Scaling Summitt : towards a feminist coaching methodology

Scaling Summitt : towards a feminist coaching methodology

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Main Author: Chawansky, Megan E.
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2002
Subjects:
SUMMITT
COACHING
sport
athletes
basketball
FEMINIST
coaches
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1140639149
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu11406391492021-08-03T05:50:47Z Scaling Summitt : towards a feminist coaching methodology Chawansky, Megan E. SUMMITT COACHING sport athletes basketball FEMINIST coaches This thesis explores how discourses of gender, sexuality, race, and class reveal themselves in two texts by The University of Tennessee's women's basketball Head Coach, Pat Summitt. I examine <i>Reach for the Summitt</i> and <i>Raise the Roof</i> via a feminist lens to explore the ways in which Summitt understands and describes herself as a leader of young women. An analysis of Summitt's texts and coaching strategies exposes the impact of male models of leadership and coaching paradigms, and the negotiations made by female coaches to fit into the patriarchal institution of sport. The thesis focuses on the rhetorical strategies utilized by Summitt to negotiate her socially constructed roles of woman and coach. Ultimately, I contend that coaching and rhetorical strategies employed by Summitt fail to challenge the male models and power structure of sport. Summitt's style reproduces rather than defies dominant gender ideology of women in sport. I offer suggestions on imparting tenets of feminist pedagogies into a coaching methodology to provide a way in which male hegemony in sport may be challenged. 2002 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1140639149 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1140639149 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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COACHING
sport
athletes
basketball
FEMINIST
coaches
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COACHING
sport
athletes
basketball
FEMINIST
coaches
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