2017 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 71-83
After the Japanese Women’s Soccer National Team won the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany, the life style of women players has developed some problems. The media focuses on the issue that the most women soccer players also have to have different jobs while pursuing their soccer careers; thus, they are not performing as well as male soccer players. However, the women player’s daily routine and soccer practice schedule are not properly argued by the media. Therefore, the qualitative problems that women soccer players face have not been discussed thoroughly. How are they living their lives doing multiple jobs? What kind of conditions are involved for that? What kind of conditions are they going through to get jobs? In order to address these questions, approaching their life-styles in a qualitative manner is needed. Thus, this study mainly focuses on the players who are supported by “Sponsor Companies” in order to understand the player’s working conditions and their soccer practices. In conclusion, the life style of women soccer players is provided by creating a relationship which is called “support givers and receivers”. Therefore, this research addresses the importance of the “qualitative aspects” of a player’s daily routine.
