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    On the transition into elite rugby league: Perceptions of players and coaching staff

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    Authors
    Jones, R.
    Mahoney, J.
    Gucciardi, Daniel
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Jones, R. and Mahoney, J. and Gucciardi, D. 2014. On the transition into elite rugby league: Perceptions of players and coaching staff. Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology. 3 (1): pp. 28-45.
    Source Title
    Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology
    DOI
    10.1037/spy0000013
    ISSN
    2157-3905
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    Copyright © 2014 The American Psychological Association

    This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record.

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43721
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Transitions need to be effectively managed to allow for successful progression through developmental stages in many life domains. In this study, we aimed to generate new insights into within-career athletic progressions by exploring players’ and coaching staff’s perspectives on the transition from subelite to elite level rugby league within an Australian context. A personal construct psychology approach including experience cycle methodology was used to interview 17 purposefully recruited male rugby league players (Mage = 21.71, SD = 2.79) who had been or were part of an elite rugby league squad, and 9 staff (Mage = 47.14, SD = 11.13) who had experience working with transitioning rugby league athletes. Overall, 21 themes (11 combined, 5 unique for each group) were extracted from the participants’ discourse using a thematic analysis, all of which were separately conceptualized into 3 global themes: personal attributes, environmental factors, and critical incidents. Our findings provided support for the robustness of a holistic, life span developmental perspective of career transitions in sport contexts. The theoretical integration of this life span perspective with the Job Demands–Resources model is discussed as a fruitful avenue for future research and theory.

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