Abstract:The purpose of the present investigation was to study the perceptions of the best Portuguese coaches of women's artistic gymnastics on athletes' persistence and dropout behaviors. Semi-structured interviews were applied to obtain the coaches' (n=8) accounts on why athletes persisted in or dropped out of gymnastics, and what lead parents to maintain or remove their daughters from gymnastics. In both cases, two distinct time periods were distinguished: "at the beginning of the career" and "throughout the career"… Show more
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