Personal and social responsibility development: exploring the perceptions of Portuguese Youth football coaches within competitive youth sport
Artigo Científico
Youth sport is a valuable context to foster the development
of personal and social responsibility (PSR). Within competitive
youth sport coaches face many challenges promoting PSR
while still being required to win. However, information
related to the role played by coaches in PSR development
within competitive youth sport is scarce and thus additional
research is required. The purpose of this study was to analyse
the perceptions of youth coaches on delivering, and barriers
to delivering PSR in competitive youth sport. The data were
collected through semi-structured interviews conducted with
17 youth coaches who coached under-15 football teams in
Portugal. A thematic analysis was performed which generated
high (e.g. coaching practice) and low order categories (e.g.
positive transference). The findings showed that coaches
considered PSR development important in different
developmental stages. The relationship between parents and
coaches was identified as a key factor. Coaches experienced
constraints to their intervention towards PSR development,
such as challenging athlete behaviours which were resolved
by implementing negative teaching strategies. Coaches also
mentioned a low number of strategies to foster transference
of PSR to other life domains.
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Fernando Santos
Nuno Corte-Real
Leonor Regueiras
Cláudia Dias
António Fonseca
Publicação
Ano da publicação: 2016
Identificadores
ISBN: 10.1080/21640629.2016.1249643