Player Experience During the Junior to Senior Transition in Professional Football: A Longitudinal Case Study.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to explore the evolving perspectives of young players experiences going through the junior to senior transition in professional football. A primary objective was to adopt novel methods - weekly video diaries - to allow participants to control and report their own narratives as the transition unfolded over 40 weeks. Semi structured interviews, held at four time points, allowed the lead researcher to probe further on themes that were developing. Six participants from the academy volunteered to take part, but only the three who earned professional contracts completed the study. The primary themes in the academy were the pressure experienced waiting for the contract decision, and then preparation for senior football and the first team environment once contracts we

SUBMITTER: Swainston SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7363945 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature