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Typical activities performed by expert rhythmic gymnastics coaches

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Numerous literature reviews highlight a considerable volume of quantitative publications in the field of sports coach behavior. While qualitative approaches on real-life experiences of coaches are less common, they help to comprehend the intricacies of high-performance sports. Examining coaches' experiences in a professional setting through the 'enactive phenomenology framework' proves particularly intriguing, because this approach aims to elucidate behaviors within dual practical and meaningful dimensions. This case study aimed to provide insight into the practices of experienced rhythmic gymnastics coaches by observing their typical activities during training sessions in competitive periods. The objective is to elucidate their interactions with both the environment and gymnasts, shedding light on how they shape their roles within a specific context: the domain of gymnastics and artistic sports, predominantly featuring female participants. Such access should help to better understand how rhythmic gymnastics coaches act and interact with gymnasts during training in order to improve learning and coaching. Four coaches participated in this study. The theoretical framework used was enactive phenomenology. Data sources included observations and audiovisual recordings of the coaches' behaviour and communication, and enactive interviews conducted a posteriori with the coaches. Our findings highlight four typical rhythmic gymnastics coaches' actions (guiding, checking, encouraging and pacing) which are closely linked to the time and space invested over the course of training. This case study demonstrates the existence of recurring features in the way rhythmic gymnastics coaches interact with gymnasts. The strategies identified carry a meaning for the coaches that is anchored in the desire to both help and control the gymnasts. All of these actions are continuously adjusted during the training session, depending on the coach's perceptions of the gymnasts and the choreography, as well as her own feelings. This study offers a reflection on the practices of rhythmic gymnastics coaches in order to understand their intrinsic logical sequences, which would allow a modernisation of professional practices and questioning of training approaches, with a focus on the real experience of the actors.

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hal-04397413 , version 1 (16-01-2024)

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Gaelle Marais, François Potdevin, Isabelle Joing, Olivier Vors. Typical activities performed by expert rhythmic gymnastics coaches. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 2023, 23, ⟨10.7752/jpes.2023.11349⟩. ⟨hal-04397413⟩
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