Why talented athletes drop out from sport? The Portuguese and Czech case

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-12-2017-0207" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-12-2017-0207</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ET-12-2017-0207" target="_blank" >10.1108/ET-12-2017-0207</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Why talented athletes drop out from sport? The Portuguese and Czech case

Original language description

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to perceive the perspective of Portuguese and Czech&apos; talented athletes regarding: the main reasons pointed to drop out of sport, putting into analysis motivational factors; the conciliation of School and Sport, and how the organization of schools and sports contexts are articulated in relation to the training and promotion of students, athletes and citizens; and the contributions (positive/negative) of sports to daily life and society. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a qualitative approach to interview eight talented athletes from different sports that had to drop out the practice of sport and explores their narratives regarding experiences and the relational dynamics between sports contexts and schools. Findings Athletes identify factors that led to drop out: the coach profile or the methodology and dynamics of practicing/training; time consuming; and the impossibility of reconciling sports with school/job. Athletes can identify the sport&apos;s culture, self-development and health being as positive contributions of sports, whereas injuries were referred as the main negative factor of sport. As proposal of changes, athletes referred to the need of a more professional organization of the sport contexts and to more proximity between school policies and sport policies allowing conciliating both. Research limitations/implications One limitation that could be pointed to this research is the difference between the Czech and Portuguese socio-cultural and political situation, not only in the concept and organization of sports activities (since scholar years) but also in the general society. This difference could have more visibility when interpreting the data that led to this fact referred above. Practical implications It is recommended a more proximity relationship between researchers and the contexts of practice (sport contexts) being that it is important that these contexts should have feedback from the investigations carried out. Only in this way coaches, federations and confederations can be aware of the motivational factors that lead to talented athletes drop out, and make a greater investment in initial formation of the coaches and propose policies that try to establish partnerships with schools or professional contexts which could help the management of athletes&apos; times outside of sport. Originality/value Departing from the athletes&apos; feelings, concerns and motivations related to sport and the reasons that led to their drop out, we argue for the definition of public policies, in both countries, that promote non-discrimination of young people who wish to maintain a path linked to sports in articulation with other areas of their lives.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Education and Training

ISSN

0040-0912

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

60

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

473-489

UT code for WoS article

000441028000009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85045272751