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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Steve
dc.contributor.authorCotterill, Stewart
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Hazel
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-19T14:38:39Z
dc.date.available2023-12-19T14:38:39Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-04
dc.identifier.citationSmith, S. M., Cotterill, S. T., & Brown, H. (2020). An interpretative phenomenological analysis of coach perceptions in the practice environment. The Sport Psychologist, 34(4), 257-267. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2020-0021en
dc.identifier.issn0888-4781
dc.identifier.urihttps://aecc.archive.knowledgearc.net/handle/123456789/222
dc.descriptionAvailable under License - Creative Commons Attribution: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.description.abstractThe psychological environment where sporting activity is undertaken has been suggested to influence performance. The coach orchestrates practice activities and their perception of the psychological environment has been regularly evaluated in competition research but not in practice. The aim of this study was to explore coach perceptions of the psychological influencing factors present in the practice environment. Participants were six U.K. academy basketball coaches (mean age = 35 years). Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Five superordinate themes were constructed from data analysis, which were player characteristics, team-first orientation, current performance perceptions, coach characteristics, and coaching structure. Results suggest that the coach has a unique insight into the psychological influencing factors of the practice environment. Combined with the practice environment framework offered by Smith, Cotterill, and Brown, a model is offered to aid practitioners in understanding the interrelatedness of psychological influencing factors in the practice environment.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Sport Psychologisten
dc.subjectBasketballen
dc.subjectInfluenceen
dc.subjectPerformanceen
dc.titleAn interpretative phenomenological analysis of coach perceptions in the practice environmenten
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2020-0021


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