RT Journal Article
T1 Profile of grassroots football coaches of Spanish professional clubs
A1 Martín Barrero, Alberto
A1 Abad Robles, Manuel Tomás
A1 Giménez Fuentes-Guerra, Francisco Javier
A1 Martín Barrero, Alberto
AB The aim of the study was to identify the profile and education of grassroots football coaches (workingwith 8-12-year olds) of Spanish professional clubs (first and second male division, and first female division),as well as the qualities and characteristics they should have. For this purpose, an ad hoc questionnaire of57 questions was used, grouped into seven dimensions, and administered to 153 coaches. This researchfocuses on the socio-demographic variables as well as on the dimensions of the coach’s qualities and coach’seducation. The results showed that the profile of the coach corresponded to the following: male between20 and 30 years of age, with experience in football initiation of 4-7 years, but with a 2-year experience incoaching boys and girls aged 8-12 years, with the specific football qualification level II or Union of EuropeanFootball Associations A. The coaches considered it very important to have pedagogical skills and to usecoaching methods that focus on learning rather than on results in order to be a coach in these age categories.Moreover, the participants considered that the training received in the official coaching courses did notadequately qualify them to carry out the sporting and human education of boys and girls in the benjamin(under 10) and alevin (under 12) age categories. The coaches also felt that the contents of the coaching courseshould be adjusted to the requirements of these age groups. These considerations can help sports federationsand training centres to establish strategies to improve the official training programmes for football coaches.
PB Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb
SN 1331-1441
SN 1848-638X (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22099
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22099
LA eng
NO Barrero, A. M., Abad Robles, M. T., & Giménez Fuentes-Guerra, F. J. (2022). Profile of grassroots football coaches of Spanish professional clubs. In Kinesiology (Vol. 54, Issue 2, pp. 325–334). Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb. https://doi.org/10.26582/k.54.2.14
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 29 may 2026