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Understanding players' transition from youth to senior professional football environments: A coach perspective
Department of Coaching and Psychology, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
Department of Coaching and Psychology, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Health Sciences. Department of Coaching and Psychology, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4495-6819
2018 (English)In: International journal of sports science & coaching, ISSN 1747-9541, E-ISSN 2048-397X, Vol. 13, no 1, p. 26-37Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The aim of this study was to explore: (a) sociocultural features of a first team environment perceived to influence a player's progression, (b) the ways in which young players should manage these features and (c) how coaches operate to assist young players during specific phases in the youth-to-senior transition. Semi-structured interviews with eight elite development coaches in English Premier League football clubs generated two higher order categories: fitting in with standards of first team environment (e.g. handling social dynamics in the first team group) and facilitating shared perception of transition across key stakeholders (e.g. communicating with first team staff). Together, these findings indicate the need for young players to navigate between conforming, adapting to and breaking with specific features of the first team environment to successfully progress in the youth-to-senior transition to professional football.

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Sage Publications, 2018. Vol. 13, no 1, p. 26-37
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Sport and Fitness Sciences
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Sports Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-66714DOI: 10.1177/1747954117746497ISI: 000425985400003OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-66714DiVA, id: diva2:1190717
Available from: 2018-03-15 Created: 2018-03-15 Last updated: 2019-07-10Bibliographically approved

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