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- Title
How and Why University Coaches Define, Identify, and Recruit 'Intangibles'.
- Authors
Flett, M. Ryan; Gould, Daniel R.; Paule, Amanda L.; Schneider, Richard P.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the importance of psychosocial development in competitive university sport. While research in positive youth development (PYD) has increased in recent years, many perspectives have not yet been studied. The mission of PYD is to develop intangible qualities such as learning life skills, developing character, etc(Danish, Forneris, Hodge, & Heke, 2004; Gould & Carson, 2008). There is an implied and some times even an explicit conflict of interests between competitive and developmental sports (Shields & Bredemeier, 2009). In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 Canadian university coaches who were highly trained, experienced, and successful in their respective sports. Results from this study support three conclusions. (a) Coaches described essential intangible attributes such as social character, trustworthiness, maturity, challenging one's self, being a positive person, toughness/resiliency, motivation, work ethic, and various sport psychology skills. (b) Competitive coaches highly value athletes with life skills, character, and other intangible assets. (c) Coaches have specific strategies for assessing and identifying players with stronger intangibles, as well as for filtering out recruits who severely lack these positive qualities.
- Subjects
COLLEGE sports; YOUTH development; COACHES (Athletics); DEVELOPMENTAL psychobiology; PERSONALITY development; SPORTS psychology; SCOUTING (Athletics)
- Publication
International Journal of Coaching Science, 2010, Vol 4, Issue 2, p15
- ISSN
1975-8286
- Publication type
Article