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"The margin for error": Ritual coping with cultural pressures.

T B Broch¹, E Kristiansen

¹Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports

|May 14, 2013

Summary

Athletes use rituals as coping strategies to manage stress in competitive sports. Understanding the cultural meanings within these rituals is key to successful coping and performance enhancement.

Keywords:

coping culture elite sport psychosocial perspective ritual stress youth sport

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Area of Science:

Sport Sociology
Sport Psychology
Cultural Studies

Background:

Meritocratic sport cultures, media, coaching, and parental pressure create significant stress for athletes.
Effective coping mechanisms are crucial for maintaining athletic performance under pressure.
Transdisciplinary approaches are needed to understand the multifaceted nature of athletic stress and coping.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore ritual practices as coping strategies in athletes' lived experiences.
To examine the psychosocial dimensions of athletes' pregame routines.
To investigate how meaning-making in rituals helps cope with sport-specific sociocultural anxieties.

Main Methods:

Field observations of boy's handball players.
Interviews with elite male wrestlers.
Analysis of pregame routines and psychosocial factors.

Main Results:

Rituals serve as psychosocial processes that create order and comfort in stressful sport environments.
Athletes' successful coping relies on both psychological competencies and meaningful ritualistic cultural engagement.
Ritual meaning-making is a vital strategy for navigating sport-specific sociocultural anxieties.

Conclusions:

Ritual practices are significant coping mechanisms for athletes facing sport-related stress.
The cultural meanings embedded in rituals play a critical role in athletes' ability to cope.
Future interventions should consider the cultural context of rituals to support athletes.