Idrottande barns upplevelser av föräldrapress : En studie om föräldrars påverkan på barn i idrotten

Sammanfattning

Parents in sports and the children in sports are a big part of the sports community. Therelationship between children and parents is a big part for the children. Today a lot ofchildren feel pressure in their early ages. More and more parents push their children indifferent ways. This can lead to negative consequences for the children. Therefore, thisessay is originated from the children's perspective in the different areas expectations,pressure and relationship.The purpose of this essay was to find out to what extent and in what way athletes feelpressure from their parents, based both on parents who are coaches for their childrenand parents who are not. There will be interviews of coaches and children, both throughgroup interviews and individual interviews.The essay aim to answer following questions: • How are children affected by their parents regarding pressure, expectations andrelationships? • How are children affected by having their parents as a coach regarding pressure,expectations and relationships? • What challenges do parents see in training their own child? The results showed that some children felt pressure whereas other did not. There werealso different types of pressure relating to, for example, performance, be present attraining and to behave. Moreover, there was subconscious pressure for the children,either to perform by scoring a lot of goals or that the parent put pressure on the child,even if it wasn ́t noticed.