Examinando as estratégias de gestão das organizações desportivas nacionais portuguesas para o desenvolvimento humano: o que conta como prática eficaz no desporto juvenil?

Laura Burge; Fernando Santos; Martin Camiré; Marta Ferreira; Dany J. MacDonald

doi:10.6063/motricidade.31384

Examining Portuguese National Sport Organizations’ Managerial Strategies Towards Human Development: What Counts as Effective Practice in Youth Sport?

Authors

Laura Burge Department of Applied Human Sciences, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6673-3925
Fernando Santos Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Escola Superior de Educação, inED, Centro de Investigação e Inovação em Educação, Portugal
Martin Camiré School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5978-9892
Marta Ferreira Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3399-7295
Dany J. MacDonald Department of Applied Human Sciences, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8439-9247

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.31384

Keywords:

youth development, policy, coaching, sport, pedagogy

Abstract

In Portugal, national sports organisations receive funding from the government to achieve three key objectives: organise competitions; train key stakeholders; and foster human development. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to examine Portuguese sports organisations’ strategic decisions towards fostering human development. A document analysis of sports organisations’ annual reports and activity plans was conducted. Such analysis helped to understand how sport policy and funding influence sports organisations’ practices, especially concerning youth sports. A total of 35 national sports organisations that deliver programming for youth were included in the present study. Findings indicate that the human development of youth does not appear to be at the forefront of priorities for Portuguese national sports organisations. Few managerial strategies were implemented by sports organisations to target human development deliberately. Moving forward, there is a need to devise concrete strategies to better situate psychosocial development within the Portuguese youth sports context by considering the developmental needs of youth in the 21^st century. To help sports organisations foster psychosocial development, several recommendations concerning policy documents, guidelines for sports stakeholders and funding are provided.

Downloads

Published

2023-12-31

How to Cite

Burge, L., Santos, F., Camiré, M., Ferreira, M., & MacDonald, D. J. (2023). Examining Portuguese National Sport Organizations’ Managerial Strategies Towards Human Development: What Counts as Effective Practice in Youth Sport?. Motricidade, 19(4), 468–477. https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.31384

Download Citation

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 4 (2023): Motricidade

Section

Original Article

License

Authors retain copyright of their work.

Upon acceptance for publication, authors grant Sílabas Didáticas, LDA an exclusive licence to publish, reproduce, distribute, communicate the article to the public, and identify itself as the original publisher of the article in print and electronic formats, including its indexing and dissemination through databases, repositories, and other scholarly platforms.

Published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0). Under this licence, users may read, download, copy, share, distribute, print, search, link to, and reproduce the articles for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s) and to Journal Motricidade, a link to the licence is provided, and any changes made are indicated.

Authors may deposit the final published version of the article (Version of Record) in institutional repositories, subject repositories, academic networks, or personal websites, provided that the original publication is properly cited.