An Examination of the Experiences of Practitioners Delivering Sport Psychology Services within English Premier League Soccer Academies
Authors: Dean, F., Kavanagh, E., Wilding, A. and Rees, T.
Journal: Sports
Volume: 10
Issue: 4
eISSN: 2075-4663
DOI: 10.3390/sports10040060
Abstract:Sport psychology has become increasingly recognized and accepted within professional sports, including soccer. To date, there is a lack of research that examines the provision of sport psychology within elite soccer, particularly from the experience of applied practitioners working within the field. The current study adopted a qualitative, inductive approach, to examine the experiences of practitioners responsible for sport psychology delivery within elite soccer academies in England. Seven participants (four females; three males), working within academies in the English Premier League, took part in semi‐structured interviews about their experience of delivering sport psychology services within elite soccer academies. Results demonstrated that the provision of sport psychology is continually evolving, yet there are a number of factors that appear to inhibit the full integration of the discipline into academy soccer. Six key themes were identified: The breadth of sport psychology provision; what is sport psychology; the stigma surrounding sport psychology services; psychological literacy; the elite youth soccer environment; and the delivery of sport psychology under the Elite Player Performance Plan. Participants identified a lack of psychological literacy among coaches and academy staff, as well as a low level of guidance regarding the provision of psychology within the England Football Association’s guiding document—the Elite Player Performance Plan—leading to considerable variation in the nature of the sport psychology provision. Future research would do well to also sample from a range of staff working within English soccer academies, in order to assess their perception of the level of provision and understanding of psychology.
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An Examination of the Experiences of Practitioners Delivering Sport Psychology Services within English Premier League Soccer Academies.
Authors: Dean, F., Kavanagh, E., Wilding, A. and Rees, T.
Journal: Sports (Basel)
Volume: 10
Issue: 4
eISSN: 2075-4663
DOI: 10.3390/sports10040060
Abstract:Sport psychology has become increasingly recognized and accepted within professional sports, including soccer. To date, there is a lack of research that examines the provision of sport psychology within elite soccer, particularly from the experience of applied practitioners working within the field. The current study adopted a qualitative, inductive approach, to examine the experiences of practitioners responsible for sport psychology delivery within elite soccer academies in England. Seven participants (four females; three males), working within academies in the English Premier League, took part in semi-structured interviews about their experience of delivering sport psychology services within elite soccer academies. Results demonstrated that the provision of sport psychology is continually evolving, yet there are a number of factors that appear to inhibit the full integration of the discipline into academy soccer. Six key themes were identified: The breadth of sport psychology provision; what is sport psychology; the stigma surrounding sport psychology services; psychological literacy; the elite youth soccer environment; and the delivery of sport psychology under the Elite Player Performance Plan. Participants identified a lack of psychological literacy among coaches and academy staff, as well as a low level of guidance regarding the provision of psychology within the England Football Association's guiding document-the Elite Player Performance Plan-leading to considerable variation in the nature of the sport psychology provision. Future research would do well to also sample from a range of staff working within English soccer academies, in order to assess their perception of the level of provision and understanding of psychology.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36857/
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An Examination of the Experiences of Practitioners Delivering Sport Psychology Services within English Premier League Soccer Academies
Authors: Dean, F., Kavanagh, E., Wilding, A. and Rees, T.
Journal: SPORTS
Volume: 10
Issue: 4
eISSN: 2075-4663
DOI: 10.3390/sports10040060
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36857/
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An examination of the experiences of practitioners delivering sport psychology services within English premier league soccer academies
Authors: Dean, F., Kavanagh, E., Wilding, A. and Rees, T.
Journal: Sports
Publisher: MDPI AG
ISSN: 2075-4663
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36857/
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An Examination of the Experiences of Practitioners Delivering Sport Psychology Services within English Premier League Soccer Academies.
Authors: Dean, F., Kavanagh, E., Wilding, A. and Rees, T.
Journal: Sports (Basel, Switzerland)
Volume: 10
Issue: 4
Pages: 60
eISSN: 2075-4663
ISSN: 2075-4663
DOI: 10.3390/sports10040060
Abstract:Sport psychology has become increasingly recognized and accepted within professional sports, including soccer. To date, there is a lack of research that examines the provision of sport psychology within elite soccer, particularly from the experience of applied practitioners working within the field. The current study adopted a qualitative, inductive approach, to examine the experiences of practitioners responsible for sport psychology delivery within elite soccer academies in England. Seven participants (four females; three males), working within academies in the English Premier League, took part in semi-structured interviews about their experience of delivering sport psychology services within elite soccer academies. Results demonstrated that the provision of sport psychology is continually evolving, yet there are a number of factors that appear to inhibit the full integration of the discipline into academy soccer. Six key themes were identified: The breadth of sport psychology provision; what is sport psychology; the stigma surrounding sport psychology services; psychological literacy; the elite youth soccer environment; and the delivery of sport psychology under the Elite Player Performance Plan. Participants identified a lack of psychological literacy among coaches and academy staff, as well as a low level of guidance regarding the provision of psychology within the England Football Association's guiding document-the Elite Player Performance Plan-leading to considerable variation in the nature of the sport psychology provision. Future research would do well to also sample from a range of staff working within English soccer academies, in order to assess their perception of the level of provision and understanding of psychology.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36857/
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An examination of the experiences of practitioners delivering sport psychology services within English Premier League soccer academies
Authors: Dean, F., Kavanagh, E., Wilding, A. and Rees, T.
Journal: Sports
Volume: 10
Issue: 4
Publisher: MDPI AG
ISSN: 2075-4663
Abstract:Sport psychology has become increasingly recognized and accepted within professional sports, including soccer. To date, there is a lack of research that examines the provision of sport psychology within elite soccer, particularly from the experience of applied practitioners working within the field. The current study adopted a qualitative, inductive approach, to examine the experiences of practitioners responsible for sport psychology delivery within elite soccer academies in England. Seven participants (four females; three males), working within academies in the English Premier League, took part in semi-structured interviews about their experience of delivering sport psychology services within elite soccer academies. Results demonstrated that the provision of sport psychology is continually evolving, yet there are a number of factors that appear to inhibit the full integration of the discipline into academy soccer. Six key themes were identified: The breadth of sport psychology provision; what is sport psychology; the stigma surrounding sport psychology services; psychological literacy; the elite youth soccer environment; and the delivery of sport psychology under the Elite Player Performance Plan. Participants identified a lack of psychological literacy among coaches and academy staff, as well as a low level of guidance regarding the provision of psychology within the England Football Association’s guiding document—the Elite Player Performance Plan—leading to considerable variation in the nature of the sport psychology provision. Future research would do well to also sample from a range of staff working within English soccer academies, in order to assess their perception of the level of provision and understanding of psychology.
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