Interpreting youth baseball: players' understandings of attention, winning, and playing the game
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ABSTRACT:
This study compared the attitudes of 10-12 year-olds who played on two different teams at the same level of competition in the same city. The results suggest that the players' attitudes were influenced by their coaches' attitudes. The author proposes that future research dealing with youths or high level competitors' orientations towards sports must ensure that philosophical differences of the different teams are taken into account. Compares the ways in which 10 to 12 year old youngsters understand their baseball experiences. Uses observational and interview data (N = 2 teams) and identifies paying attention to the baseball action, winning and losing, and how to play baseball as important concepts for the players. Suggests that there were both similarities and differences between the two teams in their conceptualization of their experiences. Concludes that players partly reflect their coach's characterisation of baseball and partly redefine it for themselves.
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