An analysis of the capacity of volunteer sports coaches as community assets in the Big Society

大社会中志愿体育教练作为社区资产的能力分析

• 批准号: AH/J501227/1
• 负责人: Mark Griffiths
• 金额: $ 2.86万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2011 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FJ501227%2F1
• 关键词: analysis; capacity; volunteer; sports; coaches

Although there is some existing research on volunteer sport coaches and their role in community engagement, it tends to be somewhat fragmented and limited, and is located primarily in the national contexts of the USA, Canada and Australia. This analysis of the existing body of empirical evidence suggests that volunteer coach research lacks robustness, rigor and a theoretical grounding from which to design future studies. The available literature is descriptive in format and design, perhaps reflecting the fact that the academic study of sport coaching is a relatively young field. Thus, while it is widely claimed that volunteer coaches can make a range of contributions to the social, physical and moral development of individuals, particularly young people, there is a lack of robust empirical evidence to support such claims. If, therefore, there are growing expectations about the individual and community benefits that volunteer sports coaches can deliver through sports activities, it is imperative that we understand more about the needs, motivations and priorities of this large volunteer workforce.

虽然已有一些关于志愿体育教练及其在社区参与中的作用的研究，但这些研究往往有些零散和有限，主要位于美国、加拿大和澳大利亚的国家背景下。对现有实证证据的分析表明，志愿者教练研究缺乏稳健性、严谨性，也缺乏设计未来研究的理论基础。现有的文献在形式和设计上都是描述性的，也许反映了这样一个事实，即运动教练的学术研究是一个相对年轻的领域。因此，虽然人们普遍认为志愿教练可以为个人，特别是年轻人的社会、身体和道德发展做出一系列贡献，但缺乏强有力的实证证据来支持这种说法。因此，如果人们对志愿体育教练可以通过体育活动带来的个人和社区利益的期望越来越高，我们就必须更多地了解这一庞大的志愿工作队伍的需求、动机和优先事项。