Talangutvecklingsmiljön inom en allsvensk fotbollsförening : En beskrivande fallstudie

• Main Author: Johansson, Marcus
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID) 2017
• Subjects: Talent development environment; talent development; sport environment; football; soccer; qualitative study; document analysis; questionnaires; interview; case study; UPF-model; Sport and Fitness Sciences; Idrottsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65181

By using a case study design this essay examines and describes the talent development environment in a football club. The aim of the study is to examine the talent development environment in a youth academy that is a part of a professional Swedish football club that plays in the highest domestic league. The theoretical framework is Fahlström, Glemne and Linnérs (2016) developed model that shows which factors in a talent development environment that are possible to influence. The framework also includes themes and head groups that are connected to Fahlström, Glemne and Linnérs model. This study has a qualitative research strategy in form of document analysis, questionnaires and interview. The results show that the football club works with talent development on all the levels in Fahlström, Glemne and Linnérs model which includes the developmental environment in the football club and its closest surroundings as well as socio-economical, cultural and sport conditions.