Suenos de Beisbol: Hopes, Experiences, and Expectations of Professional Baseball Players in the Dominican Republic

被引：2

作者：

Ruiz, Leonardo ^{[1
]}

Van Raalte, Judy L. ^{[1
,2
]}

France, Thaddeus ^{[3
]}

Petitpas, Al ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Springfield Coll, Dept Psychol, Springfield, MA 01109 USA

[2] Wuhan Sports Univ, Coll Hlth Sci, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China

[3] Springfield Coll, Dept Phys Educ & Hlth Educ, Springfield, MA USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SPORT PSYCHOLOGY | 2020年 / 14卷 / 01期

关键词：

athlete perspective; career transition; elite athlete; Latin American; youth sport; SPORT; INTERVENTION; TRANSITIONS; ADAPTATION; PROGRAM;

D O I：

10.1123/jcsp.2018-0091

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

More than 1,400 Latin American professional baseball players, age 16-21, are employed by 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) academies in the Dominican Republic. The popular press has highlighted scandals related to professional youth baseball player recruitment, selection, and exploitation in the academies, but little attention has been given to the academy experiences of youth baseball players from the perspective of the players themselves. For this research, 11 professional baseball players residing at anMLB Academy in the Dominican Republic participated in semi-structured interviews. Players described their transitions into the baseball academy system, their experiences in the academy, and their perceptions and expectations upon leaving or being released from the academy. Themes that emerged from the data included athletes' hopes and dreams, stress, faith, and career transitions. Clinical implications of these findings for sport psychology practitioners are discussed.

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