This episode with Dr Trish Jackman is focused on flow in sport, exercise and physical activity. Flow experiences are often described as highly rewarding and contributing to our well-being, but have we managed to capture it with our models and explore it with appropriate methods? Might flow be experienced differently in different types of sportContinue reading “Dr Trish Jackman: Flow in sport, exercise and physical education”
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Kriss Akabusi MBE: Finding Meaning in Movement during and after Elite Sport
I was honoured to discuss with Kriss Akabusi his outstanding athletic career and meaning he has found from sport, both as an elite athlete and after athletic retirement. Kriss achieved three Olympic medals, as well as World, European and Commonwealth titles in his outstanding career as a sprint and hurdling athlete. Very interestingly for ourContinue reading “Kriss Akabusi MBE: Finding Meaning in Movement during and after Elite Sport”
Sam Jarman: Losing and Finding our Love for Sport
Many of us start playing sport because we just fall in love with it. However, many athletes who progress to a higher level of competition lose the joy of sport on the way and their sport-life becomes filled with worry and anxiety. This is a phenomenon Sam Jarman has encountered in many athletes he hasContinue reading “Sam Jarman: Losing and Finding our Love for Sport”
Dr Matteo Luzzeri (Pt3) | Athlete Burnout | Meaning in Sport | Applied Sport Psychology | Writing Interventions | Future Research Directions
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/luzzeri3/ This is the third and the final part of our discussion on researching Meaning in Sport with Dr Matteo Luzzeri. In Part 1 and Part 2 of our discussion, we explored the foundations for the study of meaning in psychology and Matteo’s empirical research. In this last part of our discussion, we review theContinue reading “Dr Matteo Luzzeri (Pt3) | Athlete Burnout | Meaning in Sport | Applied Sport Psychology | Writing Interventions | Future Research Directions”
Professor Gunnar Breivik (Pt3) | Sustainability | Deep Ecology | Sport-as-Exploration | Arne Næss | Heidegger | Sport Philosophy
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/breivik3/ Sustainability is a pressing concern in our collective human agenda worldwide. But what would ecologically sustainable sports look like? How much do we need to rethink the way we practise sport or even the fundamental idea of sport? This is the third and final part of our discussion with Gunnar Breivik who is aContinue reading “Professor Gunnar Breivik (Pt3) | Sustainability | Deep Ecology | Sport-as-Exploration | Arne Næss | Heidegger | Sport Philosophy”
Dr Anna Kavoura (Pt2) | Gender Discourses | Women’s Martial Arts | Identity
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/kavoura2/ This is the second part of our discussion with Dr Anna Kavoura on how gender informs meaning in sport. In the first part, we explored Anna’s work on intersecting identities in women’s martial arts, as well as her current research project titled “Transforming Gender Boundaries in Sport: An Ethnographic and Participatory Action Research StudyContinue reading “Dr Anna Kavoura (Pt2) | Gender Discourses | Women’s Martial Arts | Identity”
Professor Simon Beames (Pt2) | Adventurous Learning | Education | Uncertainty | Authenticity
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/beames2/ This is the second part of our discussion with professor Simon Beames on outdoor education, recreation and adventure. In this episode, the main focus of our discussion is on adventurous learning. Together with Mike Brown, Simon has written a book titled “Adventurous Learning: A Pedagogy for a Changing World” which forms the basis ofContinue reading “Professor Simon Beames (Pt2) | Adventurous Learning | Education | Uncertainty | Authenticity”
Sport, loneliness and solitude
The value of sport and physical activity is often found in the potential to bring people together, to form communities, to develop new friendships or strengthen existing ones. Self-determination theory, which often informs initiatives to promote exercise and physical activity, has relatedness as one key component. This often translates to emphasising social support and connectednessContinue reading “Sport, loneliness and solitude”
Dr Emily Ryall: Is Technology changing the Meaning and Values we Ascribe to Sport?
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/ryall3/ It is difficult to imagine any sporting activity that is devoid of technology. But how do new sporting technologies affect the values we ascribe to sport? In this episode with Dr Emily Ryall, we revisit some of our discussion in a previous episode about the intrinsic/extrinsic values of sport and start exploring how technologyContinue reading “Dr Emily Ryall: Is Technology changing the Meaning and Values we Ascribe to Sport?”
Dr Colum Cronin (Pt2) | Care | Sport Coaching | Feminist Sociology | Phenomenology
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/cronin2/ “Coaches have a duty of care that moves beyond protection and involves the development of caring relationships with athletes”. This is the position advanced by Dr Colum Cronin whose recent work has advanced care theory and research in sport coaching. But what do caring relationships look like and is it realistic to expect thatContinue reading “Dr Colum Cronin (Pt2) | Care | Sport Coaching | Feminist Sociology | Phenomenology”