“I feel we are inclusive enough: examining swimming coaches’ understandings of inclusion and disability

Andrew Hammond ^[1] ; Ruth Jeanes ^[2] ; Dawn Penney ^[3] ; Deana Leahy ^[2]
1. [1] University of British Columbia
  
  University of British Columbia
  
  Canadá
2. [2] Monash University
  
  Monash University
  
  Australia
3. [3] Edith Cowan University
  
  Edith Cowan University
  
  Australia
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Localización: Sociology of sport journal, ISSN 0741-1235, Vol. 36, Nº. 4, 2019, págs. 311-321
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- 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