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The reproduction of ‘coaching culture’: a Bourdieusian analysis of a formalised coach mentoring programme
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posted on 2019-12-18, 11:32 authored by Thomas Leeder, Christopher CushionChristopher CushionDespite its positive rhetoric, formalised coach mentoring can be problematic due to the institutional agendas of National Governing Bodies (NGB), with mentoring functioning as a method to reproduce organisational cultures and beliefs. This research attempted to explore this issue in greater depth by critically analysing a formalised coach mentoring programme. Fourteen mentors and four mentees participated in semi-structured interviews to discuss their experiences of an NGB’s formalised mentoring programme. Analysed through a Bourdieusian lens, the findings present formalised coach mentoring as a source of cultural reproduction, where mentors embodied a group habitus that reinforced the NGB’s dispositions and beliefs towards coaching practice. Mentors strived to inculcate mentees and rework their habituses to align with the field’s doxa through a process of pedagogic action, with symbolic capital proving influential in reproducing coaching ideologies. NGBs should begin to critically analyse their coach mentoring provision to maximise opportunities for mentee learning and development.
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- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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Sports Coaching ReviewVolume
9Issue
3Pages
273 - 295Publisher
Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupPublisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Sports Coaching Review on 27 August 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/21640629.2019.1657681.Acceptance date
2019-08-12Publication date
2019-08-27Copyright date
2019ISSN
2164-0629eISSN
2164-0637Publisher version
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- en
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Prof Christopher Cushion. Deposit date: 17 December 2019Usage metrics
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