What keeps them kicking the ball? Young female footballers’ reasons to not to quit

Youth sport participation decreases as the age. Research indicates there is a larger decrease noted in females compared to males, particularly in football. The number of youth female players participating in football decreases by half between ages 12 and 14. This study is designed to evaluate di...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Björn, Kaisa
Other Authors: Liikuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Liikunta- ja terveystieteet, Sport and Health Sciences, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/58213
_version_ 1826225779594231808
author Björn, Kaisa
author2 Liikuntatieteellinen tiedekunta Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences Liikunta- ja terveystieteet Sport and Health Sciences Jyväskylän yliopisto University of Jyväskylä
author_facet Björn, Kaisa Liikuntatieteellinen tiedekunta Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences Liikunta- ja terveystieteet Sport and Health Sciences Jyväskylän yliopisto University of Jyväskylä Björn, Kaisa Liikuntatieteellinen tiedekunta Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences Liikunta- ja terveystieteet Sport and Health Sciences Jyväskylän yliopisto University of Jyväskylä
author_sort Björn, Kaisa
datasource_str_mv jyx
description Youth sport participation decreases as the age. Research indicates there is a larger decrease noted in females compared to males, particularly in football. The number of youth female players participating in football decreases by half between ages 12 and 14. This study is designed to evaluate different changes in youth life, both physical and mental as well as the influence of significant others, and how these factors might affect the motivation of young female football players to participate in youth football. The reasons why adolescence dropout has been a focus of many studies. In this study the reason why they do not drop out are studied. This study will focus on what keeps youth to continue with sport also during puberty and what are the meanings of internal and external influencers to one’s sport participation. The main objective of this study is to identify the key factors, which motivate young female players to continue to participate within their sport compared to those who choose to dropout. Both internal and external motivators are studied. Results of this study may be used to provide athletes, coaches, parents, and teammates with tools to counter act the major factors, which hinder female participation to ideally encourage further participation within the sport of football. The research data was collected with online questionnaires in fall 2016. The participants in this study were female footballers in the Tampere Area of Football Association of Finland between ages 13-15 and currently have the Finnish playing pass (pelipassi). Altogether 94 players took part in this study. There are 626 players in the area, who fit the requirements of the study, hence the answer rate was 15%. SPSS statistics was used to analyze collected data. The results show that there are many different steps that can be taken to motivate young female footballers, with no significant differences noted based on age. Key findings include athletes need more support from significant others during adolescence as well as athletes identify a lack of knowledge within themselves and their significant others in relation to issues they experience during adolescence. Players and their significant others need to understand that it is normal during adolescence to feel tired and overwhelmed. Players also need to understand the importance of being able to discuss their feelings and doubts with their coach or parents.
first_indexed 2019-08-19T08:21:21Z
format Pro gradu
free_online_boolean 1
fullrecord [{"key": "dc.contributor.advisor", "value": "Vehmas, Hanna", "language": "", "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "advisor", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.author", "value": "Bj\u00f6rn, Kaisa", "language": "", "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "author", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.date.accessioned", "value": "2018-05-29T09:35:32Z", "language": "", "element": "date", "qualifier": "accessioned", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.date.available", "value": "2018-05-29T09:35:32Z", "language": "", "element": "date", "qualifier": "available", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.date.issued", "value": "2018", "language": "", "element": "date", "qualifier": "issued", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.identifier.uri", "value": "https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/58213", "language": "", "element": "identifier", "qualifier": "uri", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.description.abstract", "value": "Youth sport participation decreases as the age. Research indicates there is a larger decrease noted in females compared to males, particularly in football. The number of youth female players participating in football decreases by half between ages 12 and 14. \r\n\r\nThis study is designed to evaluate different changes in youth life, both physical and mental as well as the influence of significant others, and how these factors might affect the motivation of young female football players to participate in youth football. The reasons why adolescence dropout has been a focus of many studies. In this study the reason why they do not drop out are studied. This study will focus on what keeps youth to continue with sport also during puberty and what are the meanings of internal and external influencers to one\u2019s sport participation. \r\n\r\nThe main objective of this study is to identify the key factors, which motivate young female players to continue to participate within their sport compared to those who choose to dropout. Both internal and external motivators are studied. Results of this study may be used to provide athletes, coaches, parents, and teammates with tools to counter act the major factors, which hinder female participation to ideally encourage further participation within the sport of football.\r\n\r\nThe research data was collected with online questionnaires in fall 2016. The participants in this study were female footballers in the Tampere Area of Football Association of Finland between ages 13-15 and currently have the Finnish playing pass (pelipassi). Altogether 94 players took part in this study. There are 626 players in the area, who fit the requirements of the study, hence the answer rate was 15%. SPSS statistics was used to analyze collected data. \r\n\r\nThe results show that there are many different steps that can be taken to motivate young female footballers, with no significant differences noted based on age. Key findings include athletes need more support from significant others during adolescence as well as athletes identify a lack of knowledge within themselves and their significant others in relation to issues they experience during adolescence. Players and their significant others need to understand that it is normal during adolescence to feel tired and overwhelmed. Players also need to understand the importance of being able to discuss their feelings and doubts with their coach or parents.", "language": "en", "element": "description", "qualifier": "abstract", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.description.provenance", "value": "Submitted by Miia Hakanen (mihakane@jyu.fi) on 2018-05-29T09:35:32Z\r\nNo. of bitstreams: 0", "language": "en", "element": "description", "qualifier": "provenance", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.description.provenance", "value": "Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-29T09:35:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0\r\n Previous issue date: 2018", "language": "en", "element": "description", "qualifier": "provenance", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.format.extent", "value": "74", "language": "", "element": "format", "qualifier": "extent", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.format.mimetype", "value": "application/pdf", "language": null, "element": "format", "qualifier": "mimetype", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.language.iso", "value": "eng", "language": null, "element": "language", "qualifier": "iso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.rights", "value": "In Copyright", "language": "en", "element": "rights", "qualifier": null, "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.other", "value": "football", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "other", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.other", "value": "females", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "other", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.other", "value": "motivation", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "other", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.other", "value": "dropout", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "other", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.other", "value": "adolescence", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "other", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.title", "value": "What keeps them kicking the ball? : Young female footballers\u2019 reasons to not to quit", "language": "", "element": "title", "qualifier": null, "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.type", "value": "master thesis", "language": null, "element": "type", "qualifier": null, "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.identifier.urn", "value": "URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201805292888", "language": "", "element": "identifier", "qualifier": "urn", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.type.ontasot", "value": "Pro gradu -tutkielma", "language": "fi", "element": "type", "qualifier": "ontasot", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.type.ontasot", "value": "Master\u2019s thesis", "language": "en", "element": "type", "qualifier": "ontasot", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.faculty", "value": "Liikuntatieteellinen tiedekunta", "language": "fi", "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "faculty", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.faculty", "value": "Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences", "language": "en", "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "faculty", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.department", "value": "Liikunta- ja terveystieteet", "language": "fi", "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "department", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.department", "value": "Sport and Health Sciences", "language": "en", "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "department", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.organization", "value": "Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4n yliopisto", "language": "fi", "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "organization", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.organization", "value": "University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4", "language": "en", "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "organization", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.discipline", "value": "Liikunnan yhteiskuntatieteet", "language": "fi", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "discipline", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.discipline", "value": "Social Sciences of Sport", "language": "en", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "discipline", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "yvv.contractresearch.funding", "value": "0", "language": "", "element": "contractresearch", "qualifier": "funding", "schema": "yvv"}, {"key": "dc.type.coar", "value": "http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdcc", "language": null, "element": "type", "qualifier": "coar", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.rights.accesslevel", "value": "openAccess", "language": null, "element": "rights", "qualifier": "accesslevel", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.type.publication", "value": "masterThesis", "language": null, "element": "type", "qualifier": "publication", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.oppiainekoodi", "value": "5032", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "oppiainekoodi", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "nuoret aikuiset", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "motivaatio", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "naiset", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "jalkapallo", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "young adults", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "motivation (mental objects)", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "women", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "football", "language": "", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.format.content", "value": "fulltext", "language": null, "element": "format", "qualifier": "content", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.rights.url", "value": "https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/", "language": null, "element": "rights", "qualifier": "url", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.type.okm", "value": "G2", "language": null, "element": "type", "qualifier": "okm", "schema": "dc"}]
id jyx.123456789_58213
language eng
last_indexed 2025-02-18T10:54:52Z
main_date 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
main_date_str 2018
online_boolean 1
online_urls_str_mv {"url":"https:\/\/jyx.jyu.fi\/bitstreams\/4f2f3b88-5b29-47f7-bdf9-8a73990f41e8\/download","text":"URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201805292888.pdf","source":"jyx","mediaType":"application\/pdf"}
publishDate 2018
record_format qdc
source_str_mv jyx
spellingShingle Björn, Kaisa What keeps them kicking the ball? : Young female footballers’ reasons to not to quit football females motivation dropout adolescence Liikunnan yhteiskuntatieteet Social Sciences of Sport 5032 nuoret aikuiset motivaatio naiset jalkapallo young adults motivation (mental objects) women
title What keeps them kicking the ball? : Young female footballers’ reasons to not to quit
title_full What keeps them kicking the ball? : Young female footballers’ reasons to not to quit
title_fullStr What keeps them kicking the ball? : Young female footballers’ reasons to not to quit What keeps them kicking the ball? : Young female footballers’ reasons to not to quit
title_full_unstemmed What keeps them kicking the ball? : Young female footballers’ reasons to not to quit What keeps them kicking the ball? : Young female footballers’ reasons to not to quit
title_short What keeps them kicking the ball?
title_sort what keeps them kicking the ball young female footballers reasons to not to quit
title_sub Young female footballers’ reasons to not to quit
title_txtP What keeps them kicking the ball? : Young female footballers’ reasons to not to quit
topic football females motivation dropout adolescence Liikunnan yhteiskuntatieteet Social Sciences of Sport 5032 nuoret aikuiset motivaatio naiset jalkapallo young adults motivation (mental objects) women
topic_facet 5032 Liikunnan yhteiskuntatieteet Social Sciences of Sport adolescence dropout females football jalkapallo motivaatio motivation motivation (mental objects) naiset nuoret aikuiset women young adults
url https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/58213 http://www.urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201805292888
work_keys_str_mv AT björnkaisa whatkeepsthemkickingtheballyoungfemalefootballersreasonstonottoquit