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Abstract
There exists a wide gap between coaches’ needs and the information that is being
disseminated by sport scientists. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine
coaches’ perceptions concerning this bridging the knowledge gap between sport science
and coaching in South Africa. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight
high-performance sport coaches aged 24 to 42 years (M age = 33.50, SD = 6.44 years).
Coaches participated in the study if they met the following selection criteria: (1)
coaching a priority sport recommended by Sport and Recreation South Africa and (2)
having been in coaching for at least five years at a high-performance level. Following
a thematic analysis of the transcripts, the following three broad themes emerged: (1)
sources of coaching knowledge, (2) barriers to sport science support, and (3) coaches’
thoughts about knowledge transfer. Recommendations on strategies to close the gap
between sport scientists and coaches are provided.
期刊介绍：
International Sports Studies (ISS) is a scholarly journal in the field of physical education and sport with a unique focus. Its aim is to advance understanding and communication between members of the global community who share a professional, personal or scholarly interest in the state and development of physical education and sport around the world. International Sports Studies (ISS) is today without paradigmatic prejudice and reflects an eclectic approach to the task of understanding physical education and sport in the contemporary world. It asks only that its contributors can add to knowledge about international physical education and sport studies through studies involving comparisons between regional, national and international settings or by providing unique insights into specific national and local phenomena which contribute to an understanding that can be shared across as well as within national borders.
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