The transition from academy to professional football: an examination of factors influencing players' progression when encountering and adapting to a first team context
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Based on the transitional phases outlined in Jones et al. (2014), the main objective of
this study was to examine factors influencing players’ progression when encountering and
adapting to a first team context in the transition to professional football. Using a hierarchical
content analysis, transcribed semi-structured interviews with eight elite development coaches in
two professional football clubs was inductively and deductively analyzed. The analysis generated
six higher-order categories influencing the progression in the encounter and adaption phase of the
transition. These were; adaptability, survival strength, practice behavior, social competence,
nature of elite football and relationship between academy and first team. Collectively, these
higher-order categories illustrate the multifaceted and complex nature of the academy-to-firstteam
transition when encountering and adapting to the context of a professional football club.
Following this, practical implications and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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Masteroppgave - Norges idrettshøgskole, 2015