En stad, ett lag och en fotbollsmatch
En etnografisk studie av Kalmar FF
AdolescentsDisabledDisabilitySportFootballSoccerSocial inclusionSocial exclusionSports clubUngdomarFunktionsnedsättningInkluderingExkluderingIdrottFotbollIdrottsföreningKalmar FF
As a soccer coach for youths with disabilities and as active soccer players, our thoughts regarding the basic principles of sports where awakened and how it corresponds with the possibilities of disabled youths participating in club organized sports. From that thought came the idea that, with our team as the point of original we should contribute with increased knowledge regarding the experiences of disabled youths doing sports. Using ethnography and co-operative observations we have researched both including and excluding factors that contribute to the possibilities of disabled youths opportunity to do sports. We have been able to distinguish that the youths in question feel that sports can be identity-building as well as give a sense of community. The study shows that the basic principles of sports does not correspond with reality because the lack of availability is the determinant factor.