The Importance of Parents’ Behavior in their Children’s Enjoyment and Amotivation in Sports

Sánchez‐Miguel, Pedro Antonio; Leo, Francisco M.; Sánchez‐Oliva, David; Amado, Diana; Calvo, Tomás García

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“…Two more latent factors (F3 and F9) were found, of which content corresponded with factor (F1). The second obtained factor (F2) consisted of family factors describing parents’ encouragement (Domingues and Gonçalves, 2013; Sanchez et al, 2013) and also family’s financial support (Nunomura and Oliveira, 2013) during the sports career. Parental assistance to the sports engagement of their child (Birchwood, 2008; Côté, 1999) seems to be eminently important for child's sports development and its realisation in sports.…”

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“…the achieved competition level, accomplishments in terms of winning championships, international and national team matches), as the institutionalised cultural capital of a soccer player (Tables 2a and 2b). Additionally, we examined the influence of family factors including the encouragement and support of parents as well as the social status of the family, on the players’ sports career (Birchwood et al, 2008; Côté, 1999; Domingues and Gonçalves, 2013; Nunomura and Oliveira, 2013; Sanchez-Miguel et al, 2013). School variables (DiMaggio, 1982) were also considered due to their possible influence on the embodied or institutionalized cultural capital in general.…”

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Soccer Players Cultural Capital and Its Impact on Migration

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The purpose of this study was to identify factors that constituted the cultural capital among soccer players. We assumed that in the increasingly globalized world of professional soccer, a player’s success would often depend on migrating and adjusting to life in other countries. Willingness to migrate and successful adjustment are tied to player’s previous attitudes and/or behaviours (habitus), significant support from others, including family members, and previous experiences and success in sports and education. Our hypothesised model of the cultural capital was based on the Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical framework. It consisted of 26 variables related to three sets of factors: soccer experiences, a family context and support, and educational achievements of the players and their parents. The model was tested using a sample of 79 current soccer coaches who also had been players at the elite level. A factor analysis was used to empirically verify the content of the hypothetical model of the soccer players’ cultural capital. Nine latent factors were extracted and together, they accounted for 55.01% of the total model variance. Individual factors obtained showed a sufficient level of substantial connection. The Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.77 confirmed the internal consistency of the operationalised variables in the hypothetical model. In addition, the impact of these aforementioned life dimensions on the migration of soccer players was studied. The results of the binary logistic regression analysis showed that the first factor of the hypothetical model (F1) had 2.2 times and the second factor (F8) had 3.9 times higher odds for migration abroad. Sociocultural findings using this new assessment approach could help create better “success conditions” in the talent development of young players.

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Soccer Players Cultural Capital and Its Impact on Migration

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Leskošek

Vodičar

et al. 2016

Journal of Human Kinetics

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“…In youth sport, coaches have been shown to influence the team's ethical and social agenda, players' moral judgements and characters, sportspersonship, fair play attitudes, fostering of psychological needs, emotions and well-being, team cohesion and empowerment (Vella, Oades, and Crowe 2013;García-Calvo et al 2014;Appleton and Duda 2016;Smith et al 2017). Parents influence their children's experiences and enjoyment of sport, their self-perception, perceived competence, self-confidence, self-esteem, competitive anxiety, fear of failure, moral and social norms of sporting behaviour, the quality of sportspersonship and their political socialisation (Sánchez-Miguel et al 2013;Holt and Knight 2014;Andersson 2019). In competitive games, coaches' and parents' behaviour can be viewed as role-modelling actions that affect players' observational learning and communicate what is regarded as important and valuable (cf.…”

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A referee perspective on the educational practice of competitive youth games: exploring the pedagogical function of parents, coaches and referees in grassroots soccer.

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2019

Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

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Background: Referees, parents and coaches are vital for co-creating the educational practice of competitive games in youth sport and influencing young players' behaviour, learning and socialisation within the game. Coaches and parents influence players in different ways in competitive games and their behaviour can be viewed as role-modelling actions that affect players' observational learning and communicate what is regarded as important and valuable. Referees and refereeing is an under-explored field of research; especially the experiences of referees in youth sport and soccer.Purpose: Based on a referee perspective, the aim of the article is to contribute knowledge about the educational practice of competitive games in youth sport with a focus on the pedagogical function of parents, coaches and referees within the context of grassroots youth soccer.Theory: Competitive youth games are approached as play activities conditioned by authority and respect for the game and the referee as a representative of the game and as a person. In the game, players are influenced by the pedagogical function of parents, coaches and referees and their relations direct what is possible to learn and experience. The concepts help us to understand the conditions for competitive youth games and the roles of significant others in co-creating the game as an educational practice.Method: The empirical study is part of a research project called Educating for fair play? In this project, the behaviour of parents and coaches in three grassroots soccer clubs in Sweden was explored during the 2017 sports season based on referees' and players' perspectives. For this article, the empirical data consists of 17 audio-recorded interviews with a total of 27 referees. A five-step qualitative content analysis has been used to analyse the data.Findings and Conclusions: From a referee perspective, the pedagogical function of parents is to act as spectators and as proponents of role respect and good referee relations. They are expected to encourage and praise the team and its players and to facilitate a friendly and holistic learning atmosphere in which all players, even opponents, are supported and included. The pedagogical function of coaches is to safeguard and promote referee respect, focus on their task as team leaders and player developers, facilitate an atmosphere of civility in which the participants in the game treat each other as worthy autonomous human beings and ARTICLE HISTORY direct the players to focus on playing the game. Referees' pedagogical function is to be authorities and representatives of the game, adopt a learning and improving approach, be game managers and enjoyment facilitators, communicate with and instruct and foster players, coaches and parents. By adjusting the expectations, for example of referees' competence in relation to the level of the competitive game and balancing competitive seriousness and the spirit of play, parents and coaches can co-create an educational practice that emphasises the players' own development and th...

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“…Although nearly 60% of the sample indicated that their parents had been supportive, 36% indicated that a parents' overemphasis on performance and winning had hampered past performances. Similarly, Sánchez‐Miguel, Leo, Sánchez‐Olivia, Amado, and García‐Calvo () surveyed youth in Spain participating in a variety of sports and found that higher levels of perceived parent pressure were associated with lower levels of enjoyment and commitment to continue in sport. In the present research we focused on young athletes' perceptions of parent pressure and the potential for these perceptions to affect their own enjoyment and commitment to sport participation.…”

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The Impact of Family Financial Investment on Perceived Parent Pressure and Child Enjoyment and Commitment in Organized Youth Sport

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Ninety percent of American youth participate in some form of organized youth sport between the ages of 5 and 18. Parent involvement in this context has recently been characterized as a potentially harmful force in parent–child relations, leading to debate regarding the appropriateness and level of parent involvement in organized youth sport. Despite the rising costs associated with youth sport participation, little empirical effort has been made to examine the potential impact of family financial investment on parent involvement and children's subsequent sport outcomes. The purpose of this study was to address how family financial investment in youth sport influences children's perceptions of parent pressure, sport enjoyment, and commitment to continued participation. Data from a national sample of 163 parent–child dyads illuminated an inverse association between family financial investment and child sport commitment, mediated by children's perceptions of parent pressure and sport enjoyment. The results indicated that family financial investment predicts child commitment through the sequential mediators of perceived parent pressure and child enjoyment. These findings draw attention to many avenues for future research on the potential link among family investment decisions, parent involvement behaviors, and child outcomes in organized youth sport, which may collectively inform the development of parent interventions for youth sport leagues, administrators, and parents.

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The Importance of Parents’ Behavior in their Children’s Enjoyment and Amotivation in Sports

Cited by 88 publications

References 25 publications

Soccer Players Cultural Capital and Its Impact on Migration

Soccer Players Cultural Capital and Its Impact on Migration

A referee perspective on the educational practice of competitive youth games: exploring the pedagogical function of parents, coaches and referees in grassroots soccer.

The Impact of Family Financial Investment on Perceived Parent Pressure and Child Enjoyment and Commitment in Organized Youth Sport

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