Sacrifice: the lonely Olympic road

Wilding, Amanda; Hunter-Thomas, Laura

doi:10.1080/14623943.2012.670108

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“…As every athlete comes into and leaves the sport environment with different expectations and experiences, it is important that intervention strategies take these individual differences into consideration (Wilding, Hunter-Thomas, & Thomas, 2012). One such intervention is the New Zealand Academy of Sport's (NZAS) carded athlete system.…”

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Factors impacting carded athlete's readiness for dual careers

Ryan

2015

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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Factors impacting carded athlete's readiness for dual careers

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2015

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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“…This failure to support life outside of the sport environment thus leaves athletes further entrenched within the athletic lifestyle (Brewer et al 1993, Lavallee and Robinson, 2007, Price et al 2010, Wilding et al 2012. For the most part, however, athletes considered performance pressure to be an accepted part of the carding process and likened it to workplace scrutiny found elsewhere within society.…”

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“…Brewer et al 1993, Carless and Douglas 2012, Cosh et al 2013, Donnelly and Young 1998, Lavallee and Robinson 2007, Sparkes 1998). Many of these investigations have raised concern about the high numbers of athletes who become subsumed by the athlete role (Coakley and Donnelly 1999, Litchke et al 2012, Louder 2003, Miller and Kerr 2003, Wilding et al 2012.…”

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“…The strength of the athlete role can in part be attributed to the long hours of training and intense level of specialisation thought necessary to become successful in the sporting domain (Maguire 2004, Price et al 2010, Wilding et al 2012. Frequent training, team rituals and other social and fitness-related requirements can leave athletes with limited free time and physical and psychological energy to explore alternative role identities (Lally and Kerr 2005, Murphy et al 1996, Wilding et al 2012. Additionally, the high regard given for sporting prowess within society, means that athletic talent is often favourably nurtured by those around the athletic performer (i.e.…”

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Navigating the athlete role: identity construction within New Zealand’s elite sport environment

Ryan

2017

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

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The purpose of this study was to explore how involvement within New Zealand's elite athlete development programmeathlete cardinghas impacted the identity construction of this elite athlete population. Semistructured interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of 17 carded athletes from eight different sports, followed by inductive thematic analysis of emerging key themes. In order to ensure that participants' voices were accounted for throughout the data representation process, athlete's individual stories were collated into collective accounts and represented using direct quotes. The potential for participants to become engulfed within the athlete role was evident throughout each of the carded athletes' stories. In many cases this role was consolidated through expectations on athletes' time and energies, as well as external scrutiny and performance pressures resulting from their involvement within the carding system. Whilst many athletes appeared to passively accept an increasing emphasis being placed upon their athlete role identity, some seasoned participants questioned why the carding system encouraged this solitary existence at the expense of a more multi-dimensional sense of self. Results suggest that the carded athlete system it is not currently meeting its potential to develop world class 'holistic' athletes. As such, it is important that High Performance Sport New Zealand re-examines its policy of performance-based funding and engages in a wide-reaching education programme which promotes the importance of athletes developing a well-balanced sense of self alongside their sporting potential.Archer, D. E., 2010. Preparing for exit from sport: A phenomenological examination of the pretransition experiences of division I female intercollegiate athletes. (Unpublished doctoral thesis). Oklahoma State University, USA. Braun, V., and Clarke, V., 2006. Using thematic analysis in psychology.

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Sacrifice: the lonely Olympic road

Cited by 2 publications

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Factors impacting carded athlete's readiness for dual careers

Factors impacting carded athlete's readiness for dual careers

Navigating the athlete role: identity construction within New Zealand’s elite sport environment

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