It’s (not) the winning – The Special Olympics national handball teams in the trade-off between desire for sporting success and social support
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In: Sport und Gesellschaft, Vol. 18, No. 2, 11.05.2021, p. 187-212.
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T1 - It’s (not) the winning – The Special Olympics national handball teams in the trade-off between desire for sporting success and social support
AU - Greve, Steffen
AU - Süßenbach, Jessica
AU - Stabick, Ole
PY - 2021/5/11
Y1 - 2021/5/11
N2 - Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities. At the Special Olympics World Games 2019, Special Olympics Germany was represented by two handball teams: a Women's Traditional team and a Unified team (consisting of people with and without disabilities). The members of both teams were selected from several applicants at various try-outs and then prepared in training camps for the World Games. These processes were evaluated by way of participant observations and guideline-based interviews with the players and coaches. The results reveal that the participants without disabilities find themselves caught between the conflicting priorities of desire for sporting success and social support.
AB - Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities. At the Special Olympics World Games 2019, Special Olympics Germany was represented by two handball teams: a Women's Traditional team and a Unified team (consisting of people with and without disabilities). The members of both teams were selected from several applicants at various try-outs and then prepared in training camps for the World Games. These processes were evaluated by way of participant observations and guideline-based interviews with the players and coaches. The results reveal that the participants without disabilities find themselves caught between the conflicting priorities of desire for sporting success and social support.
KW - Physical education and sports
KW - Grounded Theory
KW - Special Olympics
KW - Leistungssport
KW - National-Teams
KW - Unified Sports
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/771d7bdd-7d1b-3bff-b520-c924aab4d323/
U2 - 10.1515/sug-2021-0014
DO - 10.1515/sug-2021-0014
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 18
SP - 187
EP - 212
JO - Sport und Gesellschaft
JF - Sport und Gesellschaft
SN - 1610-3181
IS - 2
ER -