Challenges in Promoting Positive Youth Development through Sport

Carlos Ewerton Palheta (), Vitor Ciampolini, Fernando Santos, Sergio José Ibáñez, Juarez Vieira Nascimento and Michel Milistetd
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Carlos Ewerton Palheta: Sport Pedagogy Research Center (NuPPE), School of Sports, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil
Vitor Ciampolini: Sport Pedagogy Research Center (NuPPE), School of Sports, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil
Fernando Santos: School of Higher Education, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Sergio José Ibáñez: Optimization of Training and Sports Performance Research Group (GOERD), Faculty of Sports Science, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
Juarez Vieira Nascimento: Sport Pedagogy Research Center (NuPPE), School of Sports, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil
Michel Milistetd: Sport Pedagogy Research Center (NuPPE), School of Sports, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-12

Abstract: Following previous calls regarding the importance of using sport as a platform for promoting youth psychosocial development and mental health, this case study aimed to understand the challenges faced by coaches and technical directors in the face of their individual efforts to infuse a positive youth development focus into a nationwide youth sports program in Brazil. After conducting semi-structured interviews, we conducted an inductive−deductive thematic analysis. High-order themes were organized according to the dimensions of the Framework for Planning Youth Sport Programs That Foster Psychosocial Development. The challenges faced appear to be interconnected. Since the program’s goals are not evident to the stakeholders, parents seemed not to support the absence of participation in competitive events. The lack of a structured methodology for implementing the program hinders coaches from planning and delivering practices by concurrently integrating sport skills and life skills development. Furthermore, the program presents difficulties in ensuring its effectiveness through assessment processes.

Keywords: youth sport; life skills; mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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