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This exploratory study sought to examine the use of exercise as punishment in sport. Despite the existence of numerous policies that condone the use of exercise as punishment in sport and physical education settings, anecdotal evidence suggests it continues to be used as a coaching and teaching practice. To-date, very few studies have studied this phenomenon empirically. The purpose of this exploratory study therefore was to examine athletes’ experiences of the use of exercise as punishment, with a focus on the occurrence, types, precipitants, and perceived consequences of this practice. In the first phase of the study, 12 university-level football players were interviewed about their experiences of exercise as punishment. The findings from phase one, along with existing literature, were used to inform phase two of the study which involved the development and administration of a survey to undergraduate students in a kinesiology/physical education program (n=335) who had experiences in competitive sport. Taken together, the findings indicated that experiences of exercise as punishment are common, are typically administered by the head coach in public training settings as a result of poor athletic performance and behavioural infractions, and are reportedly associated with negative consequences for the athletes. The findings are interpreted to suggest that the coaching practice of administering exercise as punishment is a commonly accepted method of addressing undesirable performances and behaviours. As this study is exploratory in nature, numerous questions for future research remain including further study of coaches’ and athletes’ perspectives on the use of exercise as punishment, and contextual influences that enable the use of these practices. Implications for practice include education for coaches regarding alternative disciplinary strategies.

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