ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN ATHLETES’ CAREER AND LEARNING IN ELITE FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Authors

  • Dávid OLÁH Nyíregyházi Egyetem, Testnevelés és Sporttudományi Intézet, Nyíregyháza; Testnevelési Egyetem Doktori Iskola, Budapest
  • Ferenc HEGEDÜS Nyíregyházi Egyetem, Testnevelés és Sporttudományi Intézet, Nyíregyháza
  • József BOGNÁR Eszterházy Károly Egyetem, Sporttudományi Intézet, Eger

Keywords:

professional football players, higher educations, athlete career, values of family

Abstract

The purpose of our study was to find out how much it is important for elite soccer players to carry on with their studis and also how their secondary school grades, entrance to higher education programs and their sport career correlate. It was also a goal of this study to explore what goals players have after their sport career and how parental values are associated with their plans. Elite soccer players (N=100) answered 26 open and closed-ended questions. Data analysis was conducted with SPSS 21.0. According to the results, most of the elite players have already graduated with their secondary school leaving exam, 48% planned to carr y on with studies at higher education programs, however it is only 13%, who are currently doing so. The majorit y of our sample places soccer at highest importance and they plan to carry on with their studies once they leave the professional career. There is a strong correlation bet ween secondar y school grades and views of studying in the family (p<0,000). What that means is family values have a strong impact on how players relate to study not only during their sport career but also afterwards. It is important to focus more on this issue through different means and methods and also to help players to plan their live further on after their sport career.

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Published

2018-01-02

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