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Cormier, Marc L.

Coaching and Cohesion in University Coacting Sports.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Coaching and Cohesion in University Coacting Sports.
Author:	Cormier, Marc L.
Description:	142 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 51-02.
Notes:	Adviser: Gordon Bloom.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International51-02(E).
Subject:	Education, Physical.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=MR84165
ISBN:	9780494841655

Coaching and Cohesion in University Coacting Sports.
Cormier, Marc L.

Coaching and Cohesion in University Coacting Sports. - 142 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 51-02.

Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University (Canada), 2012.

Cohesion has been cited as a crucial component contributing to increased levels of enjoyment, adherence, and in most cases, performance in intercollegiate sport (Carron, Coleman, Wheeler, & Stevens, 2002). Coaches are believed to play an instrumental role in the development and maintenance of cohesion due to their organizational skills in creating a stable and positive environment for cohesion to develop within their teams (Bloom, Stevens, & Wickwire, 2003). To date, the majority of cohesion research has focused on interacting sports (i.e., hockey, basketball) and has overlooked coacting sports (i.e., cross-country running, swimming). Similarly, media attention and fan support has been predominantly directed towards interacting sports, despite 40% of intercollegiate sports being classified as coacting. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify and explain elite coaches' perspectives of cohesion in coacting sports such as cross-country running. A case study design was used to interview six Canadian university cross-country running coaches using a semi-structured open-ended interview format. Cote, Salmela, and Russell's (1995) guidelines were used to inductively analyze and interpret the data. Results revealed three higher-order categories, which were called coach personality and experiences, athlete personality and characteristics, and team development. Despite the idiosyncratic nature of the coaches' career progression, several common themes emerged, including the different ways coaches acquired knowledge, interpersonal characteristics that shaped their career, adapting to athletes with different characteristics, and general thoughts and beliefs regarding the development and maintenance of cohesion. More precisely, the majority of coaches appear to believe that cohesion played a role in athlete satisfaction and enjoyment. This, in turn, may have influenced performance outcomes such as overcoming intrateam competition and rivalry, and enhancing teamwork during competition. Furthermore, a number of strategies were utilized throughout the season to enhance cohesion such as structured and unstructured team building exercises, setting and monitoring team goals, and planning social events. Overall, these findings have provided a greater understanding of the influence of coaching on cohesion while also expanding the body of literature on coacting sports.

ISBN: 9780494841655Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Education, Physical.

Coaching and Cohesion in University Coacting Sports.
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