AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW PANOPTICISM AND COACH DISCOURSE INTERACT WHEN EMPOWERMENT IS UTILISED AS A COACHING METHOD.

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Davies, Thomas
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2015Type
Thesis
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
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This study set out to investigate how Panopticism and discourse influence the utilisation of
empowerment as a coaching method. Further to this, how Panopticism and discourse
impact upon the actions of the athlete during empowerment. The study specifically looks at
the behaviours of the athlete during empowerment, and the coach discourse that creates
this normative behaviour. Using non-participant observation and unobtrusive recordings, in
line with grounded theory, allowed for discourse analysis and an understanding of the
nature of interactions which occur. The study found that athletes have their experiences
and choices framed by their coaches. It was discussed that the athletes undertake
normative behaviours as a result of coach discourse as well as the operating of
Panopticism, in some cases rendering them docile. The study discovered that Panopticism
is a transient and contested notion, and that disciplinary power is inherent with the
hierarchical structure. Future research can be geared towards investigating the notion of
electronic Panopticism and the interaction occurring through technology.
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