The policy and practice of implementing a student–athlete support network: a case study

Ryan, Christina; Thorpe, Holly; Pope, Clive C.

doi:10.1080/19406940.2017.1320301

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“…Indeed, to maintain their dual career paths student-athletes have to develop their own approach when sport or academics inevitably have to be prioritized, unavoidably compromising other aspects of their social lives [59,61]. Despite the literature highlights a very limited flexibility around training schedules [7,59], in the present study the student-athletes reported similar time away from sport and academic duties to achieve their successful dual career potentials in presence of conflicting schedules. Thus, the culturally dominant discourse that flexibility should pertain mainly the educational institutions is challenged and the supportive role of quality coaching towards rearranging training schedule in relation to academic duties of their student-athletes are envisaged.…”

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“…Although athletes enrolled at university level have the opportunity to compete at multi-sport international and continental university sport events (e.g., Universiade, World University Championships, Pan-American University Championships, European EUSA Games), relevant differences exist worldwide in the requirements and eligibility criteria for dual career programmes and services, which determine unequal treatments of elite student-athletes mainly due to country-specific cultural/organizational regulations in the field of sport and education [3,4]. In particular, recognition and support of student-athletes is formalized in Australia [5], Canada [6], New Zealand [7], and the United States [8], whereas dual career paths for talented and elite African, Asian and European athletes present a multiplicity of national approaches ranging from flexible academic programmes and financial/service support to individually negotiated agreements, when possible [3,4,9–11]. Hence, student-athletes from the five continents are presented with different opportunities in pursuing a successful dual career.…”

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Dual-career through the elite university student-athletes’ lenses: The international FISU-EAS survey

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Athletes have the right to combine their sport and higher education careers (e.g., dual career), but differences in the recognition of the student-athlete’s status and availability of dual career programmes and services exist worldwide. The purpose of this study was to investigate the dual career phenomenon through the international student-athletes’ views. Student-athletes competing at the 2017 Summer Universiade were recruited to respond a 31-item online survey encompassing demographic characteristics (Q1-8), sport and university engagement (Q9-13), student-athletes’ knowledge and possible sources of information regarding dual career (Q14-22); and dual career support at personal, sport, and academic levels (Q23-31). Four hundred twenty-six respondents (males: 46%, females 54%), competing in 22 different sports (individual: 74%, team: 26%) from Africa (4%), America (20%), Asia (34%), Europe (39%), and Oceania (3), had experienced previous international sports events (94%). Differences among continents emerged for sport (p<0.001) and university (p = 0.039) engagement, and transfer time from home to the training venue (p = 0.030). Individual sports student-athletes showed higher sport engagement (p = 0.003) compared to team sports counterparts. Differences among university majors emerged for university engagement (p<0.001). Long absence from classes (57%), limited leisure time (50%), financial uncertainty (44%), reduction of training due to education (42%), and overload feelings (37%) emerged. The majority of the sample resulted not familiar with dual career programmes (60%) and public authorities (69%), envisaging national dual career policies at university (37%) and sport (25%) levels. Multiple relevant dual career supporters at personal, sport, and university levels were identified, mainly parents (86%) and coaches (65%). To strengthen the potential of the student-athletes of the future, a dual career network should be established among several stakeholders, for transnational cooperation and sharing of knowledge and best practices through extensive communication between policy-makers, practitioners and those having a strong supportive dual career role (e.g., parents, coaches, and university sport staff).

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“…Researchers prioritise exploring DC in sport and studies pathway(s) emphasising DC athletes' challenges (e.g., investing into sport and studies while trying to maintain social and private life), and short-and long-term benefits (e.g., broader identity and social network, developing employability competencies) and potential costs (e.g., a risk for burnout). Although many DC studies have recently been conducted in North America (Blodgett & Schinke, 2015;Yukhymenko-Lescroart, 2018), Australia and New Zealand (Cosh & Tully, 2015;Ryan, Thorpe, & Pope, 2017), Asia and Africa (Sum et al, 2017;Tshube & Feltz, 2015;Zhang, Chin, & Reekie, 2019), European DC research supported by the European DC Guidelines (European Commission, 2012) has been dominating and flourishing.…”

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Career development and transitions of athletes: the International Society of Sport Psychology Position Stand Revisited

Stambulova

Ryba

Henriksen

2020

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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This paper is a comprehensive update of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) Position Stand on career development and transitions of athletes issued a decade ago (Stambulova, Alfermann, Statler, & Côté, 2009, ISSP Position Stand: Career development and transitions of athletes. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7, 395-412.). A need for updating the 2009 Position Stand has grown out of the increasing inconsistency between its popularity and high citation, on the one hand, and its dated content that inadequately reflects the current status of athlete career research and assistance, on the other. During the last decade, sport psychology career scholars worked on structuring the athlete career knowledge and consolidating it into the athlete career (sport psychology) discourse (ACD). The aims of this paper are to: (1) update the decade-long evolution and describe the current structure of the ACD, (2) introduce recent trends in career development and transition research, (3) discuss emerging trends in career assistance, and (4) summarise in a set of postulates the current status and future challenges of the ACD.

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“…scheduling, fatigue, coaches, and finances) (Cosh & Tully, 2015). Ryan, Thorpe, and Pope (2017) reported that their participants had a difficulty of managing their academic commitments due to a lack of time, being away from the locations of study, and training/competitions schedules.…”

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Dual career of junior athletes: Identifying challenges, available resources, and roles of social support providers (Carrera dual de deportistas junior: identificando retos, recursos disponibles, y roles de apoyo social)

López-Flores¹,

Hong²,

Botwina³

2021

CCD

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Balancing between two different commitments, sport and education, has been demonstrated as one of the significant challenges for dual career athletes, namely student athletes. Since EU guidelines on dual careers of athletes was published, a number of studies have been conducted on the topic of dual careers. One of the Erasmus+ Sport projects, Dual Career for Junior Athletes (DCJA), has been designed to identify three main aspects regarding the dual career of junior athletes, aged between 15 and 19-year-old: the barriers and challenges, resources and skills, and the roles and views of the support staff of the student-athletes. Applying a two-fold methodology based on the literature and the EU funded projects reviews, the findings show that there is a clear need of further research on the topic of dual career focused on the junior athletes’ needs, coping strategies development, and general aspects of their life. The findings in this study will inform following studies of DCJA project to fill the research gaps identified. === El equilibrio entre dos compromisos diferentes, el deporte y la educación, ha sido evidenciado como uno de los desafíos importantes para los deportistas de carrera dual, denominados estudiantes-deportistas. Desde que se publicaron las directrices de la UE sobre la carrera dual de los deportistas, se han realizado una serie de investigaciones sobre el topic de la carrera dual. Uno de los proyectos Erasmus + Sport, Dual Career for Junior Athletes (DCJA) ha sido diseñado para identificar tres aspectos relativos a la Carrera Dual del deportista junior, comprendidos entre 15-19 años: las barreras y retos, los recursos y habilidades, y los roles y puntos de vista del personal de apoyo de los estudiantes-deportistas. Mediante una metodología de investigación doble, basada en la revisión de la literatura y de los proyectos financiados a nivel europeo, se obtuvieron hallazgos que muestran que existe una clara necesidad de más investigación en el tema de la carrera dual centrada en las necesidades, desarrollo de capacidades de afrontamiento y aspectos generales de la vida de los deportistas junior. Los hallazgos de este estudio sentarán la base para los siguientes estudios del proyecto DCJA para solventar los vacíos de investigación identificados.

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The policy and practice of implementing a student–athlete support network: a case study

Cited by 29 publications

References 25 publications

Dual-career through the elite university student-athletes’ lenses: The international FISU-EAS survey

Dual-career through the elite university student-athletes’ lenses: The international FISU-EAS survey

Career development and transitions of athletes: the International Society of Sport Psychology Position Stand Revisited

Dual career of junior athletes: Identifying challenges, available resources, and roles of social support providers (Carrera dual de deportistas junior: identificando retos, recursos disponibles, y roles de apoyo social)

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