Social perspectives on athlete pathways.

Autor/inn/en	Aarresola, Outi; Lämsä, Jari; Schubring, Astrid
Titel	Social perspectives on athlete pathways. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Soziale Perspektiven auf die Laufbahn von Sportlern.
Quelle	Aus: Pike, Elizabeth C.J. (Hrsg.): Research handbook on sports and society. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (2021) S. 213-226 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	1-78990-359-9; 978-1-78990-359-1; 978-1-78990-360-7
DOI	10.4337/9781789903607.00025
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Familie; Sozialer Einfluss; Sportpolitik; Sportsoziologie; Berufsausbildung; Karriere; Sportler
Abstract	The 'athlete pathway' has become a popular concept in sport governance and coaching. Research on this theme is primarily concentrated on notions of athlete development or sports careers, with a focus on individual development. However, athlete pathways are constructed, supported and restricted by the social environment and could be analysed through many social theories. In a diachronical perspective, the life course of athletes can be conceptualised as stages and transitions in divergent strands of life, like sport, education and family path. The interplay of these strands provide the social conditions for continuing along, or leaving, the athlete pathway. In the synchronical or systemic perspective, various factors from the micro to the macro level, such as family, sport systems and policy, are seen to affect athlete pathways throughout all stages of careers. The challenge in research and practice is to take into consideration the complexity of athletes' pathways and their social structuration. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2024/1