From schoolboy teams to college dreams: player progression on the League of Ireland elite underage pathway. An early look at the first structured approach to elite adult football in the League of Ireland.

Autor/in	O'Connor, Tom
Titel	From schoolboy teams to college dreams: player progression on the League of Ireland elite underage pathway. An early look at the first structured approach to elite adult football in the League of Ireland. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Von Schülermannschaften zu College-Träumen: Spielerentwicklung auf dem Weg der League of Ireland für Minderjährige im Leistungssportbereich. Ein früher Blick auf den ersten strukturierten Ansatz bezüglich Spitzenfußball von Erwachsenen in der League of Ireland.
Quelle	In: Sport in society, 23 (2020) 8, S. 1337-1353 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1461-0981; 1743-0437; 1743-0445
DOI	10.1080/17430437.2020.1769954
Schlagwörter	Leistungsentwicklung; Schulbildung; Fußball; Leistungssport; Sport; Sportförderung; Sportsoziologie; Karriere; Karriereplanung; 21. Jahrhundert; Entwicklung; Leistungsförderung; Nachwuchsförderung; Jugendlicher; Sportler; Irland
Abstract	A new structured Player Pathway for League of Ireland clubs in the Republic of Ireland was launched in 2014, the central tenet being the provision of a direct route from schoolboy to elite adult football, something which had not existed previously. It was to be introduced in stages, beginning with the Under-19s. In August 2014, 354 players were named on the team-sheets for the opening round of the reformed Elite Under-19 leagues. One year later, a further 361 players were named for the opening round of matches in the Under-17 level. This study focuses on the 715 players in these two cohorts, tracking their progress in football through to the start of the 2020 season. It also tracks their engagement with the educational opportunities available to them over the same period. This is a particularly important consideration given the importance of educational qualifications for young footballers, in relation to future employment prospects both in and outside the game. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2021/1