The road to victory in the UEFA Women's Champions League: A multi-level analysis of successful coaches, teams, and countries. (November 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The road to victory in the UEFA Women's Champions League: A multi-level analysis of successful coaches, teams, and countries. (November 2018)
- Main Title:
- The road to victory in the UEFA Women's Champions League: A multi-level analysis of successful coaches, teams, and countries
- Authors:
- Filho, Edson
Rettig, Jean - Abstract:
- Abstract: Objectives: To explore coach-level, team-level, and country-level factors associated with performance in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Design: This study involved archival analysis of factual data on teams and coaches participating in the UEFA Women's Champions League (2011–12 until 2015–16). Method: Official data records were provided by UEFA. Hierarchical linear modeling analysis was used to predict performance in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Specifically, coaches' characteristics (level-1 variables), team factors (level-2 variables), and country information (level-3 variables) were tested as predictors of performance (final rank, ranging from 1 to 32). Results: Data analysis yielded a two- and three-level solution. The two-level solution was deemed more realistic and applied, and was chosen as the omnibus final model. Within the two-level solution, years coaching experience in Champions League at level-1 (γ10 = −2.90), and number of times team has won Champions League (γ01 = −7.13) and number of international players (γ02 = −1.08) at level-2, predict final performance at the UEFA Women's Champions League (i.e., negative coefficient is indicative of performance improvement). Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the quality of the team, positive cross-cultural effects from an international roster, and the experience of the coach are positively associated with performance in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Highlights: Over 85% of the coaches inAbstract: Objectives: To explore coach-level, team-level, and country-level factors associated with performance in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Design: This study involved archival analysis of factual data on teams and coaches participating in the UEFA Women's Champions League (2011–12 until 2015–16). Method: Official data records were provided by UEFA. Hierarchical linear modeling analysis was used to predict performance in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Specifically, coaches' characteristics (level-1 variables), team factors (level-2 variables), and country information (level-3 variables) were tested as predictors of performance (final rank, ranging from 1 to 32). Results: Data analysis yielded a two- and three-level solution. The two-level solution was deemed more realistic and applied, and was chosen as the omnibus final model. Within the two-level solution, years coaching experience in Champions League at level-1 (γ10 = −2.90), and number of times team has won Champions League (γ01 = −7.13) and number of international players (γ02 = −1.08) at level-2, predict final performance at the UEFA Women's Champions League (i.e., negative coefficient is indicative of performance improvement). Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the quality of the team, positive cross-cultural effects from an international roster, and the experience of the coach are positively associated with performance in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Highlights: Over 85% of the coaches in the UEFA Women's Champions League are male. More experienced coaches are more likely to be successful or, alternatively, successful coaches keep their jobs for a longer time. Successful teams at the UEFA Women's Champions League win because of the quality of the "team as a whole". Internationalization is a good thing. For every international player on the team, performance improved by about 1 position. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Psychology of sport and exercise. Volume 39(2018)
- Journal:
- Psychology of sport and exercise
- Issue:
- Volume 39(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 39, Issue 2018 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 39
- Issue:
- 2018
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0039-2018-0000
- Page Start:
- 132
- Page End:
- 146
- Publication Date:
- 2018-11
- Subjects:
- Coaching -- Expert performance -- Women's football -- UEFA Champions League -- Hierarchical linear modeling
Sports -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals
Exercise -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals
Psychology -- Periodicals
Sports -- Periodicals
Exercise -- Periodicals
Societies, Medical -- Periodicals
Psychology
Sports
Exercise
Societies, Medical
Sports -- Aspect psychologique -- Périodiques
Exercice -- Aspect psychologique -- Périodiques
613.71019 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14690292 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.07.012 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1469-0292
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