Influencia del contexto deportivo en la formación de los futbolistas de la selección española de fútbol

Abstract

This study seeks to determine the influence that sport context and its most important aspects have on the training process of elite soccer players, and the most effective way to control it to achieve sport success. Thus, this research took into account the view of eleven international elite players and directors of academies, fitness coaches, psychologists and sport doctors in the seven main soccer academies in Spain. Data were obtained through a qualitative methodology with the interview as an instrument of measurement. Sport context is one of the most influential dimensions in the training process of a soccer player. Sport training in a good soccer academy is key in achieving sport success, where the coach is its greatest exponent. The opportunities coaches provide their players as well as the comprehensive training they give them mean that talented players achieve success. Individual development is marked by the coordination of all the members of the soccer academy: psychologist, doctor, fitness coach and director.