Grades for goals? Challenging associations between educational engagement and improved football performance among Danish male elite players.

Autor/inn/en	Thomsen, Kristian Raun; Nørgaard, Jacob
Titel	Grades for goals? Challenging associations between educational engagement and improved football performance among Danish male elite players. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Noten für Tore? Herausfordernde Assoziationen zwischen pädagogischem Engagement und verbesserter Fußballleistung bei dänischen Elitespielern.
Quelle	In: Soccer and society, 21 (2020) 2, S. 152-165 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1466-0970; 1743-9590
DOI	10.1080/14660970.2018.1541798
Schlagwörter	Ideologie; Bildungsangebot; Schulbildung; Schulerfolg; Fußball; Leistungssport; Sport; Sportpädagogik; Sportsoziologie; Ausbildung; Beruf; Karriere; Weiterbildung; Leistung; Sportler; Dänemark
Abstract	This study investigates the phenomenon of dual career in Danish male football, with a specific focus on the notion that educational engagement promotes football performance. The study does not support this notion: Few or no sport-related benefits are found in the players' perceptions of their educational engagement, making them prone to believe that dual career paths make success in either arena harder to achieve. Based on these findings, we argue that the emphasis on education is a legitimacy-creating process and branding strategy for clubs to attract the best players and, more importantly, the support of the players' parents. Two ideologies to approach dual career are outlined: One for optimizing football performance with an emphasis on players' efficiency and total dedication, and one for displaying football performance to society and surrounding norms. When football clubs adhere to these two ideologies, inconsistencies will appear, also referred to as a necessary hypocrisy. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2020/3