Tag: Claus Madsen
The diversity of organised grassroots football in Denmark 2024: A follow-up study focusing on age, gender, ethnicity and sexuality
This follow-up study by Søren Bennike, Claes Madsen and Adam B. Evans presents quantitative measures of diversity amongst 10,945 respondents, including club members (players), club boards, coaches, educated licensed referees and the Danish Football Association’s political level. Results illustrate multiple measures of diversity, including age, gender, sexuality, ethnic origin, and attitudes and experiences of participation. Results demonstrate continuous inequality regarding girls/women’s and immigrants/descendants’ representation in the DFA football landscape.
Dansk fodbold sætter tal på den gode træneradfærd
The purpose of this Danish language article by Søren Bennike, Claes Madsen, Peter Elsborg and Glen Nielsen is to present how Danish football puts numbers on good coaching behavior in children's and youth football (6-19 years) and at the same time convey the current status. The method is based on a larger research study, which shows that empowering coaching behavior contributes to creating continuity, whereas a dis-empowering coaching behavior – that is one-sidedly, results-focused and controlling/authoritarian – makes kids drop out of sports.
