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Appendix D: Interview Guide

Theme I: Childhood

1. How did you become involved in basketball?

a. What is your earliest basketball memory? b. Is your family involved in sport?

2. How has your participation in basketball as a youth influenced you? a. What did you learn about yourself?

b. What did you learn about others?

c. What was the best thing about playing basketball growing up? d. What was the worst thing about playing basketball growing up?

Theme II: Manhood

3. What does it mean to be a man?

a. Where do these ideas come from?

b. Are there times or situations where what it means to be a man can change?

c. Do you feel your teammates or coaches would define manhood similarly?

4. What do you like about being a man?

a. What don’t you like about being a man?

5. What about the word “male”?

b. What is the difference between sex and gender?

6. Who is the strongest man you know?

7. Describe your understanding of what it means to be a man?

a. Are there qualities or characteristics that basketball has helped you to develop or strengthen?

b. Are there qualities or characteristics that you do not feel comfortable expressing to your coaches or teammates?

Theme III: Athletic Culture

11. Describe to me the things you like about the athletic culture at the USO?

a. Describe to me the things that you do not like about the athletic culture?

b. In what ways is the athletic culture at USO similar or dissimilar to your previous experiences?

12. Describe to me your relationship with your teammates? a. How did this relationship develop?

b. In what ways is this relationship similar or dissimilar to your previous experiences?

c. How do you feel about the attitudes and behaviours of your teammates? d. Do you feel pressure from your teammates to play a certain way? e. Do you feel pressure from your teammates to act a certain way? f. What do your teammates expect of you?

13. Describe to me your relationship with your coaches?

a. In what ways is this relationship similar or dissimilar to your previous experiences?

b. How do you feel about the attitudes and behaviours of your coaches? c. Do you feel pressure from your coaches to play a certain way? d. What do your coaches expect of you?

a. In what ways is this locker room similar or dissimilar to your previous experiences?

Theme IV: Race

15. Have you seen or experienced racism in your basketball career?

a. How did this make you feel? b. How did you respond?

c. How did your teammates or coaches respond?

d. Do you feel that racism is prevalent in basketball? What about other sports?

16. What assumptions are made about you because of your race?

a. In the classroom, what assumptions are made about you because of your race?

b. In what ways has the label “student-athlete” influenced how peers and professors have treated you?

c. In your experience, are White student-athletes and Black student- athletes treated similarly?

d. In the community, what assumptions are made about you because of your race?

Theme V: Women

17. Describe your team’s relationship with the women’s varsity basketball team?

a. How was this relationship developed?

b. Do you feel that your teammates respect the women’s team?

18. What are some of the dominant stereotypes regarding female athletes?

a. Where do these ideas come from?

b. Are they representative of the female athlete that you know? c. What effects might these labels have on young women and girls?

19. How do you feel about coaches using language and phrases like “man up” or “don’t be a pussy” to motivate players?

a. Has the use of this language ever been challenged in the locker room? b. Would you feel comfortable challenging a teammate or coach using this language?

20. Outside the locker room, how do your teammates talk about women?

a. Have you ever felt pressure from your teammates to treat women a certain way?

Wrap Up