TY - JOUR
T1 - "I feel we are inclusive enough"
T2 - examining swimming coaches' understandings of inclusion and disability
AU - Hammond, Andrew
AU - Jeanes, Ruth
AU - Penney, Dawn
AU - Leahy, Deana
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - In this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight Victorian swimming coaches to examine the discourses of disability1 and inclusion that they expressed in relation to their current coaching practices. Analysis specifically pursued links between neoliberalism, ableism, elitism, classification and inclusion in coaching, with the intention of exploring what discourse relations are possible, imaginable and practical within what have been referred to as neoliberal-ableist times. Findings reveal that coaches replicate and reproduce elitist, ableist assumptions about the body and sport. The discussion prompts a consideration of how rationalities and techniques of inclusion are limited under the prevailing political context.
AB - In this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight Victorian swimming coaches to examine the discourses of disability1 and inclusion that they expressed in relation to their current coaching practices. Analysis specifically pursued links between neoliberalism, ableism, elitism, classification and inclusion in coaching, with the intention of exploring what discourse relations are possible, imaginable and practical within what have been referred to as neoliberal-ableist times. Findings reveal that coaches replicate and reproduce elitist, ableist assumptions about the body and sport. The discussion prompts a consideration of how rationalities and techniques of inclusion are limited under the prevailing political context.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099690852&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1123/ssj.2018-0164
DO - 10.1123/ssj.2018-0164
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099690852
SN - 0741-1235
VL - 36
SP - 311
EP - 321
JO - Sociology of Sport Journal
JF - Sociology of Sport Journal
IS - 4
ER -