瑞典顶级女子足球运动员的职业发展经历

Career Paths of Swedish Top-level Women Soccer Players

探索了瑞典顶级女子足球运动员的职业发展经历。通过半结构化访谈和传记性绘图网格生成数据,并借助"职业生涯"的理论框架来解读这些数据。研究结果显示研究对象的职业道路发展趋于同质性。数据还表明:球员们年轻时就决定从事足球事业;由于缺乏体能上的充分准备,从初级足球到高级足球的过渡十分艰难;足球胜于学业。建议足球利益相关者(例如联合会、俱乐部、教练)应特别关注从初级足球到高级足球的过渡,以防过度的苛求导致球员中途退出。此外,如果运动员将体育和教育放在同等优先地位,那么瑞典对高中教育和体育的双重职业概念需要进一步反思和调整。

This study explores seven Swedish top-level women’s soccer players’career development experiences.Data were produced through semi-structured interviews and a biographical mapping grid.The theoretical framework of‘careership’was employed to understand the data.The results showed homogenous career paths.Moreover,the data show that the players decided at a young age to pursue a career in soccer;experienced the transition from junior to senior level soccer as difficult because of a lack of physical preparedness;soccer over school commitments.We recommend that soccer stakeholders(e.g.federations,clubs,coaches)give the transition from junior to senior level soccer special attention to prevent intense demands that may cause dropout.We further propose that if athletes should give sport and education equal priority,the Swedish dual career concept of high school education and sport needs further reflection and adjustment.