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A Holistic Vision of the Academic and Sports Development of Elite Spanish Track and Field Athletes
Background: Combining sports and studies could be stressful, but beneficial for the athletes’ career development. This study explores resources and barriers in the combination of the sports and academic life spheres during the lifespan of elite Spanish track-and-field athletes. Methods: Seven elite...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10049223/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36982063 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065153 |
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author | Asensio Castañeda, Eva Navarro, Rafael M. Chamorro, José L. Ospina-Betancurt, Jonathan |
author_facet | Asensio Castañeda, Eva Navarro, Rafael M. Chamorro, José L. Ospina-Betancurt, Jonathan |
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description | Background: Combining sports and studies could be stressful, but beneficial for the athletes’ career development. This study explores resources and barriers in the combination of the sports and academic life spheres during the lifespan of elite Spanish track-and-field athletes. Methods: Seven elite Spanish track-and-field athletes participated in a semistructured interview about their experiences to establish a dual career combining sports and studies/work. Interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) followed to analyze data. Results: Findings show that elite Spanish track-and-field athletes face educational and institutional barriers to developing a dual career. Time management, social support, and additional resources could play a key role in the success or failure to develop a dual career. Conclusions: This study shows that, to overcome dual-career barriers, athletes are resourceful if social support is provided at both the micro (coaches, families, etc.) and macro (political and educational institutions) levels. It also shows that pursuing an academic career can help in alleviating inherent tensions to athletic life and in finding personal balance. |
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spelling | pubmed-100492232023-03-29 A Holistic Vision of the Academic and Sports Development of Elite Spanish Track and Field Athletes Asensio Castañeda, Eva Navarro, Rafael M. Chamorro, José L. Ospina-Betancurt, Jonathan Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Combining sports and studies could be stressful, but beneficial for the athletes’ career development. This study explores resources and barriers in the combination of the sports and academic life spheres during the lifespan of elite Spanish track-and-field athletes. Methods: Seven elite Spanish track-and-field athletes participated in a semistructured interview about their experiences to establish a dual career combining sports and studies/work. Interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) followed to analyze data. Results: Findings show that elite Spanish track-and-field athletes face educational and institutional barriers to developing a dual career. Time management, social support, and additional resources could play a key role in the success or failure to develop a dual career. Conclusions: This study shows that, to overcome dual-career barriers, athletes are resourceful if social support is provided at both the micro (coaches, families, etc.) and macro (political and educational institutions) levels. It also shows that pursuing an academic career can help in alleviating inherent tensions to athletic life and in finding personal balance. MDPI 2023-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10049223/ /pubmed/36982063 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065153 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Asensio Castañeda, Eva Navarro, Rafael M. Chamorro, José L. Ospina-Betancurt, Jonathan A Holistic Vision of the Academic and Sports Development of Elite Spanish Track and Field Athletes |
title | A Holistic Vision of the Academic and Sports Development of Elite Spanish Track and Field Athletes |
title_full | A Holistic Vision of the Academic and Sports Development of Elite Spanish Track and Field Athletes |
title_fullStr | A Holistic Vision of the Academic and Sports Development of Elite Spanish Track and Field Athletes |
title_full_unstemmed | A Holistic Vision of the Academic and Sports Development of Elite Spanish Track and Field Athletes |
title_short | A Holistic Vision of the Academic and Sports Development of Elite Spanish Track and Field Athletes |
title_sort | holistic vision of the academic and sports development of elite spanish track and field athletes |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10049223/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36982063 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065153 |
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