The Organization of Corrective Demonstrations Using Embodied Action in Sports Coaching Feedback.

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Abstract

The work of sports practice sessions is oriented to the proper performance of a range of bodily movements. It is central to the work of coaches and athletes alike in these training settings to a) identify incorrect movements and b) propose a correct course of action for the next time through. In this paper we draw on recordings of basketball practice sessions and powerlifting training sessions in order to identify the ways in which coaches and athletes identify ‘correctables’ and propose courses of action for the athlete’s next attempt. We argue that a pervasive orientation to correct forms of movement is exposed in these moments of correction and that this members’ method of corrective work is constitutive of the central task of these social settings.

Authors

• Edward John Reynolds, The University of New Hampshire

• Bryn Evans, Auckland University of Technology