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Ishockeyspelares syn på en framgångsrik ishockeycoach : En fördjupad undersökning om hockeyspelares upplevelser av tränarens egenskaper, färdigheter och stil.

The focus of the study is based on sports leadership and ice-hockey coaching. The purpose of the study was to find out from male ice-hockey players view what characteristics are, according to them, characteristics of a successful ice-hockey coach. To create an understanding of how the players themselves look at how a coach should act for them to perform their utmost. In the study, seven ice-hockey players who have all played or plays on a high level have given their opinion on successful coaching in ice-hockey. They answer the purpose with three different theories in mind. These was related to leadership qualities, skills and style. Semi-structured interviews were used as a data collection method where four ice-hockey players answered the interview guide through individual interviews and three players through a focus group interview. The focus group also discussed interesting concepts and reflektions that were conducted during the indiviual interviews. The result shows that the players experience of a successful ice-hockey coach being meticulous and reliable, technically and conceptually proficient where respect and trust are important conceps. An ice-hockey coach does not have to be particularly friendly, but the focus is to create good relations with the players. The players mean that an ice-hockey coach should keep a certain distance because results have a big significance while there is space and patience for development work. In the conclusion, the result showed how an ice-hockey coach should act as a professional coach and how they shuld not act in order to be regarded as successful in the eyes of the players.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kau-72903
Date January 2019
CreatorsSundblad, Oliver
PublisherKarlstads universitet
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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