The role of debriefing in enhancing learning and development in professional boxing

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Kojman, Y., Beeching, K., Gomez, M., Parmar, N. and Nicholls, S. 2022. The role of debriefing in enhancing learning and development in professional boxing. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport. 22 (2), pp. 250-260. https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2022.2042640
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TitleThe role of debriefing in enhancing learning and development in professional boxing
AuthorsKojman, Y., Beeching, K., Gomez, M., Parmar, N. and Nicholls, S.
Abstract

The use of debriefing by 6 elite coaches (9–16 years’ experience coaching professional boxers) and 6 professional boxers (minimum 3 professional bouts) was explored via interviews (25–40 minutes). Boxers represented the featherweight, welterweight, and heavyweight divisions. Interview questions were framed around, 1) the use of video and data analysis, 2) coach-athlete interaction, and 3) learning and development. The importance of data, video, and the effective integration of performance analysis to facilitate comprehensive feedback to maximise learning opportunities was identified. The coach-athlete relationship, and engagement of the athlete within the debriefing process emerged as an aspect needing continual micro-management to ensure ongoing effectiveness. The development of an “open and honest” relationship and a “safe space” to air thoughts and opinions was greatly encouraged. The length of debriefing session did not appear to impact overall engagement. The use of video debriefing to facilitate a coach’s ability to develop the athletes mentally, in addition to their physical boxing capabilities, was a key and standout aspect that should be appropriately considered. The findings add to the limited investigation within boxing, providing insight into the debriefing processes within professional boxing by those on both sides, i.e. the coach and the athlete.

KeywordsPerformance analysis; boxing ; coaching process; feedback ; learning
Research GroupPerformance Analysis at the London Sport Institute
PublisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)
JournalInternational Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport
ISSN2474-8668
Electronic1474-8185
Publication dates
Online23 Feb 2022
Print04 Mar 2022
Publication process dates
Submitted21 Dec 2021
Accepted10 Feb 2022
Deposited15 Mar 2022
Output statusPublished
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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2022.2042640
Web of Science identifierWOS:000759952000001
LanguageEnglish
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