Giving orders or facilitating voices - Coaches' constructions of youth in equestrian sport

Sammanfattning

In this paper, we want to contribute to and expand the ongoing discussion about coaches' constructions of youth and the impact it has on young athletes' chances to have a voice in sport. The focus is on sports coaches in Swedish equestrian sport, more specifically termed riding instructors, and their views of why youth should have a voice (or not). Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, the aim is to explore how the instructors' construction of youth affects young equestrians' (aged 15-17) chances of having a voice. The analysis is based on over 200 hours of fieldwork including observations and ten interviews with riding instructors in two riding schools. Four constructions of youth emerged from the analysis: Youth as incompetent, Youth as uninterested, Youth as interested, and Youth as competent. These different constructions influenced instructors' ways of giving youth a voice (or not).

Nyckelord

UNCRC; article 12; participation rights; riding instructors; youth sport

Publicerad i

Sports Coaching Review
2024

SLU författare

• Morgan, Karin

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Idrottsvetenskap
Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi)

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2024.2443721

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/139776