Thesis Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
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University of Bath PHD Elite sport and education support systems: a case study of the Team Bath Judo Programme at the University of Bath Callan, Michael Award date: 2008 Awarding institution: University of Bath Link to publication Alternative formats If you require this document in an alternative format, please contact: [email protected] General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ? Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 23. Sep. 2021 ELITE SPORT AND EDUCATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY OF THE TEAM BATH JUDO PROGRAMME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BATH Michael Jeremy Callan A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Bath School for Health June 2008 COPYRIGHT Attention is drawn to the fact that copyright of this thesis rests with its author. This copy of the thesis has been supplied on condition that anyone who consults it is understood to recognise that its copyright rests with its author and that no quotation from the thesis and no information derived from it may be published without the prior written consent of the author. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF FIGURES....................................................................................................6 TABLE OF APPENDICES ............................................................................................8 ABSTRACT.....................................................................................................................9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..........................................................................................13 PUBLICATIONS ..........................................................................................................14 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION..................................................................................16 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................. 16 THE UNIVERSITY OF BATH ..................................................................................................................... 19 THE SPORT OF JUDO ............................................................................................................................... 23 GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN SPORT AND EDUCATION ...................................................................... 25 THE AUTHOR ’S ROLE AT THE UNIVERSITY .............................................................................................. 30 CONTEXT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ......................................................................................... 32 AIMS OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................................................... 35 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE .............................................................37 SPORT AND EDUCATION , 19 TH AND EARLY 20 TH CENTURY BACKGROUND ............................................ 37 SPORT AND EDUCATION , LATE 20 TH CENTURY BACKGROUND................................................................ 40 ORIGINAL HISTORICAL RESEARCH INTO JUDO ........................................................................................ 45 A brief history of Kodokan judo........................................................................................................ 46 The relationship between judo and education .................................................................................. 48 The development of judo in a UK University environment............................................................... 53 The development of “sport judo” ..................................................................................................... 66 Judo has undergone a modernizing process ..................................................................................................66 Sport and the three cornered stool.................................................................................................................67 Competitive framework ................................................................................................................................67 Principles of judo..........................................................................................................................................71 Judo and the International Olympic Committee............................................................................................72 Rules have characterised the process ............................................................................................................76 The Kodokan has rewarded those with shiai experience...............................................................................78 Summary.......................................................................................................................................................79 OVERSEAS MODELS OF SPORT AND EDUCATION ..................................................................................... 85 SOCIOLOGICAL CONFLICT THEORY ........................................................................................................ 88 SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................................. 92 CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY .............................................................................94 INTRODUCTION TO THE METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................. 94 2 THE CASE STUDY DESIGN APPROACH ...................................................................................................... 96 The initial development of the Research Question.......................................................................... 100 Concept Advisers........................................................................................................................................100 Focus sports ................................................................................................................................................101 Hardness and softness.................................................................................................................................103 Ethical standpoint........................................................................................................................... 105 The Ethical Approach .................................................................................................................................105 Anonymity..................................................................................................................................................106 Informed consent ........................................................................................................................................107 Public profile ..............................................................................................................................................108 DATA COLLECTION .............................................................................................................................. 109 Range of data sources..................................................................................................................... 109 Data Sources Table .....................................................................................................................................110 Data collection methods ................................................................................................................. 112 Triangulation...............................................................................................................................................112 Evidence Database......................................................................................................................................112 Chain of evidence .......................................................................................................................................113 Nature and handling of the data collected...................................................................................... 114 Development of the Questionnaire Research Tool......................................................................................114 Questionnaire construct and hypothesis ............................................................................................119 Interview Methodology...............................................................................................................................121