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Abstract
Cultural sport psychology (CSP) is an emerging critical discourse located on the intersection of sport psychology and cultural studies. From conceptual and empirical CSP contributions, there is reason to believe that culturally reflective approaches to sport offer athletes and coaches of different cultural origins an opportunity of engagement into respectful negotiations. The present submission, which was a part of a larger study, explored the sport experiences of elite Canadian Aboriginal athletes coached by non‐Aborigines. The respondents were twenty‐three elite Aboriginal athletes. The data was gathered through semi‐structured interviews and developed, refined, and coded with the assistance of a community‐appointed research team. The data was segmented into meaning units, coded collaboratively with an Aboriginal community team, and verified with each respondent individually, and through a password protected website. Co‐authored results with community‐appointed researchers divided into three sub‐sections relating to coaching practice: (1) strategies regarded as ineffective, (2) strategies regarded as effective, and (3) recommendations for aspiring coaches.