Beyond life-skills: talented athletes, existential learning and (Un)learning the life of an athlete

IF 8 2区 医学 Q1 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health Pub Date : 2022-02-23 DOI:10.1080/2159676X.2022.2037694
N. Ronkainen, K. Aggerholm, Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson, T. Ryba
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ABSTRACT Following developments in educational discourse more broadly, learning discourses in youth sport have been shaped by outcome-based and instrumental goals of developing useful life-skills for ‘successful’ lives. There is, however, a need to expand such traditional understandings of sport-based youth development, which we undertook by exploring existential learning in sport through encountering discontinuity. We conducted in-depth qualitative research with 16 Finnish athletes (seven men/nine women, aged 19–20), five of whom had recently disengaged from the athlete development pathway. In the interviews, we used creative non-fiction vignettes to invite reflections on learning experiences in sport. Although participants reported having learnt many useful skills commonly associated with positive youth development discourses (e.g. goal setting, time-management), many also provided rich descriptions of other, important ‘life lessons’. These involved developing awareness of their bodily limitations, the nature of social relationships, and what it was like to live the life of an elite athlete. The findings revealed problematic features of (elite) sport cultures but also showed that encountering discontinuity could be beneficial as an important trigger for existential reflection, clarification of values, and a search for alternative ways of living.
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超越生活技能:有天赋的运动员,存在学习和(Un)学习运动员的生活
摘要随着更广泛的教育话语的发展,青少年体育中的学习话语已被基于结果的工具性目标所塑造,即为“成功”的生活培养有用的生活技能。然而,有必要扩大对以体育为基础的青年发展的传统理解,我们通过在遇到不连续性的情况下探索体育中的生存学习来实现这一理解。我们对16名芬兰运动员(7名男性/9名女性,年龄19-20岁)进行了深入的定性研究,其中5人最近脱离了运动员发展道路。在采访中,我们使用了富有创意的非小说小插曲来邀请人们反思体育运动中的学习经历。尽管参与者报告说,他们学习了许多与积极的青年发展话语相关的有用技能(如目标设定、时间管理),但许多人也对其他重要的“人生课程”进行了丰富的描述。这些包括培养对自己身体局限性、社会关系性质以及精英运动员生活的认识。研究结果揭示了(精英)体育文化的问题特征,但也表明,遇到不连续性可能是有益的,因为它是反思存在、澄清价值观和寻找替代生活方式的重要触发因素。
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