Career transition from junior to senior in basketball players
Lorenzo Calvo, Alberto (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte)
Borrás Luján, Pablo José (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte)
Sánchez Galán, Jose Manuel (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria)
Jiménez Sáiz, Sergio (Universidad Europea de Madrid. Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte)
Sampedro Molinuevo, Javier (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

Date:	2009
Abstract:	The purpose of the study was to investigate what factors affect basketball players in the transition from junior and amateur to senior and professional sport respectively. The study was a qualitative research which uses a semi-structured interview to get the data. There were interviewed five Spanish basketball players who were starting playing in a team of Basketball Club Association (C. B. A. ). The results showed that the participants face several changes both in the sport and in the life outside sport. At the same time, the results indicated the existence of several coping strategies that help the player in his career transition.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Basketball ; Transició professional ; Carrera esportiva ; Career transition ; Sport career
Published in:	Revista de psicología del deporte, Vol. 18, Núm. 3 (2009) , p. 309-312, ISSN 1988-5636

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