Professional Male Soccer Players’ Perspectives of the Nutrition Culture Within an English Premier League Football Club: A Qualitative Exploration Using Bourdieu’s Concepts of Habitus, Capital and Field
Soccer players' habitual nutritional practices are influenced by personal upbringing and the club context, including economic resources and social capital from managers. The performance nutrition field within professional soccer is also shaped by stakeholders' doxic beliefs surrounding the perceived optimal body composition of players, with managers exerting social capital.
Authors
- Graeme L. Close (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7210-9553)
- Wee Lun Foo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8702-9898)
- Colum Cronin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1687-4437)
- James P. Morton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2776-2542)
- Emma Tester
Institutions
- The Football Association (GB)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-024-02134-w
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.32