Elite athletes require the most advanced sports equipment to maintain their competitive edge, but manufacturers cannot always satisfy these athletes’ specific equipment needs. Sport involvement can influence sports-equipment selections and is described as the process by which individuals rely on attitudes and belief systems to make sports-related consumption decisions. This study involved semistructured interviews with 5 elite Parasport athletes to identify and analyze the role of sport involvement in their selection of sports equipment. The results revealed that the athletes identified product limitations, created a collaborative environment, and promoted a culture of innovation to develop new sports products and address existing limitations. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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Examining Elite Parasport Athletes With Sport Involvement and Sports Equipment
Marion E. Hambrick, Mary A. Hums, Glenna G. Bower, and Eli A. Wolff
A Model of Perfectionism, Moral Disengagement, Altruism, and Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviors in Wheelchair Athletes
Frazer Atkinson, Jeffrey J. Martin, and E. Whitney G. Moore
understand the psychology of athletes with a disability. Many Parasport athletes have an acquired disability because of a traumatic event (e.g., skiing accident). Extreme adverse life events, such as a sport or traffic accident, are often associated with changes in personality traits ( Lockenhoff et
Too Many Chairs: Spatiality and Disability in Integrated Sporting Spaces
Nancy Quinn, Laura Misener, and P. David Howe
this statement. Since the 1994 Commonwealth Games (CG) in Victoria, Canada, where demonstration events for parasport athletes were held, the CGF has been at the forefront of pushing for integrated sporting events. By 2002, the CGF voted to adopt an integrated model of competition for future CG. In this
It’s a Long Way to the Top: Determinants of Developmental Pathways in Paralympic Sport
Jacqueline Martins Patatas, Jens De Rycke, Veerle De Bosscher, and Rafael Lima Kons
Talent Development Environmental model ( Henriksen et al., 2010 ), and the Long-Term Athlete Development model ( Balyi et al., 2013 ). Given this long-standing field of literature, remarkably, little is known about how parasport athletes progress through an athletic career pathway and, consequently the
“A Really Strong Bond”: Coaches in Women Athletes’ Experiences of Inclusion in Parasport
Jessica J. Ferguson and Nancy L.I. Spencer
) conducted interviews with elite women parasport athletes about their perceptions of effective and ineffective coaching behaviors and strategies. The findings revealed that these athletes valued coaches who were knowledgeable about their sport and willing to adapt to their needs by being open-minded and
Wheelchair Basketball Athletes’ Perceptions of the Coach–Athlete Relationship
Lara Pomerleau-Fontaine, Gordon A. Bloom, and Danielle Alexander
; Dehghansai et al., 2021 ; Lefebvre et al., 2021 ; Townsend & Cushion, 2021 ; Townsend et al., 2020 ). For example, research has shown that parasport coaches play an important role in supporting parasport athletes by creating an environment that provides the opportunity to develop on both a personal and
Searching for Paralympians: Characteristics of Participants Attending “Search” Events
Nima Dehghansai and Joseph Baker
early development (i.e., dropout, burnout, concussions, and injury) ( Baker, Cobley, & Fraser-Thomas, 2009 ; Patel, Parachuri, & Shettigar, 2017 ), and there is a need to better understand the impacts of sport participation for parasport athletes ( Bundon, 2019 ). Currently, the positive notion of
What’s in a Sport Class? The Classification Experiences of Paraswimmers
Kirsti Van Dornick and Nancy L.I. Spencer
Parasport 1 has grown significantly over the past 60 years, with the Paralympic Games becoming the second largest multisport event on Earth ( Steadward & Peterson, 1997 ). To gain access to competitive parasport, athletes with physical, sensory, and intellectual impairment are classified based on
What Is a Parasport Coach’s Role During Athlete Classification? Exploring How Parasport Coaches Learn About Classification and Their Role Within This Process
Isabelle Birchall, Janet A. Lawson, Toni L. Williams, and Amy E. Latimer-Cheung
duties and responsibilities taken on) is limited. Identifying these coach behaviors will allow for the creation of resources to advance coach learning and ultimately skill in supporting parasport athletes through the classification process. Effective parasport coach behaviors have been explored generally
Individualising Coaching in Olympic and Paralympic Worlds: An Applied Perspective
Scott Simon and Pam Richards
the coaching literature remains misaligned to the effective individualisation of parasport athletes. Such a discourse aligns with assumptions driven through a medical lens of functional limitation of what the athlete cannot do ( Townsend et al., 2015 ). Furthermore, historical coaching literature may
