Keywords
Coaches, Silence, Baseball
Abstract
For athletic coaches, there are many methods to coach their athletes. One method that may not be as common or even thought of as coaching, is silence. Silence is basically, when the coach does not speak, but is thinking of specific team, player, and competitor items. The purpose of this study was to interview consistently successful high school baseball coaches with an emphasis on their silence as a coaching behavior. Five successful high school baseball coaches in the southeastern region of the United States were interviewed. Generally, it was found that these baseball coaches were strategizing, thinking of baseball related items while they were silent during practice. The results from this study are a valuable addition to the literature.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
McGaha, Patrick and Barney, David C., "A Qualitative Exploration of Successful High School Baseball Coaches Silence During Practice" (2020). Faculty Publications. 4178.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/4178
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2020-07-07
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/6988
Language
English
College
David O. McKay School of Education
Department
Teacher Education
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