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Podcast: Physical Activity Researcher
Episode: Questioning Sport Coaching Knowledge - Dr Christian Thue Bjørndal (Pt1) - Meaningful Sport Series
Description: Today we explore sport coaching knowledge from a critical socio-cultural perspective and ask question about what implications it can have for youth athletes' experiences and meanings assigned to sport, both on personal and collective level.
It is somewhat paradoxical that although significant advances have been made in scientific understandings in the areas of sport coaching and sport medicine, sports injuries remain at a high level in many sports. Does it have to do with the lack of integration of different disciplinary knowledge bases, the power imbalances inherent in the coach-athlete relationship, and/or the need for youth...