COMMON ELEMENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN SPORT – A SUMMARY THROUGH THE CAREER TRANSITION THEORY

Authors	ŠIMKOVÁ Katarína
Year of publication	2017
Type	Article in Proceedings
Conference	11th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KINANTHROPOLOGY Sport and Quality of Life
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Sports Studies
Citation
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Keywords	social support; player intelligence; career transition theory; acceptance; communication; autonomy; meaning of life; basketball; coach
Description	The results of comparison through Career Transition theory show the common elements of socialization as follows: group factors (acceptance, recognition of different personality types, recognition of self through eyes of the others, communication, cooperation); player intelligence; personality features (decision-making, autonomy, resilience and supervision); social support (friendship in sport and outside of sports); introversion versus extroversion, coach. Positives of socialization in sport prevail; the negatives can be managed with the right approach. Significant and important elements are the approach of a coach and close relatives and friends; their ability and interest in helping athletes to adapt to the environment outside of professional sports career.