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Area of Science:

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  • Organizational Psychology
  • Coaching Studies

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  • Performance crises are common in professional soccer, yet coaches' perspectives are under-researched.
  • Existing studies primarily focus on player viewpoints, neglecting leadership insights into crisis dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how professional soccer coaches perceive the development and persistence of performance crises.
  • To understand the systemic factors contributing to soccer performance crises from a coaching perspective.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative research design involving interviews with twelve professional soccer coaches.
  • Data-driven and concept-driven content analysis of interview transcripts using thematic qualitative text analysis.

Main Results:

  • Performance crises emerge from a combination of pre-crisis vulnerabilities (e.g., organizational incongruence, fragile cohesion), acute triggers, and escalating dynamics.
  • Coaches noted that success often masks underlying issues, which resurface and intensify during performance declines.
  • Escalating dynamics involve self-reinforcing psychological, social, and structural problems that deepen the crisis and undermine coaching authority.

Conclusions:

  • Performance crises in soccer are systemic, characterized by self-reinforcing cycles and organizational incongruence.
  • Understanding these dynamics is crucial for developing effective leadership coherence and resilience strategies in professional sports.