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      Bouncing back: a longitudinal examination of challenge within football academy environments

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          Abstract

          Introduction

          Although substantial research indicates that challenge plays a big role in the development of talent, little is known of the experiences of young performers as they negotiate and learn from these challenges.

          Methods

          As such, to better understand the nature and impact of challenge on the Talent Development (TD) pathway, we longitudinally tracked nine young footballers from progressive age-bands (five aged 11 years and four aged 14) as they experienced challenge over a 15-month period using a mixed-methods design. Five semi-structured interviews separated by three months were conducted, and data were analysed via thematic analysis.

          Results

          Our findings suggested that participants encountered recurrent challenging events, categorised into common/uncommon, planned/unplanned, individual-focused/group-focused challenges. Support for the benefits of challenges was pervasive throughout the data with participants progressing through stages with each challenge (drop, rebound and growth). However, the magnitude and rate at which participants experienced these stages was highly idiosyncratic. Indeed, the perceived impact, scale, and, ultimately, consequential developmental impact of these challenges appeared to vary greatly with participants displaying different responses to similar events. Such differences were underpinned by several individual factors (such as prior experiences and perceived coping skills), contextual characteristics of the challenge (such as type and timing) and support around the challenge (such as priming and reflection opportunities).

          Conclusion

          Implications include the need for coaches and psychologists to systematically assess and carefully monitor the individual circumstances, needs and skillset of young performers and use this information as a platform for deploying individualised, timely and developmentally appropriate challenges along with relative support to ensure optimal learning and growth from them.

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              Purposeful Sampling for Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis in Mixed Method Implementation Research.

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              Purposeful sampling is widely used in qualitative research for the identification and selection of information-rich cases related to the phenomenon of interest. Although there are several different purposeful sampling strategies, criterion sampling appears to be used most commonly in implementation research. However, combining sampling strategies may be more appropriate to the aims of implementation research and more consistent with recent developments in quantitative methods. This paper reviews the principles and practice of purposeful sampling in implementation research, summarizes types and categories of purposeful sampling strategies and provides a set of recommendations for use of single strategy or multistage strategy designs, particularly for state implementation research.
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                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Sports Act Living
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Sports Act Living
                Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Sports Act. Living
                Title: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
                Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
                ISSN (Electronic): 2624-9367
                Publication date (Electronic): 04 July 2024
                Publication date Collection: 2024
                Volume: 6
                Electronic Location Identifier: 1402570
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ]Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work, Oxford Brookes University , Oxford, United Kingdom
                [ 2 ]School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University , Dublin, Ireland
                [ 3 ]Grey Matters Performance Ltd. , London, United Kingdom
                [ 4 ]Moray Hopuse School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh, United Kingdom
                Author notes

                Edited by: Fraser Carson, Lunex University, Luxembourg

                Reviewed by: Artur Jorge Baptista Santos, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), Portugal

                Samuel Honório, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal

                Jamel Hajji, University of Gafsa, Tunisia

                [* ] Correspondence: Foivos Papastaikoudis foivos.papastaikoudis@ 123456hotmail.co.uk
                Article
                DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1402570
                PMC ID: 11254693
                PubMed ID: 39027717
                SO-VID: 0c7a4c9d-ffb9-4144-b502-d7824eb8ec09
                Copyright © © 2024 Papastaikoudis, Collins and Collins.
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

                History
                Date received : 17 March 2024
                Date accepted : 23 May 2024
                Page count
                Figures: 7, Tables: 6, Equations: 0, References: 68, Pages: 17, Words: 0
                Funding
                The author(s) declare that no financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
                Categories
                Subject: Sports and Active Living
                Subject: Original Research
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                section-at-acceptance Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

                Keywords: talent pathway,challenges in sport,post-traumatic growth (ptg),longitudinal examination,idiosyncracy,coping skills,preparation and support
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                Keywords: talent pathway, challenges in sport, post-traumatic growth (ptg), longitudinal examination, idiosyncracy, coping skills, preparation and support

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