“You can't tee them up for retirement because we have to go out and win gold medals…”: a Foucauldian exploration of Olympic coaching logic and athletic retirement
Drawing upon Foucault's conceptualization of disciplinary power-knowledge, our analysis illustrates how Olympic coaches' perspectives and experiences of athletic retirement can be linked to the modernist logic and normalizing pressures that characterize Olympic level coaching environments.
Authors
- Luke Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6293-665X)
- John Toner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-4349)
- Zoë Avner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0079-1186)
- Neil Boardman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6804-9992)
Institutions
- Deakin University (AU)
- University of Hull (GB)
- University of Bath (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2025.1678053
- Primary Topic
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00