<p>Abstract</p><p>________________________________________________________________</p><p>Författare/Author Richard Tähtinen</p><p>Titel/Title Youth hockey from a coach perspective. A qualitative study about coaches´</p><p>appreciations concerning youth hockey</p><p>The aim with this study is to strengthen the knowledge about coaches´ appreciations</p><p>concerning youth hockey. This study contains interviews with three leaders that operate on</p><p>the strategic level within youth hockey and three coaches working with youth players in the</p><p>ages of 11 and 12. I have divided my main results into 4 categories, based on an earlier study</p><p>from Karin Redelius (2002). These categories include the following themes:</p><p>1) Competition on the good and the bad</p><p>2) The importance of winning</p><p>3) Shake-out versus sports on childrens terms</p><p>4) Instruction, play and learning</p><p>The main conclusions in this study show that leaders on the strategic level appreciate youth</p><p>hockey in a very similar way. Coaches´ appreciations vary on a much higher level both from</p><p>each other and from the appreciations expressed by the leaders. One of the coaches recon that</p><p>winning is very important and gives the coach assurance of a job well done. The leaders note</p><p>that one of the biggest mistakes a coach in youth hockey can make is to concentrate on the</p><p>result and therefore estimate his/hers coaching capabilities depending on the amount of wins.</p><p>Thus will this result fixation lead to unwanted behavior by the coaches´. Some of the coaches´</p><p>believe that shake-out of youth players within ice hockey is the result of the sport interests</p><p>carried by the parents. Some believe that it is the lack of resources that lead to drop-out from</p><p>youth hockey. The coaches in this study believe that the athletic environment within youth ice</p><p>hockey doesnt differ from other team sports. They do point out that youth hockey players</p><p>spend more time in the locker-room than players in other team sports.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:vxu-1627 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Tähtinen, Richard |
| Publisher | Växjö University, School of Education |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
| Relation | Pedagogiska uppsatser : Växjö universitet, 1651-2871 ; |
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