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- Through one on one interviews, this qualitative study examines how female college athletes respond to communication from their coaches based on gender. Current research on sports and gender focuses primarily on the difference that gender has on how athletes interpret communication within a broader sports setting. This work adds to current research by examining how female athletes react to a coach based specifically on gender, how the coach’s gender impacts his or her ability to motivate the athlete, and how cursing affects sports related communication. Using motivation as the central theme, subjects were asked to detail how their current coach motivates his or her athletes. Interviews also included a specific line of questioning on the use and impact of curse words to determine whether cursing positively or negatively motivates athletes. Results indicate that the gender of a coach can play a role in motivation when it comes to past experiences the players have had with coaches. Further, female athletes are motivated to be successful if they feel the coach makes the effort to get to know them on a personal level. Overall, players indicated that coach cursing, when used in a positive context only, was motivating. The results of this study provide current and aspiring coaches a better understanding of how to effectively communicate with their female athletes. ( en )
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