Youth Perspectives on What Makes a Sports Club a Health-Promoting Setting—Viewed through a Salutogenic Settings-Based Lens
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Background
1.1.1. Young People’s Participation in Sports
1.1.2. How Do Young People Want Sports to Be Organized?
1.1.3. A Salutogenic Settings-Based Approach to Health-Promoting Sports Clubs
1.1.4. Purpose and Research Question
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design and Sample
2.2. Survey
2.3. Analysis
- (a)
- What general components make young people feel good when participating in organized sports?
- (b)
- What components specific to the sports club make young people feel good when participating in organized sports?
- (c)
- What organizational components make young people feel good when participating in organized sports?
- (d)
- What components make young people feel good about how the sports club is organized for them?
2.4. Methodological Considerations
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive
3.2. Health Resources
3.2.1. Personal Well-Being
“It makes me feel good and I want to become a professional football player.
Fun to be a part of”
“I feel bad when people say things like you’re no good at this.
If coaches say you’re good and get you to feel good.”
3.2.2. Social Relations
“It’s very friendly, like a family.”
3.2.3. Meaningful Activities
“Run, save, shoot, assist”
“Make sure you improve
Just send you out without any instructions”
“Doing fun things with the whole club
Other activities to generate camaraderie”
“Not always the same
Many different activities”
“Adapt to everyone’s level and not just rush ahead”
3.2.4. A Welcoming and Supportive Everyday Experience
“You should have the same opportunities if you are equally good.
Not only letting the best players play matches (everyone is valued equally)
So that you’re visible but not the centre of attention”
“Not feeling like you have to perform at your best all the time, you can also have bad days”
“It’s welcoming and it should be fun and pleasant to hang out with the people in the sports club.”
3.2.5. A Well-Functioning Sports Club
“Desire and motivation to develop the club
Doing the best they can”
“When things are well organized”
“Sports clubs should collaborate and communicate with each other
A club that makes sure that the sport in question doesn’t cause the members to feel bad, and if they do, takes care of these people”
“Not disgusting and filthy...”
3.3. Gender Differences
4. Discussion
4.1. How Can We Understand This Result in Terms of a Salutogenic Settings-Based Approach?
4.2. Recommendations for Sports Clubs Regarding Drop-Out, Drop-Over and Drop-Through
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Geidne S, Quennerstedt M. Youth Perspectives on What Makes a Sports Club a Health-Promoting Setting—Viewed through a Salutogenic Settings-Based Lens. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(14):7704. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147704
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeidne, Susanna, and Mikael Quennerstedt. 2021. "Youth Perspectives on What Makes a Sports Club a Health-Promoting Setting—Viewed through a Salutogenic Settings-Based Lens" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 14: 7704. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147704