The purpose of this study was to analyze professional, Japanese, female soccer athletes’ views on second career development and perceived support from the Women’s Empowerment Professional Football League, Japan. This study was underpinned by occupational socialization theory and utilized a qualitative, collective case study design through demographic questionnaires, in-depth face-to-face semistructured interviews, and reflexive thematic analysis. Participants were six current professional soccer players of one professional team of the Women’s Empowerment League. Three themes were generated from the data: (a) avoiding washout effects in second career opportunities, (b) the importance of dual-career pathway opportunities, and (c) professional...
To advance the literature on talent development within elite female athletes, this study investigate...
This study investigated the motives and challenges experienced by professional female soccer players...
Anecdotally, studies on athletic career development and/ or transition revealed that athletes tend t...
The purpose of this study was to describe, explain, and recommend how women’s professional soccer pl...
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine dual career experiences of UK-based female yout...
To clarify the career developing process, the actual conditions of ongoing career life and career or...
71.5% of professional baseball players of Japan are anxious about life after retirement.(2013) In ad...
There have been numerous of examples where former elite athletes have had a problem with adaptingto ...
Athlete transition from American collegiate sport participation, to non-sport careers or professiona...
In the United Kingdom (UK), professional female football has grown exponentially in recent years, in...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the main factors that compel Kenyan soccer players to r...
Most professional soccer players’ careers end before their forties. Consequently, many of them face...
An inevitable reality that all athletes have to face is retirement from competition and this experie...
The purpose of this study was to explore elite Korean tennis players’ career transition experiences,...
The main problem of the study was to examine the characteristics of sports career drop outs of young...
To advance the literature on talent development within elite female athletes, this study investigate...
This study investigated the motives and challenges experienced by professional female soccer players...
Anecdotally, studies on athletic career development and/ or transition revealed that athletes tend t...
The purpose of this study was to describe, explain, and recommend how women’s professional soccer pl...
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine dual career experiences of UK-based female yout...
To clarify the career developing process, the actual conditions of ongoing career life and career or...
71.5% of professional baseball players of Japan are anxious about life after retirement.(2013) In ad...
There have been numerous of examples where former elite athletes have had a problem with adaptingto ...
Athlete transition from American collegiate sport participation, to non-sport careers or professiona...
In the United Kingdom (UK), professional female football has grown exponentially in recent years, in...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the main factors that compel Kenyan soccer players to r...
Most professional soccer players’ careers end before their forties. Consequently, many of them face...
An inevitable reality that all athletes have to face is retirement from competition and this experie...
The purpose of this study was to explore elite Korean tennis players’ career transition experiences,...
The main problem of the study was to examine the characteristics of sports career drop outs of young...
To advance the literature on talent development within elite female athletes, this study investigate...
This study investigated the motives and challenges experienced by professional female soccer players...
Anecdotally, studies on athletic career development and/ or transition revealed that athletes tend t...