Line Dverseth Tjærandsen

• Associate professor at Nord University

This study investigated challenges perceived by coaches when working with elite women’s soccer teams. Six men and four women coaches with experience in the first Norwegian League or Norwegian national team participated. Semi-structured interviews were carried out, and the data was analyzed using thematic interpretational analysis. Participants iden...

Toppfotballen har tradisjonelt værrt en mannsdominert arena (Meyer-Para-panis et al., 2017; Pfister, 2010). En konsekvens av dette er at mesteparten av kunnskapen vi har om ledelse av toppfotball i dag er basert på forskning gjort på mannlige trenere og spillere (Grindstein & Larsen, 2019; Hughson et al., 2017). Dette er problematisk fordi det er j...

The main purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of highly influential players in elite soccer. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 10 elite coaches to determine their perceptions of the characteristics, emergence, and impact of highly influential players. The interview guide was anchored in coaching literature and leader...

Mental toughness (MT) is seen as an important psychological factor in the athletic success of elite athletes. Research on the subject has usually concerned male athletes. Our purpose was to investigate whether there are differences in mental toughness between female players who compete in an elite league and those who play at lower levels. In total...