PROFILE OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN YOUTH CLUB FOOTBALL (THE PRESENT SITUATION IN BLAGOEVGRAD REGION)

The end of the crisis in Bulgarian football is discussed through the perspective of solving the problems in youth football. Although organizational culture is essential for effectiveness within organizations, few studies are related to the organizational culture in (youth) football clubs in Bulgaria. The article aims at studying the organizational culture in three clubs from the Youth-17 League in the South-West Bulgaria Zone 1 and Zone 2. 60 players and 3 coaches participated in a survey conducted through OCAI (Cameron and Quinn). The weight of certain factors considered important for achievement in clubs was measured through dispersion analysis. The hierarchy and clan types are predominant in the club’s profiles. According to the analysis, the present state is characterized by fewer distractions than the desired state. ANOVA shows that the team success factor has the strongest influence regarding the differentiation of the clan (present state) and market (desired state) types of cultures. The competing experience factor has a lesser effect and differentiates the market and the adhocracy type of cultures (the desired state). The prospect factor differentiates between the clan and market type in the desired state. Both groups surveyed have similar preferences for the types of organizational culture in the teams, with the “strength” of the preference criteria having higher value with the coaches. The typical team sport profile of organizational culture is observed. Coaches can influence the sports training activities and manage the organizational culture in the clubs through the factors mentioned above when players are still young. The study is not representative of the South-West League and Bulgaria as a whole. Organizational culture significantly influences competing efficiency and good youth football players’ making.

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Architecture and planning of sports centers of football academies in the largest cities

Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo arkhitekturno-stroitel nogo universiteta JOURNAL of Construction and Architecture ◽

10.31675/1607-1859-2021-23-3-29-36 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 29-36

Author(s):

Yu. A. Skoblitskaya ◽

A. A. Sheremet

Keyword(s):

Design Methodology ◽

Professional Training ◽

Educational Process ◽

Football Players ◽

Youth Football ◽

Football Clubs ◽

Research Findings ◽

Full Immersion ◽

The City ◽

Practical Implications

Purpose: The article describes the principles of territorial placement of children's and youth football academies in the largest cities.Design/methodology/approach: The architectural and planning organization of football academies, which are the most important component of the professional training of football players in football clubs. The principles of the academy formation as a multifunctional center with a full immersion of students in the educational process. The relevance and need for the appearance of such football academies in the largest cities of Russia.Research findings: The inclusion of football academies in the largest cities is identified, the main types of training are determined, based on the analysis of such facilities in Russia, Europe and South America.Practical implications: The youth football academies can be arranged on the city periphery.

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Females Sustain more Ankle Injuries than Males in Youth Football

International Journal of Sports Medicine ◽

10.1055/a-1192-5399 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (14) ◽

pp. 1017-1023

Author(s):

Taru Sokka ◽

Matias Hilska ◽

Tommi Vasankari ◽

Mari Leppänen ◽

Pekka Kannus ◽

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Keyword(s):

Injury Rate ◽

Ankle Injury ◽

Ankle Injuries ◽

Acute Injury ◽

Football Players ◽

Injury Incidence ◽

Youth Football ◽

Acute Injuries ◽

Football Clubs

AbstractThis prospective study evaluated the incidence and pattern of acute injuries in youth (9- to 14-year- old) football players. Ten football clubs [n=730 players (567 males, 163 females)] participated in the 20-week follow-up study (January–June 2015). Data was collected by sending a standardized weekly SMS to players’ parents/guardians with follow-up interviews for injured players. During the study period, 278 players (38%) sustained 410 acute injuries. The overall injury incidence for males and females was 6.47 (95% CI, 5.84–7.09) injuries per 1000 h of football exposure. Most injuries (40%) caused minimal absence from sports. Eighty-four percent of the injuries affected the lower extremities, with the ankle (30%), knee (17%), and thigh (16%) being the most commonly injured body sites. Females had significantly higher ankle injury rate (IRR) 1.85 (95% CI, 1.18–2.91, p=0.007) and non-contact ankle injury rate IRR 2.78 (95% CI, 1.91–4.02, p<0.001) than males. In conclusion, our results showed that the acute injury incidence among youth football is moderately high, and females are at higher risk for ankle injuries. Injury prevention programs aimed at preventing ankle injuries should be considered in the future.

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Assessment in the Foundation Programme: A qualitative study of consultants and junior doctors in the South West of England

Medical Teacher ◽

10.1080/01421590802304641 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 1-1

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Junior Doctors ◽

The South ◽

South West ◽

Foundation Programme

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Early detection of infants and young children at risk of future pathological evolution: The French network described in the south west of France

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e579192013-279 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

A. Frottin

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Early Detection ◽

Young Children ◽

Children At Risk ◽

The South ◽

South West ◽

Infants And Young Children

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Decision letter for "Silurian alkaline magmatism in the Saur area, northern West Junggar: Evidence for the Middle Palaeozoic amalgamation of the Kazakhstan Block at the south‐west of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt"

10.1002/gj.3997/v1/decision1 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Orogenic Belt ◽

Central Asian Orogenic Belt ◽

Alkaline Magmatism ◽

The South ◽

South West ◽

Central Asian ◽

West Junggar

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Multimodal and Redecision Psychotherapies in the Management of Deviant Behaviour among Adolescents in Correctional Centres in the South-West, Nigeria

Journal of Humanities Therapy ◽

10.33252/jht.2020.06.11.1.7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 7-32

Author(s):

M. O. Ogundokun ◽

L. O. Alamu

Keyword(s):

The South ◽

Deviant Behaviour ◽

South West

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Middle and Late Iron Age Occupation at Cadnam Farm, Alton, Hampshire

Hampshire Studies ◽

10.24202/hs2018004 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 73 (1) ◽

pp. 110-136

Author(s):

Oliver Good ◽

Richard Massey

Keyword(s):

Iron Age ◽

The South ◽

Late Iron Age ◽

South West ◽

Middle Iron Age

Three individual areas, totalling 0.55ha, were excavated at the Cadnam Farm site, following evaluation. Area 1 contained a D-shaped enclosure of Middle Iron Age date, associated with the remains of a roundhouse, and a ditched drove-way. Other features included refuse pits, a four-post structure and a small post-built structure of circular plan. Area 2 contained the superimposed foundation gullies of two Middle Iron Age roundhouses, adjacent to a probable third example. Area 3 contained a small number of Middle Iron Age pits, together with undated, post-built structures of probable Middle Iron Age date, including a roundhouse and four and six-post structures. Two large boundary ditches extended from the south-west corner of Area 3, and were interpreted as the funnelled entrance of a drove-way. These contained both domestic and industrial refuse of the late Iron Age date in their fills.

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