In this study, we provide a novel account of the selection and development of a staff team for the Swedish national men's football team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. A total of 37 interviews took place at six time points over a 21-month period to track the values-based steps taken by the national...

This special issue contributes to a critical understanding of the challenges key stakeholders across the globe encounter as they seek to manage periods of transition brought about by public policy change relating to the provision of sport and physical activity. Specific topics addressed by the 10...

According to the cultural sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, gaining access to a social space or a position within a social space requires a specific capital. For teachers, this is normally indicated by a valid teaching certificate with relevant subject knowledge. However, when no qualified teachers are...

During the 1990s, neoliberal reforms in Sweden increased local school actors' possibilities to develop school profiles regarding both organization and content. This restructuring has increased the total number of school sports programs as well as the possibilities for upper secondary schools and ...

National sports stadiums are often deeply affected by the politics of identity and mythology. Questions of 'nationality' and the responsibility of safeguarding the idea of a specific 'national' sports culture often take a central position in the rhetoric surrounding national sports stadiums. This ...

Background: Extreme dieting is a well-known phenomenon in combat sports, and still, little research has explored the link between extreme dieting and confidence levels among martial artists. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, extreme dieting and sport-specific self-confidence among 111 Swedish ...

In the fields of both education and sport, the possession of capital and habitus influences an individual's lifestyles and choices, which in turn affects the social selection within these fields. In this article, we will study the Swedish system of school sports as an overlap between the fields of ...

The international discussion about policies regulating the inclusion of transgender athletes in elite sports is ongoing. . In this paper, we introduce the metaphor "glitch" to provide a novel way to embrace the possibilities of trans athletes in sport. To do this, we feature three Swedish cases of ...

The articles in this special issue advance our understanding by depicting the multifaceted ways that coaches can care and by amplifying the voice of athletes. The editorial also highlights 7 research questions in order that athlete-coach relationships can be informed by a substantial corpus of care ...

The combined demands on an adolescence in an elite sports high school can negatively affect mental health (eg, stress, burnout, depression, anxiety). Late adolescence is also when elite-striving athletes typically transition from junior-to-senior level programs. In addition, adolescent elite lean ...