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Waerner, T., Thedin Jakobsson, B., Morgan, K. & Redelius, K. (2024). Participation Rights in Youth Sport: Voices of Young Swedish Equestrians. Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Participation Rights in Youth Sport: Voices of Young Swedish Equestrians
2024 (English)In: Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research, ISSN 1103-3088, E-ISSN 1741-3222Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

The Convention on the Rights of the Child states that all children and young people have the right to have a voice in matters concerning them, in accordance with age and maturity. In the endeavour to make youth sport a safe place free from abuse and harassment, it is crucial to ensure that young athletes can exercise their participation rights. Drawing from an online study involving over 550 Swedish young equestrians aged 15–17, the aim was to investigate whether and in what ways young equestrians can make their voices heard. The results show that the possibility to have a voice is conditioned by sociocultural factors such as what type of stable the youths are active in. The results are analysed from ‘The ladder of participation’. In sum, social interaction and access to horses are important conditions for how young equestrians experience the possibility to have a voice.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2024
National Category
Sociology Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-8067 (URN)10.1177/11033088231218855 (DOI)001139677600001 ()
Available from: 2024-01-24 Created: 2024-01-24 Last updated: 2024-01-29
Downing, C., Redelius, K. & Nordin-Bates, S. (2023). A systematic review of quantitative studies concerning psychological aspects of early specialisation. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A systematic review of quantitative studies concerning psychological aspects of early specialisation
2023 (English)In: International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, ISSN 1612-197X, E-ISSN 1557-251XArticle in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Despite the intense and long-standing interest surrounding early sport specialisation, scholars still debate its nature and implications. Previous researchers have also identified the need for further research relating to the psychological aspects of early specialisation such as lower quality motivation, dropout and burnout. To help guide future research it is important to build upon the quantitative literature concerning such psychological aspects of early specialisation. The specific aims of this paper are to provide an overview of research results of quantitative studies that set out to explore relationships between early specialisation and psychological aspects, and to critically examine the designs of such studies. As such, study design characteristics including participant demographics, the psychological aspects represented, and the research questions and results are explored. Data searches were conducted in PubMed, SportDiscus, and PsychINFO using search terms such as "early sport speciali*". Twenty-one relevant papers met the inclusion criteria. The results highlight that the published papers in this area are broad in some respects (variety of sports, performance levels, and gender), but narrow in others (North American dominance, few psychological aspects explored, and few papers per psychological aspect). Many of the studies are based on cross-sectional and retrospective self-reports. Overall, this paper serves as a foundation on which to design future research studies in this area.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2023
Keywords
Youth sport, study designs, training history
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences Psychology
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-7892 (URN)10.1080/1612197X.2023.2251977 (DOI)001068374300001 ()
Available from: 2023-10-05 Created: 2023-10-05 Last updated: 2023-10-05
Karlsson, J., Kilger, M., Bäckström, Å. & Redelius, K. (2023). Barn- och ungdomsidrottens entreprenörer på en kommersiell spelplan – en positioneringsanalys. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, 14, 75-98
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Barn- och ungdomsidrottens entreprenörer på en kommersiell spelplan – en positioneringsanalys
2023 (Swedish)In: Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, E-ISSN 2000-088X, Vol. 14, p. 75-98Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [sv]

Den här artikeln undersöker hur kommersiella idrottsentreprenörer inom barn- och ungdomsidrott positionerar sig själva och sina verksamheter i förhållande till den svenska föreningsidrotten. Studien undersöker olika positioner som entreprenörer intar i relation till barn- och ungdomsidrotten och diskurserna som omgärdar den utifrån entreprenörers perspektiv. I resultatet lyfts tre olika positioner fram: (1) Den vanliga, passionerade barn- och ungdomsidrottsentusiasten; (2) entreprenörer som kompletterande aktörer i relation till föreningsidrott; och (3) företagarnas position i relation till det omgivande samhället. Sammanfattningsvis positionerar entreprenörerna sig inte som ett hot mot den svenska idrottsrörelsen. Men samtidigt hävdar de på olika sätt att deras verksamhet överträffar idrottsklubbarnas när det gäller att tillhandahålla idrott för barn och ungdomar. Dessutom tycks de positionera sina tjänster gentemot utvalda familjer framför andra, och verka inom en ram där barn- och ungdomsidrott i allt högre grad behandlas som en kommodifierbar enhet i det nutida samhället.

Abstract [en]

Child and youth sports entrepreneurs on a commercial playing field – a positioning analysis

This article examines how commercial sport entrepreneurs position themselves and their businesses in relation to Swedish voluntary youth club sport. The study investigates the various positions that entrepreneurs take in relation to youth sport and the discourses surrounding it from the perspective of entrepreneurs. In the results, three different positions are highlighted: 1) The regular, passionate child and youth sport enthusiast; 2) the entrepreneurs as complementary actors in relation to organized sports; and 3) the position of entrepreneurs in relation to the surrounding society. In conclusion, the entrepreneurs do not position themselves as a threat to the Swedish sport movement. But at the same time, they assert, in diverse ways, that their business surpasses those of sport clubs in terms of providing sport for children and youth. Furthermore, they appear to position their services towards selected families over others, operating within a framework in which child and youth sports are increasingly treated as a commodifiable entity in contemporary society.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö University, 2023
Keywords
commercialization, entrepreneur, children and youth sport, positioning theory, discourse, non-commercial sport
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences Pedagogy
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-7721 (URN)
Available from: 2023-08-21 Created: 2023-08-21 Last updated: 2023-11-22Bibliographically approved
Redelius, K. (2023). Children’s Rights in Sport: Provision, Protection, Participation. In: : . Paper presented at Human Rights in Youth Sport, Workshop i samband med Nordiskt Idrottsmöte, Åålborg, Danmark..
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Children’s Rights in Sport: Provision, Protection, Participation
2023 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Other academic)
Keywords
Participation, UNCRC, Voice
National Category
Educational Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-8030 (URN)
Conference
Human Rights in Youth Sport, Workshop i samband med Nordiskt Idrottsmöte, Åålborg, Danmark.
Funder
Swedish National Centre for Research in Sports
Available from: 2024-01-05 Created: 2024-01-05 Last updated: 2024-01-08Bibliographically approved
Redelius, K. (2023). Exploring young athletes (social and political) participation rights. In: : . Paper presented at European Conference on Educational Science (ECER), Glasgow, Scotland, 22 - 25 August 2023.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Exploring young athletes (social and political) participation rights
2023 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

During the last decades there has been a growing interest in issues concerning children’s rights in sport, and problems that concern the welfare and well-being of youth in sport have been addressed. Research acknowledges for example the role of overtraining, sexual and emotional abuse, burnout and dropout (David, 2005; Donnelly, 2008; UNICEF, 2010). One aspect that is less studied but nevertheless has been pointed out as an important factor that may prevent many violations, is to secure that youth always have a voice i.e., to guarantee that they can exercise their participation right This endeavor is tantamount to the intentions in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It concerns the child's right to express his or her views in all matters that concern them. A child is regarded a person up to 18 years of age which means that the convention also covers those we usually call youth. 

In this study, we are inspired by Elvstrand (2009) who acknowledges that participation is part of the concept of democracy and thereby has a broad meaning that includes both the right to influence and the right to be included. In that sense, we assume that it is possible to distinguish between different forms of participation – a political form and a social form. Political participation is about the right to influence, to have "a voice", and to be part of decision-makings. For this to be possible, young people need information, be asked, and encouraged to comment and be listened to. In other words, young people should be included in such a way that the practice can be designed to suit their needs and desires). Social participation is about the right to be included and part of a community, for example to be part of sporting activities carried out in a club. We are thus seeing the concept of participation both as a social right (to be a part of a group, such as a gymnastic or ice hockey club) and as a political right (to have an impact and the power to influence decisions).

One premise for this study is that having something to say about one’s participation is closely related to whether the participants are primarily constructed as subjects of experience and willingness, or as objects of external forces and demands, and this is in turn affected by norms and values that dominate different sporting practices. We are thus interested in illuminating young peoples’ chances to be subjects in their own thinking and acting when participating in movement cultures of various kinds. Consequently, both young participants and adult coaches are regarded as socio-culturally situated.

The aim of this study is to examine young athletes' perspectives on different forms of participation and to analyse the conditions for competitive sports participation in club sport. Central questions are: What experiences do young athletes have of social and political participation in club sport? What are the possibilities in general for young athletes to have something to say about central matters, such as goal settings, training frequency, training content, selections, tactics, and team rules?

 

Method and sample

Data was gathered through an on-line questionnaire answered by 426 young athletes aged 15–17. They were active in four different sports: gymnastics (57), football (116), floorball (120) and ice hockey (133) in sport clubs in from the regions of Stockholm and northern Sweden. The average age was 15.5 years, and the gender distribution of the sample is 221 boys and 205 girls. About one of four were active in an academy team or a selected competition group. 

The sports were selected to include both a team sport and an individual sport that are well established among children and youth in Sweden. While athlete voice should be of key importance across all sports, we argue that the sports they represent are particularly interesting contexts from which to explore degrees of participation. Football and gymnastics are among the most popular sports for children yet concerns over athlete voice within these contexts have been reported. In football, recent research has highlighted that several regulations and policies from Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) contradict the UNCRC . For example, a blanket ban in international transfers for players under 18 years became a policy without any input from children (Yilmaz et al., 2020). In gymnastics, there is a long-standing tradition for early selection and reaching elite level at an early age Recently, former gymnasts have also stepped forward and voiced stories of abuse happening when they were younger (Barker-Ruchti, 2009). Therefore, we view football and gymnastics as important sports to explore in relation to participation and children’s rights. There is even less scientific knowledge about how the conditions for young ice hockey players are regarding their particpation rights, although a wealth of research points at strong hegemonic masculine norms that prevail the hockey culture and calls have been made for investigations about the potentially problematic consequences a community based on undemocratic attitudes and values may have for young individuals. This study is responding to these calls.

Conclusion

An important result is that young athletes’ participation is ambiguous; it is both high and low at the same time. Their experience of social participation is quite large, to a lesser extent they experience political participation (some more than others), and they can to a small or no extent at all affect the conditions for their competitive sport participation. The question is what the consequences may be of young people's participation being large and highly limited at the same time.

One conclusion is that this ambiguity is part of the explanation why the voice of young athletes are not stronger. The social participation that many feel in the form of a sense of community and belonging seems to "infect" their experience of political participation; that is our interpretation because the majority of young athletes can hardly be said to have any real influence over how their sport is being organized. The fact that they experience a certain kind of participation thus risks hiding shortcomings regarding other forms of participation, which can also be a reason why the problem is downplayed and reduced. Research in this area shows that young people's participation is not a prioritized issue to work with for sports clubs. Whether it is due to lack of interest or lack of knowledge is difficult to know, but perhaps the weak commitment can be attributed to the ambiguous participation - the shortcomings are simply not visible and then the incentives to work to strengthen young people's participation in sports clubs are as great. 

References

Barker-Ruchti, N. (red.) (2019). Athlete Learning in Elite Sport. New York: Routledge.

Cervin, G., Kerr, R., Barker-Ruchti, N., Schubring, A. & Nunomura, M. (2017). Growing up and speaking out: Female gymnasts’ rights in aging sport. Annals of Leisure Research, 20(3): 317–330.

David, P. (2005). Human Rights in Youth Sport: a critical review of children’s rights in competitive sports. Routledge: London and New York.

Donnelly, P. (2008). Sport and human rights. Sport in Society, 11(4): 381–394.

Elvstrand, H. (2009). Delaktighet i skolans vardagsarbete. Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande. Avdelningen för pedagogik i utbildning och skola. Linköping: Linköpings universitet.

Hartill, M. & Lang, M (2018). Official reports of child protection and safeguarding concerns in sport and leisure settings. Leisure Studies, 37(5): 479–499.

Hong, F. (2006). Innocence lost: Child Athletes in China. I: D. MacArdle & R. Giulianotti (red.), Sport, Civil Liberties and Human Rights. London: Routledge.

Lang, M. & Hartill, M. (red.) (2015). Safeguarding, Child Protection and Abuse in Sport: International perspectives in research, policy and practice. New York: Routledge.  

Lang, M. (2022). Advancing children’s rights in sport: coaching childhood agency and the participatory agenda. Sport Coaching Review, e-print: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21640629.2021.1990655

Keywords
participation, UNCRC, voice
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-8029 (URN)
Conference
European Conference on Educational Science (ECER), Glasgow, Scotland, 22 - 25 August 2023
Funder
Swedish National Centre for Research in Sports
Available from: 2024-01-05 Created: 2024-01-05 Last updated: 2024-01-08Bibliographically approved
Redelius, K. (2023). Idrottens riktlinjer visar vägen (2 uppl.ed.). In: Idrottens ledarskap: (pp. 23-39). Stockholm: SISU Förlag
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Idrottens riktlinjer visar vägen
2023 (Swedish)In: Idrottens ledarskap, Stockholm: SISU Förlag , 2023, 2 uppl., p. 23-39Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Abstract [sv]

I det här kapitlet presenteras delar av innehållet i idrottsrörelsens gemensamma vision och verksamhetsidé för att du ska få kunskap om vilka idéer och värden som ska genomsyra föreningsidrott. Här ges även några konkreta förslag på hur du som tränare kan vara med och bidra till idrottens vision - att skapa världens bästa idrott. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: SISU Förlag, 2023 Edition: 2 uppl.
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-7567 (URN)9789177270959 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-03-31 Created: 2023-03-31 Last updated: 2023-03-31
Karlsson, J., Bäckström, Å., Kilger, M. & Redelius, K. (2023). Looks, Liveliness, and Laughter: Visual Representations in Commercial Sports for Children. International Journal of Sport Communication, 6(2), 178-186
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Looks, Liveliness, and Laughter: Visual Representations in Commercial Sports for Children
2023 (English)In: International Journal of Sport Communication, ISSN 1936-3915, E-ISSN 1936-3907, Vol. 6, no 2, p. 178-186Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In contemporary society, visual information is influential, not least when businesses are communicating with potential customers. It represents and influences how people understand phenomena. In sports, much attention is directed toward how media represent elite sports and sport stars. Less attention is directed toward children's sports. The aim of this article is to explore and analyze visual representations of children on sport businesses' websites. The sample contained 697 images of sporting children, on which an interpretative content and discourse analysis was conducted. The study shows that the ideal customer emerging on these sites is a White, physically active, able, and slim boy or girl. Consumer culture seems to reproduce and preserve existing normative frameworks rather than producing alternative norms and ideas in children's sport. Moreover, dilemmatic images of children both as competent and as innocent develop, displaying a childhood that should be both joyful and active but also safeguarded.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Human Kinetics, 2023
Keywords
symbolic persons; gender; Whiteness; values; norms
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences Educational Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-7150 (URN)10.1123/ijsc.2022-0202 (DOI)000942573400001 ()
Note

At the time of Jesper Karlsson's dissertation this article was a submitted and revised manuscript.

Available from: 2022-10-14 Created: 2022-10-14 Last updated: 2023-06-26Bibliographically approved
Waerner, T., Redelius, K., Thedin Jakobsson, B. & Morgan, K. (2023). Perspectives of participation rights in youth sport – voices from young equestrians. In: : . Paper presented at ECER 2023, European Conference on Educational Research, 22-25 August, Glasgow.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Perspectives of participation rights in youth sport – voices from young equestrians
2023 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Keywords
youth sport, children’s rights, equestrian sport, youth voice agenda, UNCRC
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-7788 (URN)
Conference
ECER 2023, European Conference on Educational Research, 22-25 August, Glasgow
Available from: 2023-09-14 Created: 2023-09-14 Last updated: 2023-09-14
Karlsson, J., Kilger, M., Bäckström, Å. & Redelius, K. (2023). Selling youth sport: the production and promotion of immaterial values in commercialised child and youth sport. Paper presented at Jun2023, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p565 14p.. Sport, Education and Society, 565-578
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Selling youth sport: the production and promotion of immaterial values in commercialised child and youth sport
2023 (English)In: Sport, Education and Society, ISSN 1357-3322, E-ISSN 1470-1243, p. 565-578Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The contexts in which young people participate in sport are diverse. In Scandinavia, as in many other countries, child and youth sport is mainly organised in non-profit, membership-based and voluntary driven sports clubs. In Sweden, this model is now challenged by commercial businesses providing child and youth sport services. The overall aim of this article is to provide empirically based knowledge about these ongoing and largely unexplored commercialisation processes. The focus of the article is to illuminate how commercial businesses produce immaterial values through the promotion of sport services. In this article, we have explored the cultural and social values produced and promoted by commercial businesses in youth sport. Drawing on the website communications of eight commercial businesses from four different commercial strands, we use the concept of immaterial labour to consider the values produced when child and youth sport is turned into a desirable product on the market. The values generated from the texts on the selected websites are the immaterial values of (i) competence, (ii) individually adjusted training and, (iii) happiness. These values are enunciated differently by the businesses in the different strands. We situate the findings in relation to western social and cultural values and discuss the potential consequences of these value productions for contemporary ideas about youth sport and the way it should be organised.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2023
Keywords
Immaterial labour, competence, individualization, happiness, affect, desire, PHYSICAL-EDUCATION, NEOLIBERALISM, PRIVATISATION
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences Pedagogy
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-7031 (URN)10.1080/13573322.2022.2057462 (DOI)000777078600001 ()
Conference
Jun2023, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p565 14p.
Available from: 2022-04-26 Created: 2022-04-26 Last updated: 2023-06-26
Redelius, K. (2023). Social (in)justice isms and critical pedagogies for change: a review of the book Pedagogies of Social Justice in Physical Education and Youth Sport by Shrehan Lynch, Jennifer L. Walton-Fisette & Carla Luguetti (2022) [Review]. Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, Article ID Feb 15.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Social (in)justice isms and critical pedagogies for change: a review of the book Pedagogies of Social Justice in Physical Education and Youth Sport by Shrehan Lynch, Jennifer L. Walton-Fisette & Carla Luguetti (2022)
2023 (English)In: Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, ISSN 1652-7224, article id Feb 15Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

Pedagogies of Social Justice in Physical Education and Youth Sport by Shrehan Lynch, Jennifer L. Walton-Fisette & Carla Luguetti (Routledge) offers an overview of contemporary debates in social justice and equity within youth sport in and outside of school. As a sport pedagogy professor, Karin Redelius is well placed for a review. She finds the book to be thin and thick – few but dense pages, providing a rich and pedagogical introduction to the concept of social justice in the physical education context. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö University, 2023
National Category
Pedagogy Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-7524 (URN)
Available from: 2023-03-07 Created: 2023-03-07 Last updated: 2023-03-07
Projects
Having a voice in the stable - a conditional right for young riders? [H-19-47-492]; Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH; Publications
Waerner, T. (2021). Having a voice in the stable – a conditional right for young riders?. In: Book of Abstract Equine Cultures in Transition 2021: . Paper presented at Equine Cultures in Transition 2021: Past, Present and Future Challenges, June 22-24 2021, Uppsala, Sweden (Online). Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, SLUWaerner, T., Redelius, K., Thedin Jakobsson, B. & Morgan, K. (2021). Young horseback riders’ voice of their participation rights.. In: : . Paper presented at 17th EASS Congress (European Association of the Sociology of Sport): “Sports in the face of the global health crisis of COVID-19. Great social challenges” Andalucía, Spain, September 7th - 10th 2021.
Having a Voice in Youth Sport - a Conditional Right for Young athletes [CIF P2021-0101]; Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH; Publications
Redelius, K. (2023). Children’s Rights in Sport: Provision, Protection, Participation. In: : . Paper presented at Human Rights in Youth Sport, Workshop i samband med Nordiskt Idrottsmöte, Åålborg, Danmark.. Redelius, K. (2023). Exploring young athletes (social and political) participation rights. In: : . Paper presented at European Conference on Educational Science (ECER), Glasgow, Scotland, 22 - 25 August 2023.
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