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Massaging the Amateur Ethos. British Professional Trainers at Stockholm 1912. Amateurism and Coaching. Contempt for specialisation Natural talent Coaching undermined elegance of style Professionals underwent ‘joyless, mechanical training’. Spencer (Sam) Wisdom. ‘Choppy’ Warburton.
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Massaging the Amateur Ethos British Professional Trainers at Stockholm 1912
Amateurism and Coaching • Contempt for specialisation • Natural talent • Coaching undermined elegance of style • Professionals underwent ‘joyless, mechanical training’
1935 - Bill Thomas, with American coaches Keane Fitzpatrick, Matt Geiss and Tom Keane
Implications • Application of amateur ethos had different outcomes at different levels of sport • Sports historians have downplayed agency and concentrated on class interests • Desborough and Perry • Life courses of those making living from sport can enhance understanding of amateurism • Tendency to view 1912 Games as turning point in attitudes to coaching and training in Britain • Resistance to American coachingprimarily about issue of control