Coach and Athlete Perspectives on Talent Transfer in Paralympic Sport.

IF 1.7 3区医学 Q2 REHABILITATION

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Print Date: 2023-04-01 DOI:10.1123/apaq.2022-0002

Nima Dehghansai, Alia Mazhar, Joseph Baker

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Abstract

Research pertaining to the experiences and motives of Paralympic athletes who transfer between sports is scant. This study aimed to address this gap through semistructured interviews with Canadian Paralympic coaches (n = 35) and athletes (n = 12). Three higher-order themes of "alternative to retirement," "career extension," and "compatibility" were identified. The subthemes of "psychobehavioral" and "physical and physiological" (from the higher-order theme of alternative to retirement) captured reasons leading to transfer, which are similar to reasons athletes may consider retirement. The subthemes of career extension-"better opportunities" and "beneficial outcomes"-shed light on factors that contributed to the withdrawal of negative experiences and reinforcement of positive outcomes associated with transferring sports. Last, compatibility had three subthemes of "resources," "sport-specific," and "communication," which encapsulated factors athletes should consider prior to their transfer. In conclusion, the participants highlighted the importance of transparent and effective communication between athletes and sports to align and establish realistic expectations for everyone involved.

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教练员和运动员对残奥会运动人才转移的看法。

关于残奥会运动员在运动项目之间转换的经历和动机的研究很少。本研究旨在通过对加拿大残奥会教练（n=35）和运动员（n=12）的半结构化采访来解决这一差距。确定了三个更高层次的主题，即“退休的替代方案”、“职业扩展”和“兼容性”。“心理行为”和“身体和生理”（来自退役替代品的高阶主题）的副标题捕捉到了导致转移的原因，这与运动员可能考虑退役的原因相似。职业拓展的子主题——“更好的机会”和“有益的结果”——揭示了导致与转移体育相关的负面经历的消退和积极结果的强化的因素。最后，兼容性有三个子主题：“资源”、“特定运动”和“沟通”，它们概括了运动员在转会前应该考虑的因素。最后，与会者强调了运动员和体育运动之间透明有效沟通的重要性，以协调并建立对所有参与者的现实期望。

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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.