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A longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis study of athletes' lived experiences in elite disc golf competitions
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B. T. Johansen ,
Camilla Knight ,
A. D. Mosewich ,
B. E. Solstad
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, Volume: 34, Issue: 1
Swansea University Author:
Camilla Knight
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DOI (Published version): 10.1111/sms.14556
Abstract
Gaining the inside perspective of an elite athlete throughout the competitive season provides a unique approach to understand the lived experience during multiple competitive events. The purpose of the present study was to investigate how elite disc golf athletes perceive and interpret their experie...
| Published in: | Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports |
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| ISSN: | 0905-7188 1600-0838 |
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Wiley
2024
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65384 |
| Abstract: |
Gaining the inside perspective of an elite athlete throughout the competitive season provides a unique approach to understand the lived experience during multiple competitive events. The purpose of the present study was to investigate how elite disc golf athletes perceive and interpret their experiences of performing during various training and competitive events over the course of an elite disc golf season. Two elite disc golf athletes, one man and one woman, were recruited using homogeneous purposive sampling. The participants were interviewed three times and observed during three competitive events, as well as before and after a training session. A longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis (LIPA) was adopted to capture temporal and dynamic changes of the participants' lived experiences. The findings illustrated the athletes' personal experiences of performing during competitive disc golf events, with both athletes' experiences of competition changing during the season. Their competitive experiences appear to relate to the meaning disc golf has for the athletes, which in this study had both an experiential and existential level of meaning over time. Such a finding illustrates the importance of honoring athletes' unique experiences in making sense of their performances during an elite disc golf season. Taking the time to understand athletes' perceptions of their personal experiences appear important in attempting to understand their sense-making of their hot cognition before, during, and after competitions. |
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| Keywords: |
cognitive, competition, elite, emotional, international, sense-making |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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The authors would like to warmly thank the athletes involved in this study and the Norwegian Federation of American Sports for their valuable contribution. This research study did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. |
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