Going beyond the interview: Methodological considerations for “getting at” life skills transfer using a longitudinal integrated qualitative approach

Life skills transfer represents an ongoing process by which an athlete learns/refines a life skill in sport and subsequently applies the same skill beyond sport. Many qualitative investigations on transfer have used the ‘one-shot’ interview design to explore the experiences of athletes, thus offering static snapshots of perceived life skills learning and application. The integration of multiple qualitative methods has been advanced as having the...