Being-on-the-Bench: An Existential Analysis of the Substitute in Sport

Ryall, Emily S

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“…Results revealed that aside from some positive experiences, athletes in this study overwhelmingly described their experiences in negative terms. These findings support claims made previously that the substitute experience may be stressful (Cresswell & Eklund, 2007;Gilbourne & Richardson, 2006;Holt & Hogg, 2002;Prapavessis & Carron, 1996;Newburg, 1989) and fulfill the calls for research to focus directly on the substitute role (Dosil, 2006;Hansen, 2003;Morgan, 1980;Passer, 1983;Ryall, 2008;Smith, 1983). Specifically, this study has identified that substitute players experience different organizational and personal factors in comparison with when they are a starting player.…”

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“…These included bitterness and rejection, reduced confidence and satisfaction with one's status and playing time, and, increased stress and anxiety, including higher trait anxiety in comparison with starting players (Cresswell & Eklund, 2007;Holt & Hogg;Neu, 1995;Rotella & Newburg, 1989;Smith, 1983;Teipel, 1988). This may be explained somewhat by a recent existential analysis of the substitute in sport, which reports the substitute's fate as one that is not freely chosen but decided by coaches and team selectors (Ryall, 2008). Furthermore, according to Wang et al (2001) substitute players may become scapegoats allowing team members to place blame on them if they lose.…”

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“…A recent literature search revealed only a handful of studies that have focused directly on non selection in team sports (Grove, Fish, & Eklund, 2004;Mandell, 1994;Munroe et al, 1999;Petrie, 1993;Simeone, 1983;Smith, 1983) or specifically on the psychology or experience of the substitute (Hansen, 2003;Kerth, 1995;Rotella & Newburg, 1989;Ryall, 2008;Teipel, 1988). However, other exploratory studies that examined stress and coping in sport reported that being a substitute player and de-selection emerged from their findings as sources of stress for athletes (Anshel, Kim, Kim, Chang, & Eom, 2001;Cresswell & Eklund, 2007;Holt & Hogg, 2002;Munroe, Albinson, & Hall, 1999;Wang et al, 2001;Woodman & Hardy, 2001).…”

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A Qualitative Exploration of Substitutes’ Experiences in Soccer

Woods

Thatcher

2009

The Sport Psychologist

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The purpose of this study was to conduct a qualitative exploration of the substitute role in an attempt to uncover detailed understanding of soccer players' experiences. Twenty soccer substitutes were individually interviewed. Inductive content analysis revealed that they experienced mainly negative organizational, person and competitive factors as substitutes, with fewer positive experiences. Organizational factors were: receiving short notice, segregation, poor coach communication, inactivity and restricted preparation. Person factors were: dissatisfaction with status, self-presentation and impression motivation concerns, reduced control over performance and coach's decisions, reduced motivation to prepare, negative emotions and elevated state anxiety. Positive responses were: role acceptance, remaining focused, enthusiastic and confident and performing well. Sport psychologists, team-mates and coaches should be aware of these experiences and how they can help substitutes cope with their role.

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A Qualitative Exploration of Substitutes’ Experiences in Soccer

Woods

Thatcher

2009

The Sport Psychologist

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“…For example, in sport philosophy there are several existentialist analyses of football that have investigated the game itself (Hemphill 2005;Hughson & Inglis 2002), the role of a substitute player (Ryall 2008), and creativity (Aggerholm et al 2011) and humor in the game (Aggerholm & Ronglan 2012). Heidegger's notion of authenticity has been also used in an analysis of skydiving (Breivik 2010).…”

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Running, Being, and Beijing—An Existential Exploration of a Runner Identity

Ronkainen¹,

Harrison²,

Ryba³

2014

Qualitative Research in Psychology

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In this research, we explore the negotiation of a conflicted runner identity in a Finnish runner's short-term migration to Beijing, China. We examine the historical and cultural construction of the runner identity and discuss the current discourses that constitute the modern runner subjectivities. From there, we continue with a Heideggerian existential-phenomenological analysis of the "boundary situation" when the project of competitive running is challenged due to environmental and cultural barriers in the migration. Our empirical inquiry is based on the first author's autoethnographic account, written during and shortly after her 10-week stay in Beijing in March-June 2011. Two main themes, the loss of control and isolation, are examined, and an existential interpretation is paired with insight from Buddhist psychology. Finally, we conclude with implications for future research in sport and migration studies as well as practical considerations for the use of autoethnography in psychological research and practice.

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“…Moreover, by using the expression "being-in-the-void" (with hyphens), the author mimics the Heideggerian way of describing the fundamental structures of existence, whereas he did not unveil any. (The same grief applies to at least one other author who uses an analogically misguided pseudo-Heideggerian expression "being-on-the-bench" - Ryall, 2008.) The only point that has been proven, in our opinion, is that Heidegger's analysis of the worldliness of Dasein is valid even in the particular case of "falling through empty air" (Breivik, 2010, p. 30).…”

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Phenomenology is not Phenomenalism. Is there such a thing as phenomenology of sport?

Halák¹,

Jirásek²,

Nesti³

2014

Acta Gymnica

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Background:The application of the philosophical mode of investigation called "phenomenology" in the context of sport. Objective: The goal is to show how and why the phenomenological method is very often misused in the sportrelated research. Methods: Interpretation of the key texts, explanation of their meaning. Results: The confrontation of concrete sport-related texts with the original meaning of the key phenomenological notions shows mainly three types of misuse -the confusion of phenomenology with immediacy, with an epistemologically subjectivist stance (phenomenalism), and with empirical research oriented towards objects in the world. Conclusions: Many of the discussed authors try to take over the epistemological validity of phenomenology for their research, which itself is not phenomenological, and it seems that this is because they lack such a methodological foundation. The authors believe that an authentically phenomenological analysis of sport is possible, but it must respect the fundamental distinctions that differentiate phenomenology from other styles of thinking.Keywords: philosophy of sport, phenomenology, phenomenalism meaning could be modified depending on the authors' actual goal. This situation is, of course, unsatisfactory and ultimately unacceptable. The purpose of this paper is thus to clarify the reasons for which, in our opinion, there is a frequent substantial loss of the meaning -and the value -of phenomenology as it is misinterpreted in sport related research.We would like to sketch a brief critical overview of a number of representatively chosen, mostly sportresearch related texts which have the ambition to call themselves "phenomenological". We shall demonstrate how the misunderstanding of some of the key distinctions introduced by phenomenological philosophy often brings the authors to even epistemologically inconsistent assertions. These may be interesting from some points of view, but can in no way obtain objective scientific validity in the way the authors wish, i.e. simply by being labeled phenomenology.As the phenomenology is a discipline stemming from a particular historical context, its fundamental meaning is clearly defined in contrast to certain epistemological and ontological positions. Phenomenology fights especially against two ultimately inconsequent ways of thinking -first, skepticism and psychologism; and second, naive objective realism. The key problem with the majority of sport-research appropriations of

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Being-on-the-Bench: An Existential Analysis of the Substitute in Sport

Cited by 9 publications

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A Qualitative Exploration of Substitutes’ Experiences in Soccer

A Qualitative Exploration of Substitutes’ Experiences in Soccer

Running, Being, and Beijing—An Existential Exploration of a Runner Identity

Phenomenology is not Phenomenalism. Is there such a thing as phenomenology of sport?

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