A Qualitative Investigation of Young Footballers’ Perceptions Regarding Developmental Experiences

Panagiotis Gerabinis and Marios Goudas
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Panagiotis Gerabinis: School of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Karies, 42100 Trikala, Greece
Marios Goudas: School of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Karies, 42100 Trikala, Greece

Social Sciences, 2019, vol. 8, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: This study examined perceptions of Greek young football players regarding sport-related developmental experiences using a model of PYD through sport based on results from a qualitative study as a theoretical framework. Twenty one young football athletes (aged 12–15) gave semi-structured interviews. The young athletes identified both positive and negative developmental experiences related to the behaviors of coaches, parents and peers. They did not report any explicit teaching of life-skills. However, young footballers identified their life-skills development by implicit processes. Nevertheless, their understanding of life-skills was rather simplistic.

Keywords: positive youth development; youth football; life-skills (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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