The Emergence of the Pandemic: High-Performance Coach and Athlete Experiences.

IF 1.7 3区医学 Q2 REHABILITATION

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.1123/apaq.2022-0021

Nima Dehghansai, Alia Mazhar, Ross Pinder, Joseph Baker, Ian Renshaw

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Abstract

The current study explored coach and athlete reactions and challenges leading up to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, with a specific focus on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Games' postponement. Nine Australian Paralympic coaches (n = 3) and athletes (n = 6) shared their experiences in semistructured interviews. The thematic analysis highlighted how participants experienced the emergence of the pandemic in different ways, but all were relieved when the late but eventual decision to postpone the Games was made. Regarding lockdown periods (i.e., social-distancing restrictions), some coaches and athletes thrived under the new reality (i.e., training from home, online coaching) while others had more difficulty adjusting. Furthermore, results highlight the many uncertainties still remaining, which continue to influence participants' sport and personal lives. The experiences of coaches and athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic sheds light on strategies and resources that could support Paralympic coaches and athletes during current and future crises.

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流行病的出现:高性能教练和运动员的经验。

目前的研究探讨了教练和运动员在2020年东京残奥会之前的反应和挑战，特别关注2019冠状病毒病大流行和奥运会推迟的影响。9位澳大利亚残奥会教练(n = 3)和运动员(n = 6)在半结构化访谈中分享了他们的经历。专题分析强调了参与者如何以不同的方式经历大流行病的出现，但当做出推迟奥运会的决定时，所有人都松了一口气。在封锁期(即社交距离限制)方面，一些教练和运动员在新的现实下(即在家训练、在线教练)表现出色，而另一些人则难以适应。此外，结果强调了许多不确定因素仍然存在，继续影响参与者的运动和个人生活。教练员和运动员在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间的经历，揭示了在当前和未来危机期间支持残奥会教练员和运动员的战略和资源。

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Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 医学-康复医学

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

10.50%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： APAQ is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal designed to stimulate and communicate scholarly inquiry relating to physical activity that is adapted in order to enable and enhance performance and participation in people with disability. Physical activity implies fine, gross, functional, and interpretive movement including physical education, recreation, exercise, sport, and dance. The focus of adaptation may be the activity or task that is to be performed, environment and facilities, equipment, instructional methodology, and/or rules governing the performance setting. Among the populations considered are persons with motor, intellectual, sensory, and mental or other disabilities across the life span. Disciplines from which scholarship to this aim may originate include, but are not limited to, physical education, teacher preparation, human development, motor behavior and learning, biomechanics, exercise and sport physiology, and exercise and sport psychology. Scientific inquiry may originate from quantitative or qualitative inquiry, as well as from multimethod designs.