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Mills, A, Butt, J, Maynard, I and Harwood, C (2014) Toward an understanding of optimal development environments within elite English soccer academies. Sport Psychologist, 28 (2). pp. 137-150. ISSN 1543-2793
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Abstract
This study examined the factors perceived by successful coaches to underpin optimal development environments within elite English soccer academies. A semistructured interview guide was developed to interview 10 expert coaches about the environments they create for players at a key stage in their development. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and inductively content analyzed. The results identified a wide range of factors resulting in a conceptual framework that explained how these factors interact to underpin an optimal environment. Subcomponents of this framework included organizational core (e.g., advocate a player-driven ideology), adaptability (e.g., embrace novel ideas & approaches), player welfare (e.g., understand players' world-view), key stakeholder relationships (e.g., build trust with parents), involvement (e.g., encourage players' ideas/feedback), and achievement oriented (e.g., establish an explicit pathway to senior level). Collectively, the findings highlight the importance of establishing strong, dynamic, organizational cultures at elite youth soccer academies. Ways that academies might be helped to establish such environments are discussed.
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| Additional Information: | Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from Sport Psychologist, 2014, 28(2): 137-150, https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2013-0018 © Human Kinetics, Inc. |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports > GV711 Coaching G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports |
| Divisions: | Sport & Exercise Sciences |
| Publisher: | Human Kinetics |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2020 14:43 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 07:10 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1123/tsp.2013-0018 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13103 |
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