Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Rome, Italy.
Institut National du Sport, de l'Expertise et de la Performance, Paris, France.
PLoS One. 2021 Jan 20;16(1):e0243354. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243354. eCollection 2021.
Despite the fact that an educational programme for parents of youth tennis players has been launched recently, there is a need to empower parents of athletes in sustaining the combination of education and sport careers (i.e., dual career) of their talented and elite athletes across sports. The aim of this study was to explore the parents' view of their role as dual career supporters and their need for educational support in this area.
In total, 115 parents (F = 49, M = 66) of athletes (14-23 yrs) engaged in full time academic education (high school/university) and competitive (e.g., National, International) sports (individual = 12, team = 9) in five European Member States (e.g., France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia) took part in national workshops. The workshops involved discussing five themes and agreeing statements relevant to assist parents supporting their children as dual career athletes: 1) the athletes' needs; 2) the sports environment; 3) the academic environment; 4) dual career-related policies and services; 5) The educational methods for parenting dual career athletes.
A final list of 80 agreed statements were identified: 25 statements mainly related to the sports entourage; 23 to information on dual career-related policies and services; 22 to the athletes' needs; 17 to the academic entourage, and 8 to the relevant educational resources to parenting dual career athletes, respectively.
This cross-national qualitative research synthesized the parents' perspectives about their needs and the most relevant content of an educational programme for parenting dual career athletes. The findings of this research will help influence the formulation of effective education strategies on parenting dual career athletes to ensure an optimal supportive environment for the successful combination of high-level sport and education careers.
尽管最近已经为青年网球运动员的家长推出了一项教育计划，但仍需要增强运动员家长在维持其有天赋和精英运动员的教育和体育职业（即双职业）结合方面的能力，跨越各个运动项目。本研究的目的是探讨家长对其作为双职业支持者的角色的看法，以及他们在这方面接受教育支持的需求。
共有来自五个欧洲成员国（如法国、爱尔兰、意大利、葡萄牙、斯洛文尼亚）的 115 名家长（女性 49 名，男性 66 名）参加了全国研讨会，他们的孩子（14-23 岁）从事全日制学术教育（高中/大学）和竞技体育（如国家、国际）（个人 12 名，团体 9 名）。这些研讨会涉及讨论五个主题，并就帮助家长支持其子女成为双职业运动员的相关事项达成一致意见：1）运动员的需求；2）体育环境；3）学术环境；4）双职业相关政策和服务；5）培养双职业运动员的教育方法。
确定了 80 条一致意见的最终清单：25 条意见主要与体育界有关；23 条意见与双职业相关政策和服务有关；22 条意见与运动员的需求有关；17 条意见与学术环境有关，8 条意见与培养双职业运动员的相关教育资源有关。
这项跨国定性研究综合了家长对其需求的看法以及培养双职业运动员家长的教育计划的最相关内容。这项研究的结果将有助于影响制定有效的培养双职业运动员家长的教育策略，以确保为高水平体育和教育职业的成功结合提供最佳的支持环境。
