Physical literacy is used today as a philosophical and theoretical concept where its definition and use is widely discussed. The concept of physical literacy has been implemented by the Swedish sport educators (SISU) in different ways. They offer different courses which affects the different elements of physical literacy (Motivation, Confidence, Physical competence and Knowledge/Understanding). The purpose of this study was to look into how coaches work with the different elements of physical literacy after they have participated in the courses that SISU offers and to see what impact these courses have. The method used in this study was qualitative interviews with six coaches whom had participated in one of the courses offered by SISU. The respondents were coaches from different sports and have had this role for a minimum of two years. The result showed that all of the interviewed coaches work with all elements of physical literacy, but with more or less awareness how they are implementing it. We found out that the courses who were made to change the way coaches coach had a very little impact for the majority of the respondents. The conclusion of this study were that all of the coaches work with the different elements of physical literacy but they were not always aware of it. The impact of the courses were low for the coaches with much experience, while they were significant for the coaches with less experience.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-152119 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Eriksson, Viktor, Sandström, Josef |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Pedagogiska institutionen, Umeå universitet, Pedagogiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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