The case study on learning of soccer coaches

Abstract

Top-level coaches often have a high level of experience as soccer players. In the research into coaches the formation of guidance view and the teaching philosophy are clarified. Specifically, it is reported that player professional experience at the professional level and guidance experience received from the coach at the professional level have an influence on the current teaching philosophy. Meanwhile, there is no professional level experience, but there are also football coaches who are active as J. League coaches. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to focus on the director of the J.League who has no player experience in the domestic top league and aimed to clarify the learning of the football coach as an example. The subjects were two football leaders who acquired the Japan Football Association official class S Coaches license and overseas soccer coach license. We conducted semi-structured interviews with the subjects of the study and conducted qualitative data analysis. As a result, learning early in the beginning of soccer guidance, learning at the time of acquiring overseas coach license, learning of coach and coach was clarified by case.