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On the job in the game
Discusses sports jobs that are off the field, including agents, statisticians, and athletic trainers.
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Manual para la formación de jóvenes deportistas en deportes colectivos
El presente libro compila los trabajos realizados por varios autores, muchos de los cuales fueron presentados en el Congreso “Mujeres víctimas del terrorismo y mujeres contra el terrorismo: Historia, memoria, labor y legado\", celebrado el día 18 de noviembre de 2020 en la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid. Esta obra coral refleja dos hechos complementarios. Por un lado, la obligatoriedad de no olvidar la merma que para nuestros derechos y libertades ha implicado (e implica) el terrorismo. Por otro lado, la justicia de poner en valor el rol de las víctimas del terrorismo como referentes morales y como actores que han colaborado activamente a la hora de deslegitimar la violencia con intencionalidad política. Esto último lo han hecho siempre guiados por una máxima doble: la renuncia a la venganza y la observancia escrupulosa de los parámetros del Estado de Derecho. El hecho de que España haya sufrido desde el siglo XIX las acometidas liberticidas propias del terrorismo ha generado algunas repercusiones de calado. Por un lado, puede afirmarse que nuestro país cuenta con un sobresaliente entramado legislativo y con unas Fuerzas y Cuerpos de Seguridad que se han convertido en referentes a nivel mundial. Por otro lado, son numerosos los investigadores, profesores y académicos que han abordado el fenómeno del terrorismo con acreditada solvencia científica, lo que permite encarar su estudio desde perspectivas diferentes, pero complementarias, un aspecto que hemos pretendido alcanzar con la publicación de este libro.
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So you want to work in sports : advice and insights from respected sports industry leaders
An essential resource offering career insight and practical advice from industry-leading sports professionals. In So You Want to Work in Sports, K. P. Wee has gathered invaluable first-hand perspectives from sports industry leaders with decades of experience in a range of fields, including broadcasting, sports management, journalism, scouting, marketing, analytics, and more. These seasoned professionals share their stories of how they got started in sports and the lessons they learned along the way. Wee shares how veteran sports radio reporter Ted Sobel deals with emotional athletes after a difficult loss; what broadcasters Chris King, Jeff Levering, and Steve Granado have to say about working in play-by-play; what advice Kris Budden has for conducting a quality interview; how respected baseball executive Andy Dolich got to where he is today, and more. Full of tips, advice, and inspiration for those wanting to gain a foothold in the competitive sports industry, So You Want to Work in Sports is an indispensable resource for students and young professionals alike.
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Vocational Value Profiles of Students with Preferential Vocational Interest in Sport and Their Relationship with Personal and Academic Wellbeing
In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of students who choose to pursue university studies related to the field of sports. However, there are no studies that have investigated the existence of differentiated profiles within students whose preferred vocational area is sport. The main objective of this study was to establish the profiles of students in the second year of Spain Bachillerato whose preferred vocational interest is sport, according to the two representative vocational values: (a) “to have a fun professional activity”; and (b) “to have a professional activity whose schedule makes it possible to reconcile personal and professional life”. In addition, the resulting groups were compared according to their perception of general and academic wellbeing and their identification with the other vocational values. Two hundred and thirty participants (MAge = 17.47; DTAge = 0.669; N = 171; 74.3% male and N = 59; 25.7% female) completed some validated measures. Three clusters emerged which did not differ in terms of general and academic wellbeing. Differences were found though in terms of some vocational values such “to help people”, “to develop one’s entrepreneurial initiative” or “to be self-employed”. The findings invite us to rethink the differences in the specific profiles of vocational values and their impact on employability opportunities, and to consider these approaches in the orientation of students who have among their priority options to study sport sciences.
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Career Prospects and Effort Incentives: Evidence from Professional Soccer
It is difficult to test the prediction that future career prospects create implicit effort incentives because researchers cannot randomly “assign” career prospects to economic agents. To overcome this challenge, we use data from professional soccer, where employees of the same club face different external career opportunities depending on their nationality. We test whether the career prospect of being selected to a Euro Cup national team affects players’ pre-cup performances, using nationals of countries that did not participate in the Euro Cup as a control group. We find that the Euro Cup career prospect has positive effects on the performances of players with intermediate chances of being selected to their national team, but negative effects on the performances of players whose selection is very probable. Our findings have implications for the incentive effects of within-firm promotions and of external career opportunities.
This paper was accepted by John List, behavioral economics.
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Skill sumo. Pathways. Doing a level 3 extended diploma in sports
An overview of the Level 3 Extended Diploma Sports course at SERC with Charlotte Slater.
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“To mean something to someone”: sport-for-development as a lever for social inclusion
Background
Socially excluded groups are at higher risk of low well-being and poor health. The link between social exclusion and health inequities is complex, and not being involved in society makes it difficult to be reached by standard prevention programs. Sport-for-development (SFD) programs are low-threshold and may be promising settings for inclusive actions. We explore the underlying mechanisms through which SFD might have an impact on social inclusion and examine the necessary conditions that work as a catalyst for these underlying mechanisms.
Methods
A realist evaluation approach was adopted. A non-profit SFD organization in a middle-large city in Flanders, Belgium, formed the setting for a single case study. Document analysis, participatory observations, interviews, and a focus group, were sources for identifying necessary context elements and essential mechanisms through which SFD could promote its participants’ health and wellbeing.
Results
Among the most efficient mechanisms triggered by the Foundation’s activities are learning by fun, connecting with peers (of whom some serve as role model) and engaging as a volunteer with some responsibilities. Building trust in oneself and in others is a necessary process throughout all these mechanisms. Facilitating context factors include the activities’ accessibility and unconditional approach (creating a sense of safety), the popularity of the first division football team the Foundation is associated with (leading to a sense of belonging), a steady network of social partners and a strongly positive relationship with the SFD coach(es).
Conclusions
Our findings demonstrate that a SFD setting may be a vehicle for engaging hard-to-reach population groups. It enhances socially vulnerable persons’ sense of competence and connectedness, leading to opportunities to improve life and work skills transferrable outside SFD settings. Based on these findings, suggestions are provided that may enhance the field and help to develop feasible (policy-led) interventions designed to promote social inclusion.
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