Elite youth Gaelic footballers and their holistic development: the academy experience

Cuthbert, Brian

Elite youth Gaelic footballers and their holistic development: the academy experience

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dc.contributor.advisor	Chambers, Fiona Catherine	en
dc.contributor.author	Cuthbert, Brian
dc.contributor.funder	Gaelic Athletic Association	en
dc.date.accessioned	2018-09-06T10:27:37Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.date.submitted	2018
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this thesis is to provide a holistic analysis of the talent development environment surrounding elite Gaelic Football academies in Ireland. In response to existing literature, which has focused on the cognitive determinants of elite performance, contemporary research has suggested a practical and conceptual shift towards an understanding of the role that psychological, social, and cultural circumstances play in the talent development process. Drawing on a holistic ecological case study approach, six individual county academies and their constituent stakeholders (i.e. academy coaches, club coaches, teachers, parents, elite players, and prospects) participated in the project over a nine-month period. Using a systematic version of grounded theory, findings from this research concluded that there were (a) acute dysfunctional relationships existing between constituent stakeholders within the academy environment, (b) limiting structural and organisational impediments to prospect’s progression and transition to elite football, and (c) a number of negative socio-cultural influences impacting prospects and their positive personal development. This combination of factors suggests that Gaelic football talent development environments struggle to support the holistic development of elite youth prospects. As such, success at adult elite level for individual counties in Gaelic football did not correlate to successful Talent Development Environments (TDEs) at youth level.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Cuthbert, B. 2018. Elite youth Gaelic footballers and their holistic development: the academy experience. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.	en
dc.identifier.endpage	325	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/6718
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University College Cork	en
dc.rights	© 2018, Brian Cuthbert.	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/	en
dc.subject	Talent development	en
dc.subject	Sport environments	en
dc.subject	Youth sport	en
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dc.title	Elite youth Gaelic footballers and their holistic development: the academy experience	en
dc.type	Doctoral thesis	en
dc.type.qualificationlevel	Doctoral	en
dc.type.qualificationname	PhD	en