ABSTRACT

Over the last two decades a number of coaching researchers have used post-structuralism to show how strict training protocols can limit athletes’ performances and development. To counter problematic effects from highly disciplinary practices, Denison and colleagues have called for coach developers to assist coaches to implement less disciplinary coaching practices. Although the head coach is central in this work, understanding how athletes experience less disciplinary coaching practices is critical. Towards this end, we interviewed 14 university endurance runners after the first author worked collaboratively with their head coach to help him learn how to develop and implement a number of practices that were less informed by discipline’s techniques and instruments. Despite making these changes, our findings revealed that the ongoing presence of a range of normalising and objectifying processes tied to dominant understandings of effective coaching and athlete development continued to exert their influence on the athletes. In this respect, designing and implementing less disciplinary coaching practices was not enough to challenge the long-standing legacy of discipline within endurance running. This led us to conclude that undoing the effects of discipline requires a much more concerted pedagogical effort from coaches, and as such, greater support and collaboration from coach developers.

摘要

在过去的二十年里，许多教练研究人员使用后结构主义来展示严格的训练协议如何限制运动员的表现和发展。为了应对纪律严明的实践带来的问题影响，丹尼森及其同事呼吁教练开发人员协助教练实施纪律性较低的教练实践。尽管主教练是这项工作的核心，但了解运动员如何体验较少纪律的教练实践至关重要。为此，我们采访了 14 名大学耐力跑运动员，此前第一作者与他们的主教练合作，帮助他学习如何制定和实施一些对学科技术和仪器知之甚少的实践。尽管做出了这些改变，我们的研究结果表明，与对有效教练和运动员发展的主导理解相关的一系列正常化和客观化过程的持续存在继续对运动员产生影响。在这方面，设计和实施较少纪律的教练实践不足以挑战耐力跑中长期存在的纪律遗产。这使我们得出结论，消除纪律的影响需要教练更加协调一致的教学努力，因此，教练开发人员需要更大的支持和协作。设计和实施较少纪律的教练实践不足以挑战耐力跑中长期存在的纪律遗产。这使我们得出结论，消除纪律的影响需要教练更加协调一致的教学努力，因此，教练开发人员需要更大的支持和协作。设计和实施较少纪律的教练实践不足以挑战耐力跑中长期存在的纪律遗产。这使我们得出结论，消除纪律的影响需要教练更加协调一致的教学努力，因此，教练开发人员需要更大的支持和协作。