of coaches are considered, with the potential for creating coaches’ communities of practice and the use of reflection on subjective in-match experiences.

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橄榄球教练对比赛中角色的看法

摘要这项研究调查了橄榄球教练在观察比赛和管理球员替换时对其在比赛中的角色的看法。对法国国家队的七名教练进行了半结构化访谈。使用主题定性分析对数据进行分析。结果显示，在观察策略，决定换人的重要线索以及球员换人管理的共享程序方面存在一些相似之处。有证据表明，教练共享教练的“体裁”，这表明法国橄榄球的社会和文化背景具有强大的影响力。然而，结果也显示出重要的差异，并且缺乏清晰或通用的概念框架。各种各样的陈述揭示了个人的“指导风格”，适应了特定的环境，个人观点以及以往比赛经验在教练训练中的重要性。考虑了对教练发展的影响，具有建立教练实践社区和利用主观比赛经验反思的潜力。