The role of sport school programmes in athlete development in Norwegian handball and football
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6144968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Thue Bjørndal (0000-0001-8544-9816, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, corresponding author), Siv Gjesdal (0000-0002-5971-4492, NORCE Research AS) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 374-396 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal for Sport and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1613-8171 • E-ISSN: 2380-5919 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/16138171.2020.1792131 |
| OpenAlex | W3040694020 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 40 |
Norwegian sport school programmes are increasing in popularity and making significant contributions to athlete success. The aim of this study was to investigate how school coaches perceive the role of sport school programmes in Norwegian handball and football, and how coaches attempt to promote athlete development. The study was based on group and individual interviews with 25 coaches from 10 different sport programmes in upper secondary schools. The challenges and opportunities experienced by the school coaches related primarily to the interactions between athletes and the different organisational actors within the talent development system, and to the potential risks associated with these. No single stakeholder in the Norwegian system has sole responsibility for talent identification or development. Instead, athlete development in individual and team sports is located and organised within a multi-centric organisational model of club, school, regional and national association-driven activities. Policymakers and practitioners therefore need to strengthen the formal and informal lines of communication between sport school programmes and club teams. Coaches need to ensure that the academic syllabus does not constrain the opportunities available for athlete development at the individual level. Coaches should also maintain flexible approaches to athlete development and practice
Athletes · Club · Football · Medical education · Norwegian · Pedagogy · Physical therapy · Political science · Popularity · Public relations · Sport management · Stakeholder · Syllabus · Talent development · Medicine · Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sport Psychology and Performance · Sports Analytics and Performance
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 1,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |