Stories of Identity from High Performance Male Boxers in Their Training and Competition Environments
The current submission was conceived to broaden the discussion around male athletic identities by exploring the stories told by four members of the Canadian National Boxing Team. The athletes’ stories were elicited through an arts-based method followed by a conversational interview. Storie...
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doaj-3b48de8dfe7345bfa424325d0ce3dbd02020-11-25T00:14:28ZengMDPI AGJournal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology2411-51422018-11-013458010.3390/jfmk3040058jfmk3040058Stories of Identity from High Performance Male Boxers in Their Training and Competition EnvironmentsThierry R. F. Middleton0Jacob Dupuis-Latour1Yang Ge2Robert J. Schinke3Amy T. Blodgett4Diana Coholic5Brennan Petersen6Human Studies Program, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, CanadaSchool of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, CanadaHuman Studies Program, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, CanadaSchool of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, CanadaSchool of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, CanadaSchool of Social Work, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, CanadaHuman Studies Program, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, CanadaThe current submission was conceived to broaden the discussion around male athletic identities by exploring the stories told by four members of the Canadian National Boxing Team. The athletes’ stories were elicited through an arts-based method followed by a conversational interview. Stories were then analyzed using an interpretive thematic analysis. Three salient themes were found—fluid masculinity, ethnicity brings an edge to boxing, and expressing identity through language. These themes present accounts that highlight how socially, culturally, and historically dominant narratives can allow athletes to feel comfortable in presenting the identities they might reveal or feel constrained from doing so due to factors outside of their control. The need to develop training and competition contexts that allow for the empowerment of athletes’ individually distinct identities is highlighted as a method to ensuring the positive mental health of elite level athletes.https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5142/3/4/58empowering contextsathletic identitycultureelite athletesstorytelling |
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Thierry R. F. Middleton Jacob Dupuis-Latour Yang Ge Robert J. Schinke Amy T. Blodgett Diana Coholic Brennan Petersen Stories of Identity from High Performance Male Boxers in Their Training and Competition Environments Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology empowering contexts athletic identity culture elite athletes storytelling |
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Stories of Identity from High Performance Male Boxers in Their Training and Competition Environments |
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Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology |
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The current submission was conceived to broaden the discussion around male athletic identities by exploring the stories told by four members of the Canadian National Boxing Team. The athletes’ stories were elicited through an arts-based method followed by a conversational interview. Stories were then analyzed using an interpretive thematic analysis. Three salient themes were found—fluid masculinity, ethnicity brings an edge to boxing, and expressing identity through language. These themes present accounts that highlight how socially, culturally, and historically dominant narratives can allow athletes to feel comfortable in presenting the identities they might reveal or feel constrained from doing so due to factors outside of their control. The need to develop training and competition contexts that allow for the empowerment of athletes’ individually distinct identities is highlighted as a method to ensuring the positive mental health of elite level athletes. |
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