What does ‘Playing Well’ mean to elite sports coaches?, implicit thinking of elite Spanish soccer coaches

  • González Víllora S
  • Serra Olivares J
  • González Martí I
  • et al.
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Abstract

People construct knowledge through a set of highly diverse experiences. Despite being personal, this knowledge is strongly influenced by the specific context where it occurs. Such experience-based knowledge is referred to as ‘implicit theories’ because it does not fit in with a systematic and theoretical knowledge context like that of scientific knowledge. Coaches work with a number of implicit theories about aspects such as players, competition or training which determine their professional behaviour to a considerable extent. Thirty-nine Spanish First Division coaches were asked the question ‘What does playing soccer well mean?’ in this study. Their responses were later classified into eight different categories which show the diversity of opinions regarding this matter as well as the possible implicit theories that would guide coaches’ actions.Las personas construyen el conocimiento a través de una serie de experiencias diversas. Este conocimiento, aunque de carácter personal, está muy influenciado por el contexto en que se desarrolla, por lo que parte del mismo se basa en experiencias que son denominadas “teorías implícitas”, porque no se corresponden con un conocimiento sistemático y teórico como es el conocimiento científico. Los entrenadores trabajan con un número de teorías implícitas acerca de los jugadores, la competición, el entrenamiento, etc., que determinan en gran medida su comportamiento profesional. En este estudio hemos preguntado a treinta y nueve entrenadores de la Primera División de la Liga Española de Fútbol la siguiente pregunta: ‘¿Qué significa jugar bien al fútbol?’ Sus respuestas han sido clasificadas en ocho categorías diferentes, que muestran la diversidad de opiniones sobre esta cuestión y las posibles teorías implícitas que guían sus acciones.

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González Víllora, S., Serra Olivares, J., González Martí, I., & Hernández Martínez, A. (2012). What does ‘Playing Well’ mean to elite sports coaches?, implicit thinking of elite Spanish soccer coaches. Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 1(1), 27–32. https://doi.org/10.7821/naer.1.1.27-32

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