differences were found between the three groups of athletes with respect to national and international debuts and becoming starting players at the senior level. Examination of the data suggests a “fast track” for AI athletes that was not reflected in AB and CI athletes’ career trajectory. It took AB and CI
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Comparing Developmental Trajectories of Elite Able-Bodied and Wheelchair Basketball Players
Nima Dehghansai, Daniel Spedale, Melissa J. Wilson, and Joseph Baker
Career Development and Learning Pathways of Paralympic Coaches With a Disability
Scott Douglas, William R. Falcão, and Gordon A. Bloom
study approach allowed the researchers to describe the unique experiences of Paralympic coaches with a disability by identifying their career trajectory and the methods of acquiring information to allow them to effectively coach in this setting. Participants Purposeful sampling ( Creswell, 2013 ) was
Sport Participation for Elite Athletes With Physical Disabilities: Motivations, Barriers, and Facilitators
Gabriella McLoughlin, Courtney Weisman Fecske, Yvette Castaneda, Candace Gwin, and Kim Graber
addressed each participant’s personal motivations for pursuing elite-level adapted sport as well as the participant’s athletic career trajectory. All interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim prior to data analysis. Participants were given pseudonyms, and any schools, organizations, and names
Collegiate Athletes’ Perceptions of the Connection Between Mental Health and Sport Performance: A Qualitative Investigation
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of focus, and self-doubt as primary to their disorder ( Jones et al., 2014 ). Sievert ( 2022 ) interviewed three professional tennis players about their career trajectories, including experiences of chronic clinical depression, but did not clearly explore their perceptions about how the two may have
Pathways in Paralympic Sport: An In-Depth Analysis of Athletes’ Developmental Trajectories and Training Histories
Nima Dehghansai, Ross A. Pinder, and Joseph Baker
their subsequent sporting career trajectories. A more comprehensive understanding of these complexities can help to better support athletes by identifying and providing necessary resources and creating environments suitable to maximizing athletes’ development. There are also additional challenges in PS
Gender Equity in Disability Sport: A Rapid Scoping Review
Diane M. Culver, Majidullah Shaikh, Danielle Alexander, and Karine Fournier
low ( Demers et al., 2019 ; Machida-Kosuga et al., 2017 ). Again, such literature can also be explored with an intersectional lens; for instance, the intersection of race and gender has been shown to impact the career trajectories of women ( Demers et al., 2019 ; Larsen & Clayton, 2019 ), however