Norwegian School of Sports Sciences (NSSS)

Norwegian School of Sports Sciences

The NSSS PAPA research team has broad competence in conducting research on organized youth sport. Issues covered include the psychology and sociology of coaching in soccer and other team sports. Our research is centered on team games, learning, communication and leadership as well as on motivational climate issues in youth sport. In particular we have focused on the influence of motivational climates on social-emotional and social-moral outcomes of young peoples’ sport participation.

Team
Professor Yngvar Ommundsen
Associate Professor Lars Tore
Vidar Ertesvag (PhD student)
 
Papa News
PAPA Main Trial Gets Underway in Norway

The delivery of all workshops for the main trial phase of the PAPA Project has now been completed in Norway. In total 17 workshops were conducted by the seven selected Coach Educators throughout three different regions in the country.
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First Greek PAPA team meeting with the CEs

The first Greek PAPA team meeting with the CEs was held in the University of Thessaly. Head coaches (Aleksiou V., Patronis N., Keramidas P., Sigalas V., Voutiritsas T., Stefanis E., Loutsos G., Masouras A., Karagiannis T., Gioti G., & Kalogiannis P.) of youth football teams from all over the Greece visited the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences to discuss the key elements and future planning of the PAPA project.
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