Values and their role in competitive sport: In-depth interviews with highly accomplished athletes
Journal Title: Studies in Sport Humanities - Year 2015, Vol 18, Issue 18
Abstract
This study explores values from the perspective of positive sport [Poczwardowski, Nowak, Parzelski and Kłodecka-Różalska 2012]. Based on a qualitative research design, in-depth interviews [Silverman 2009] were conducted with 6 athletes representing highest sport success (such as Olympic, World Cup, European Cup, and Polish Cup medallists). Extraction of meaning method [Kvale 2004] was used in the data analysis and consisted of condensation, categorization, and the interpretation of meaning. The participants suggested that their values may have an influence on the quality of their development and their sport performance. Athletes found values as an important part of their professional and personal lives. It should be emphasized that these values are both developed through participating in sport and simultaneously enrich the sport experience. Further, values flow from sport lives to non-sport lives and it is the athletes themselves who integrated these values and catalyzed their flow between sport and non-sport realms.
Authors and Affiliations
Jarosław Szynkarewicz, Artur Poczwardowski
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP271813
- DOI -
- Views 87
- Downloads 0
Old Greek ideal of kalokagathia and its examples in the contemporary world. A reminiscence of the beautiful, good and wise associate professor – Halina Zdebska-Biziewska
The crisis of traditional values in the contemporary world is becoming a serious social problem of global range. New values appear and displace the ones that we regard as timeless and universal. The values which were ori...
Polish version of research based Model of Sport Talent Development Environment and adaptation of Talent Development Environment Questionnaire”
There is an increasing interest in optimizing sport talent development. One of the crucial factors that influence all talented athletes throughout their careers is the quality and the appropriateness of the coaching envi...
Sports press coverage of Polish female athletes during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
During the last Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the Polish female representatives won sig-nificantly more medals compared to men. This fact made the authors examine whether female athletes received proportionate media c...
Halina Zdebska-Biziewska (1960-2018), an invaluable professor and Olympic activist
Halina Zdebska-Biziewska was a person connected with sport and involved in popularising physical culture. Her activity, energy and diligence inspired others. In her life, she was guided by the “Fair Play” rule. She was a...
Axiological aspects of movement activity
The physical culture (named commonly sport) constitutes a domain of many heterogeneous values. The health values play one of the most important role among them. They are especially exposed to all their spheres like physi...