The impacts of sports schools on holistic athlete development: a mixed methods systematic review

F Thompson, F Rongen, I Cowburn, K Till - Sports medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background To understand the multiple and wide-ranging impacts of intensified youth sport,
the need for a holistic approach to athlete development has recently been advocated. Sports …

Beyond life-skills: talented athletes, existential learning and (Un) learning the life of an athlete

N Ronkainen, K Aggerholm… - … research in sport …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Following developments in educational discourse more broadly, learning discourses in
youth sport have been shaped by outcome-based and instrumental goals of developing …

[HTML][HTML] “Women easily feel that they have lost a year if they don't ski faster”: Finnish ski coaches' discursive constructions of gendered dual career pathways

M Saarinen, TV Ryba, A Kavoura, K Aunola - Psychology of Sport and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Earlier qualitative researchers studying athletes' dual careers (DCs) have shown
that sociocultural discourses on gender are ingrained in DC policies and practices, creating …

A race against time: A critical analysis of elite student-athletes' accelerated temporality through story completion

P Mateu, J Devís-Devís… - … Review for the …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Numerous elite student-athletes (ESA) engaged in a dual career, balancing athletic pursuits
with education, find themselves grappling with the perception of insufficient time to fulfil their …

A case study of the features and holistic athlete impacts of a UK sports-friendly school: Student-athlete, coach and teacher perspectives

F Thompson, F Rongen, I Cowburn, K Till - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
In order to understand the features of sport schools and their impacts on the holistic
development of student-athletes, it is important to take into account the voice of multiple …

Earth (l) y pleasures and air-borne bodies: Elemental haptics in women's cross-country running

J Allen-Collinson, PC Jackman - International review for the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
A rich and multi-stranded sociology of sporting embodiment has begun to emerge in recent
years. Calls have been made to analyze more deeply not only the sensory dimensions of …

A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Case Study Investigation of the Academic, Athletic, Psychosocial and Psychological Impacts of Being of a Sport School Student Athlete

F Thompson, F Rongen, I Cowburn, K Till - Sports Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Sport schools are popular environments for simultaneously delivering
education and sport to young people. Previous research suggests sport school involvement …

Pleasure and danger: A running-woman in 'public'space

J Allen-Collinson - Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The French existentialist philosopher, Simone de Beauvoir, long ago signalled
the potentially empowering force of outdoor exercise and recreation for women, drawing on …

Unveiling the longitudinal reciprocal relationship between burnout and engagement among adolescent athletes in sport schools

J Kuokkanen, M Saarinen, DJ Phipps… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Burnout and engagement are pivotal for adolescents' well‐being and have
received extensive attention in the educational literature. However, less is known about how …

The role of gender and coaching styles in adolescent student-athletes' motivational orientations in sport and school

M Saarinen, A Tolvanen, K Aunola, TV Ryba - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Research indicates that the dominant discourses of gender are ingrained in dual career
(DC) practices critically influencing athletes' motivation to construct a DC pathway. While it is …