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Interactions Among High School Cross-Country Runners and Coaches: Creating a Cultural Context for Athletes’ Embodied Experiences

Pamela M. Smith

Jennifer Paff Ogle

Colorado State University

This study explored the culture of a high school girls’ cross-country team. Of interest was whether and how interactions with coaches and athletes contributed to athletes'body-related attitudes and behaviors. Data were collected via participant observation and in-depth interviews. Constant comparison processes were used to analyze the data. Findings revealed a team culture emphasizing values of unity/harmony and healthfulness. In turn, these values framed individual experiences of the body and team interactions. All athletes expressed relatively positive feelings about the body, and none of the athletes reported regularly dieting. Two patterns of body-related athlete-athlete interactions emerged: fat talk and deferential avoidance. Three patterns of body-related coach-athlete interactions were identified: verbal interventions for regulation of athlete attitudes and behaviors, deferential avoidance, and condemnations and censures. Analyses suggested that in a variety of ways, these interaction patterns set a context for the athletes’ body-related attitudes and behaviors.

Key Words: adolescence • athletics • body image • coach • interactions

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 34, No. 3, 276-307 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X05283598
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