The COVID-19 pandemic continues to bring uncertainty concerning the future of sports and reveals the underlying uncertainty of our lives and life projects. In the second part of the discussion with Dr Mark Nesti, we explore applied sport psychology with athletes during the pandemic. Mark has worked with a number of athletes and coaches duringContinue reading “Dr Mark Nesti (Pt2) | Sport Under COVID-19 | Existential Psychology | Applied Sport Psychology | Joy | Beauty”
Category Archives: Podcast
Drs Déirdre Ní Chróinín and Tim Fletcher (Pt2) | Meaningful PE | PE Teacher Education | Youth Sport | LAMPE project
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/meaningfulpe2/ All physical education teachers most likely aim to facilitate meaningful movement experiences. But when asked how they do that, it is not so easy. After all, meaning and meaningfulness are elusive concepts and we cannot assume that what is meaningful for one participant is meaningful in a similar way for another participant. So, givenContinue reading “Drs Déirdre Ní Chróinín and Tim Fletcher (Pt2) | Meaningful PE | PE Teacher Education | Youth Sport | LAMPE project”
Dr Yunus Tuncel (Pt2) | Nietzsche and Sport | God is Dead | Suffering | the Overhuman | Values
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/tuncel2/ Nietzsche’s thought has been applied to many aspects of culture (art, theatre, etc.) but less often to sport. This second part of our discussion with Dr Yunus Tuncel addresses a number of intriguing questions: What did Nietzsche mean by declaring that God is Dead? How can sport contribute to meaningful lives in this worldContinue reading “Dr Yunus Tuncel (Pt2) | Nietzsche and Sport | God is Dead | Suffering | the Overhuman | Values”
Dr Matteo Luzzeri (Pt2) | Meaning in Sport Questionnaire (MSQ) | Writing Interventions | Sport Psychology | Existential Psychology
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/luzzeri2/ Sport and exercise psychology has been somewhat behind other fields of psychology in the study of meaning and meaningfulness. Fortunately, Dr Matteo Luzzeri has taken up the challenge and his research has focused on studying meaning in sport. I met Matteo in the FEPSAC conference in Munster (July 2019), where we presented in theContinue reading “Dr Matteo Luzzeri (Pt2) | Meaning in Sport Questionnaire (MSQ) | Writing Interventions | Sport Psychology | Existential Psychology”
Dr Emily Ryall (Pt2) | Sport Philosophy | Authenticity | Existentialism | Being a Substitute
What does it mean to be authentic in sport? The idea of authenticity has been central to many existential philosophers, but it has been also highly contested and debated. Dr Emily Ryall shared her take on the notion of authenticity in sport in the Meaningful Sport podcast and the implications it has for the organisationContinue reading “Dr Emily Ryall (Pt2) | Sport Philosophy | Authenticity | Existentialism | Being a Substitute”
Dr Colum Cronin (Pt1) | Being a Coach | Phenomenology | Care | Teaching | Meaningful Work
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/ccronin/ What does it mean to be a sport coach? How does coaching show up as a meaningful life project? What is the essence of being a coach? These are questions that are is best addressed using a phenomenological research approach. This exciting episode focuses on the phenomenology of sport coaching and what coaching isContinue reading “Dr Colum Cronin (Pt1) | Being a Coach | Phenomenology | Care | Teaching | Meaningful Work”
Meaningful Sport – Dr Michael McDougall (Pt1) | Culture | Sport Organisations | Leaders | Narrative
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/mcdougall/ Exploring meaning and meaningful experiences in sport or elsewhere can never be carried out without consideration of culture. In the podcast with Dr Michael McDougall, we start to explore what kind of “thing” is culture, and how cultures have been studied in organisational research in and outside of sport. Can we create a winningContinue reading “Meaningful Sport – Dr Michael McDougall (Pt1) | Culture | Sport Organisations | Leaders | Narrative”
Meaningful Sport – Prof Gunnar Breivik (Pt1) | Heidegger | Sport Philosophy | Sporting Human Being | Existentialism | Worldmaking | Exploration
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/breivik/ Professor Gunnar Breivik’s work has been foundational in the field of sport philosophy and especially in relation to existential philosophy in sport. For Gunnar, a human being is the homo movens and the homo ludens: a playful and active being that explores the world and its own possibilities. Often drawing on Heidegger’s philosophy andContinue reading “Meaningful Sport – Prof Gunnar Breivik (Pt1) | Heidegger | Sport Philosophy | Sporting Human Being | Existentialism | Worldmaking | Exploration”
Dr Mark Nesti (Pt1) | Sport Under COVID-19 | Existential Psychology | Applied Sport Psychology | Anxiety | Loneliness
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/nesti/ I had the honor to host Dr Mark Nesti, my formed PhD supervisor and a pioneer in applying existential psychology in sport, in the podcast. In the episode, we focus on exploring how the existential though can help us understand our situation in the world which has dramatically changed after the COVID-19 pandemic hit.Continue reading “Dr Mark Nesti (Pt1) | Sport Under COVID-19 | Existential Psychology | Applied Sport Psychology | Anxiety | Loneliness”
Drs ?Déirdre Ní Chróinín? and Tim Fletcher (Pt1) | Meaningful PE | Youth Sport | LAMPE project
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/meaningfulpe/ Are children experiencing meaningless PE? What does meaningful PE look like? How can physical educators actively promote meaningful experiences in PE? Our guests, Déirdre Ní Chróinín and Tim Fletcher have spent several years on developing and implementing a pioneering framework called Learning About Meaningful Physical Education (LAMPE). The LAMPE project explores ‘whats’ and ‘hows’Continue reading “Drs ?Déirdre Ní Chróinín? and Tim Fletcher (Pt1) | Meaningful PE | Youth Sport | LAMPE project”