ERIC Number: EJ1389354
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-8981
EISSN: EISSN-2160-1682
A Qualitative Exploration of Successful High School Baseball Coaches' Silence during Practice
McGaha, Patrick; Barney, David C.
Physical Educator, v79 n4 p361-374 2022
For athletic coaches, there are many methods to coach athletes. One method that may not be as common, or even thought of as coaching, is silence. Silence is when the coach does not speak but is thinking of specific team, player, and competitor items. The purpose of this study was to interview consistently successful high school baseball coaches with an emphasis on their silence as a coaching behavior. Five successful high school baseball coaches in the southeastern United States were interviewed. Generally, it was found baseball coaches were strategizing, or thinking of baseball-related items while being silent during practice. The results from this study are a valuable addition to the literature, showing that coaching is not only about talking or yelling but also about a coach's silence, a powerful form of coaching.
Descriptors: High Schools, Athletic Coaches, Team Sports, Coaching (Performance), Males, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Fatigue (Biology), Cognitive Processes, Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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