Questioning Sport Coaching Knowledge - Dr Christian Thue Bjørndal (Pt1) - Meaningful Sport Series

<p>Today we explore sport coaching knowledge from a critical socio-cultural perspective and ask question about what implications it can have for youth athletes' experiences and meanings assigned to sport, both on personal and collective level.</p> <p>It is somewhat paradoxical that although significant advances have been made in scientific understandings in the areas of sport coaching and sport medicine, sports injuries remain at a high level in many sports. Does it have to do with the lack of integration of different disciplinary knowledge bases, the power imbalances inherent in the coach-athlete relationship, and/or the need for youth athletes to perform a certain type of identity to maximise their chances to continue in the talent pathway?</p> <p>Dr Christian Thue Bjørndal is an Associate Professor at the <a href='https://www.nih.no/en/research/about/departments/sport-and-social-sciences/'>Department of Sport and Social Science</a> at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. Christian’s work has focused on interdisciplinary perspectives on athlete learning and development with a special emphasis on sociocultural perspectives and ecological dynamics. In the podcast, we have an opportunity to look into some of the latest work he has produced on these topics.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>