Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH

Planned maintenance
A system upgrade is planned for 10/12-2024, at 12:00-13:00. During this time DiVA will be unavailable.
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
”Så länge jag hade godkända betyg kunde jag träna och tävla”: En kvalitativ studie om möjligheten att kombinera elitidrott med studier och samtidigt ha ett socialt liv
Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH, Department of Movement, Culture and Society.
Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH, Department of Movement, Culture and Society.
2024 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
“As long as I had passing grades, I could train and compete” : A qualitative study about the opportunity to combined elite sports with studies while simultaneously having a social life (English)
Abstract [en]

Aim and questions

The purpose of the essay is to examine the possibility of combining elite sports with studies and maintaining a social life for those specializing in football and tennis at Swedish upper secondary sport schools.

·      How did students at sport upper secondary schools perceive their ability to wholeheartedly pursue excellence in their sport?

·      How did students at sport upper secondary schools perceive their opportunities to achieve optimal grades?

·      How did students at sport upper secondary schools experience the possibility of maintaining a social life in combination with their commitment to elite sports and studies?

Theory and method

The study is based on a holistic theory and an athletic career development model that considers several aspects to safeguard the well-being of individuals. These aspects include athletic, academic, and psychosocial dimensions. The approach is qualitative, and the data collection method involves semi-structured interviews. The data has been thematically analyzed. There are six (6) participants in total, all of whom have attended Swedish sport upper secondary schools specializing in either football or tennis.

Results

Participants perceived their time in upper secondary school as peaceful. However, none of the respondents felt they had the opportunity to become professional athletes shortly after graduation, achieve optimal grades, and maintain a well-functioning social life, simultaneously. When participants were students and felt unable to successfully combine these three aspects, they prioritized sports, leading to a downgrading of grades and social life.

Conclusion

The study concluded that, at sport upper secondary schools it is not possible to become a professional athlete in soccer/tennis, achieve optimal grades and maintain a successful social life simultaneously.

Abstract [sv]

Syfte och frågeställningar

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka möjligheten att på svenska idrottsgymnasier kombinera elitidrott med studier och samtidigt ha ett socialt liv för dem som är specialiserade inom fotboll och tennis.

• Hur upplevde elever på idrottsgymnasier att de hade möjlighet att helhjärtat elitsatsa på idrott?

• Hur upplevde elever på idrottsgymnasier att de hade möjligheten att få optimala betyg?

• Hur upplevde elever på idrottsgymnasier att de hade möjlighet till ett socialt liv i kombination med elitidrottssatsning och studier?

Teori och metod

Studien utgick från en holistisk teori och utvecklingsmodell för elitidrottare, där flera aspekterräknas in för att gardera individernas välmående. Aspekterna är atletisk, akademisk ochpsykosocial. Ansatsen är kvalitativ och datainsamlingsmetoden är semistrukturerade intervjuer. Datan har sedan tematiskt analyserats. Deltagarna är sex (6) till antalet och de har gått på svenska idrottsgymnasier med inriktning mot antingen fotboll eller tennis.

Resultat

Deltagarna upplevde gymnasiegången som rofylld. Däremot kände ingen att de hademöjligheten att bli professionell idrottare strax efter gymnasiet, få optimala betyg och ha ett välfungerande socialt liv, i kombination. Under gymnasietiden när deltagarna inte kände attde kunde kombinera de tre delarna med optimal framgång, så prioriterades idrotten, vilketbetyder att gymnasiebetygen och det sociala livet nedprioriterades.

Slutsatser

Studien kom fram till att det, på idrottsgymnasier, inte går att bli professionell idrottare inom fotboll/tennis, få optimala betyg och ha ett lyckat socialt liv i kombination.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. , p. 37
Series
Examensarbete ; 2023:24
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-8105OAI: oai:DiVA.org:gih-8105DiVA, id: diva2:1835911
Educational program
Physical Education Teaching; Physical Education Teaching
Supervisors
Examiners
Available from: 2024-02-07 Created: 2024-02-07 Last updated: 2024-02-22Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(1341 kB)64 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT02.pdfFile size 1341 kBChecksum SHA-512
0b3a096640ee705cc290bc43d1239847470f5161c2cef59477933595da98388d2734e7ee0cd3da423d6a8db3119bc9463973f25efce8e99e1ee8b872c6567e8c
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

By organisation
Department of Movement, Culture and Society
Sport and Fitness Sciences

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 70 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 362 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf