축구 코치의 코치 입문 경험에 관한 연구

Abstract

Objectives This study aims to explore the process and experiences of soccer coaches who engage in sports coaching activities targeting elementary, middle, and high school student-athletes becoming a coach. The pur-pose of this study is to suggest the direction of future coach education by analyzing in-depth changes in the per-ception of soccer coaches, environmental factors, and social factors.
 Methods To achieve the purpose of the study, eight soccer coaches were selected as research participants. Research participants were selected as coaches with more than 10 years of experiences as a soccer player and more than 10 years of experiences as a soccer coach. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, and the collected data were analyzed by applying open coding and paradigm models based on grounded theory methods. By classifying information through open coding, categories of information about the phenomenon being studied were formed. Afterwards, axial coding was performed to connect subcategories around the central axis of the category.
 Results As a result of the study, a total of three top categories were derived: ‘Motivation for choosing a coach as a career’, ‘Influence of athlete experiences’, and ‘A gap between ideal and reality’. The sub-categories of ‘motiva-tion to be a leader as a career’ were ‘an interest in coaching activities’, ‘mind for nurturing the next generation’, ‘a challenge to advance to a higher league’, and ‘recommendation from a teacher’. The subcategories of ‘influence of athlete experiences’ were ‘use of experiential knowledge’, ‘pride of athlete experiences’, and ‘narrow career consciousness’. The subcategories of ‘the gap between ideals and reality’ were ‘trial and error in coaching meth-ods’, ‘formal coach education’, and ‘essential problems of competition’.
 Conclusions Based on the research results, the role and qualifications of athletics coaches as educators for stu-dent athletes were presented. Structural problems were pointed out in the coaching introductory process and the employment system of sports coaches to perform their roles simply as conveyors of exercise skills.