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- Barker-Ruchti, Natalie, 1971-, et al.
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Don't buy a pig in a poke: Considering challenges of and problems with performance analysis technologies in Swedish men's elite football
- 2021
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In: Performance Enhancement and Health. - : Elsevier BV. - 2211-2669. ; 9:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- During the last decades, technologies to monitor, test and analyze athletes’ performance and health have rapidly developed. At present, global positioning systems (GPS), stadium camcorders, heart rate monitors and mobile applications are prominent performance analysis technologies (PATs) used in most elite sport environments. While PATs is understood as an aid, there is a growing body of literature that points to negative consequences. These negative consequences are concerning and call for research and measures to develop strategies for effective and productive implementation. To achieve this, this article first outlines key challenges and problems of PATs, using sport sociological research on coaching and athletes, historical knowledge of the scientization of training and the changing role of the coach, as well as scientific and experiential knowledge of performance analysis. Our findings show that key challenges and problems occur in a chain of six steps that concern the implementing of PATs: 1. Investment in PATs; 2. Production of performance data; 3. Interpretation of performance data; 4. Communication of performance data; 5. Decision-making based on performance data; and 6. Influence of PATs on coaches and athletes. The article then answers these challenges and problems by outlining recommendations for how sport managers and administrators can prevent buying “a pig in a poke” by acquiring competence about performance analysis and PATs, investing time, and developing effective communication between those working with PATs. © 2021 The Author(s)
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- Svensson, Daniel, 1983-, et al.
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'Science Says' : Swedish Sports Coaching and Science During the Twentieth Century
- 2021
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In: Sports Coaching in Europe. - London : Routledge. - 9780367542689 - 9781003088448 ; , s. 56-75
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- On 29 June 1958, Sweden played Brazil in the World Cup final in men’s football in Stockholm. Even though the Swedish team lost 5–2 the players were celebrated as heroes. However, the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) argued that players in Swedish clubs needed to train more and differently. What followed was a process of professionalization and scientization of Swedish coaching, a process that had begun a decade earlier in endurance sports. Soon, physiologists were involved with testing, evaluating and monitoring athletes, designing training setups, and even team selection. They used the latest scientific theories, technologies, and tests to make training and coaching less about experience and more about comparability and evidentiality. This ‘scientific turn’ in Swedish sports from the 1950s onwards was part of a larger rationalization of Swedish society in which science in general, particularly physiology, played a major role. It co-evolved with a growing participation by women and a reinterpretation of gender roles. We argue that, while traditionally based on experiential knowledge and personal experience, Swedish coaching went through a sportification process that made it more specialized, rationalized, and professionalized. In the end, it became an ideal to listen to what science says.
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- Svensson, Daniel, 1983-, et al.
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Tränaren och tekniken : Om teknologins växande roll i svensk elitfotboll
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In: Idrottsforskaren. - Lund : Svensk Förening för Beteende- och Samhällsvetenskaplig Idrottsforskning (SVEBI). ; 2020
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- De senaste 100 åren har teknikens och vetenskapens betydelse för träning och tränarskap ökat lavinartat. Från att ha spelat en undanskymd roll under 1900-talets första hälft, har ny teknologi och nya forskningsrön, i syfte att förbättra prestationerna, blivit en central del av idrotten. Utvecklingen har kallats för en tekno-vetenskaplig revolution (Fouché, 2017). Det senaste decenniet har utvecklingen fortsatt och accelererat. Allt mer avancerad teknik används för att övervaka, utvärdera och optimera träningen i en rad sporter. Denna utveckling väcker frågor. Vad betyder den ökade användningen av avancerad teknik för coaching i praktiken? Vilka fördelar respektive risker kan uppstå och hur kan de hanteras? Dessa frågor är i fokus i ett pågående forskningsprojekt, som tittar närmare på användandet av teknik för att analysera idrottsliga prestationer inom svensk herrelitfotboll. Specifikt studerar vi teknikens roll för träningen i föreningarna i Allsvenskan.Genom att utrusta blivande tränare med verktyg för att själva hantera och värdera teknik i coachingen, kan många av de historiska misstagen (övertro på tekniska lösningar, oförmåga att kommunicera testresultat och andra värden på ett meningsfullt vis, etcetera) undvikas. Tekniken ger ökade möjligheter för tränare att mäta och i praktiken övervaka sina spelare. Detta ställer nya krav på etiska överväganden från både tränare och klubbar.
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- Svensson Primus, Robert, Doktor i idrottsvetenskap, 1982-, et al.
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Becoming Swedish pragmatics : comparing the coaching philosophies of Sven-Goran Eriksson and Pia Sundhage
- 2023
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In: Sport Coaching Review. - : Routledge. - 2164-0629.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Since the dawn of modern sport, Swedish athletes and leaders have made a significant impact in the global sport community, and Swedish scientists and entrepreneurs have contributed to the development of coaching and training. But when it comes to football, Sweden has rather taken influence from others. Two names contradict this relative anonymity - Sven-Goran Eriksson and Pia Sundhage. They both have had long and successful careers which have brought Swedish coaching ideals to an international audience. The purpose of this study is to investigate how their respective coaching philosophies have developed over time and how they have been shaped by education, previous experiences, and influences in the coaches' own lives. The developments of Eriksson's and Sundhage's coaching philosophies are analysed through the lens of theories about scientisation, specialisation and professionalisation. We build on their own publications, as well as interviews and archival sources.
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