Abstract
In order to eliminate violent coaching from sports, an educational approach to college students who aspire to become leaders is important. The purpose of this study was to examine whether a lecture given by the bereaved family of a child who committed suicide due to coaching by a teacher had a positive effect on college students’ perception of corporal punishment. The study included 121 participants. Of the 121 participants, 59 responded both before and after the lecture. The results of the study showed no significant difference in the perception of acceptance of corporal punishment. However, there was a significant difference in the perception of the necessity of corporal punishment between before and after the lecture, with an increase in the number of responses that corporal punishment was not necessary. On the scale of perception of corporal punishment, there was an increase in the number of students who perceived “demonstration/reprimand-type” and “punishment-type” instruction as corporal punishment. Furthermore, the results indicated that students with a long athletic career who had experienced corporal punishment may have come to perceive “affective-type” actions as corporal punishment after the lecture. In conclusion, it is believed that learning about the actual cases of coaching deaths that occurred after excessive coaching was effective in helping university students understand the influence of their every move, question their perception of corporal punishment, and especially recognize coercive and intimidating coaching that does not involve tangible force as inappropriate. At a university that trains teachers and sports leaders, learning through lectures by the bereaved families of coaching deaths has a certain effect on changing the perception of corporal punishment.
