Supporting elite athletes in a new age: experiences of personal excellence advisers within Australia`s high-performance sporting environment
Traditional career assistance programs focused on the provision of vocational and educational support for elite athletes. Following a recent shift towards the provision of holistic support services for these athletes, the purpose of this research was to explore the newly developed Personal Excellence (PE) adviser role within Australia`s high-performance sport system. The current investigation was exploratory in nature and examined the PE role, adviser experiences and essential services provided by these advisers in supporting Australia`s elite athletes. Utilising an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), six individuals (Mage = 47.0, SD = 28.6) who were employed in a PE position within Australia`s National Institute Network participated in this study. In analysing the data according to IPA guidelines, six superordinate themes were identified: a) rationale for change; (b) program architecture; (c) essential services; (d) fundamental skills and qualities; (e) limiting factors; and (f) future opportunities. Consistent with IPA conventions, a thematic map was generated to illustrate the relationship between these factors. As the first empirical study of the PE program, this paper makes a valuable contribution to understanding the role of support programs in the elite sporting landscape and enhances the growing evidence-base on the provision of career assistance and wellbeing programs for elite athletes.
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Aiheet: | urheilija ylennys persoonallisuus yleissivistävä koulutus ammatti terveys organisointi organisaatio Australia urheiluliitto Kaksoiura |
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Aihealueet: | junioriurheilu akateeminen koulutus ja tutkimus järjestöt ja tapahtumat yhteiskuntatieteet |
DOI: | 10.1080/2159676X.2019.1605404 |
Julkaisussa: | Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health |
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2019
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Vuosikerta: | 11 |
Numero: | 5 |
Sivuja: | 650-670 |
Julkaisutyypit: | artikkeli |
Kieli: | englanti (kieli) |
Taso: | kehittynyt |