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dc.contributor.authorLaw, Graeme*
dc.contributor.authorBloyce, Daniel*
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-10T09:39:36Z
dc.date.available2017-05-10T09:39:36Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-05
dc.identifierhttps://chesterrep.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10034/620495/Main%20Document%20file%20final%20Soccer%20and%20Society.pdf?sequence=8
dc.identifier.citationLaw, G. & Bloyce, D. (2017). ‘Pressure to play?’ A sociological analysis of professional football managers’ behaviour towards injured players, Soccer and Society, 20(3), 387-407.
dc.identifier.issn1466-0970en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14660970.2017.1321540
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/620495
dc.descriptionThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Soccer and Society on 05/05/2017, available online: doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2017.1321540
dc.description.abstractDrawing upon figurational sociology, this paper examines professional football managers’ attitudes towards injured players. Following interviews with 10 managers, as with previous research, we found that managers have an expectancy that players are rarely fully fit. Players were stigmatised when they were seemingly unwilling to play when a manager encouraged them to. However, we also found that many managers shaped, in part, by their habitus formed from their own experiences as a player, showed greater empathy towards injured players. Many claimed they would not risk the long-term health of players, although at times, managers at the lower levels felt more constrained to take certain risks. We argue this is an unintended outcome of the increasing pressures on managers to succeed with smaller squads. The increasing emphasis and reliance on ‘sport science’ enabled managers at the higher levels to have a more supportive approach to managing injuries not previously identified in existing literature.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14660970.2017.1321540en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectprofessional footballen
dc.subjectinjuriesen
dc.subjectmanagersen
dc.subjecthabitusen
dc.subjectpoweren
dc.subjectfigurational sociologyen
dc.title‘Pressure to play?’ A sociological analysis of professional football managers’ behaviour towards injured playersen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.eissn1743-9590en
dc.contributor.departmentYork St John University; UIniversity of Chester
dc.identifier.journalSoccer & Societyen
or.grant.openaccessYesen
rioxxterms.funderunfundeden
rioxxterms.identifier.projectunfunded researchen
rioxxterms.versionAMen
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2018-11-05
html.description.abstractDrawing upon figurational sociology, this paper examines professional football managers’ attitudes towards injured players. Following interviews with 10 managers, as with previous research, we found that managers have an expectancy that players are rarely fully fit. Players were stigmatised when they were seemingly unwilling to play when a manager encouraged them to. However, we also found that many managers shaped, in part, by their habitus formed from their own experiences as a player, showed greater empathy towards injured players. Many claimed they would not risk the long-term health of players, although at times, managers at the lower levels felt more constrained to take certain risks. We argue this is an unintended outcome of the increasing pressures on managers to succeed with smaller squads. The increasing emphasis and reliance on ‘sport science’ enabled managers at the higher levels to have a more supportive approach to managing injuries not previously identified in existing literature.
rioxxterms.publicationdate2017-05-05
dc.dateAccepted2017-04-19
dc.date.deposited2017-05-10


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