ABSTRACT In the Israeli Premier Football League there is a phenomenon in which many team captains or players who were the team’s leaders go on to become professional coaches. Reality shows that some of them make it as great coaches, and some ‘get lost’ – failing in the transition from being a leading player to assuming the leadership position of coaching. This article seeks to understand the challenges in that process and to identify factors that explain the resulting successes or failures in the process, based on Erving Goffman’s Dramaturgical Perspective and Leadership models. Semi-structured interviews were held with active and retired Israeli football players and coaches (N = 10). The article identified two different sets of behaviours that are expected from team captains or team leaders by their teammates, and from coaches by their players, that identify them as successful leaders. In addition, it highlights major factors in explaining the phenomenon of lack of success in the transition – that is, the failure to make the necessary changes in these behaviours during the process.

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迷失转型：分析以色列足球明星成为教练的生命周期

摘要 在以色列超级足球联赛中，有一种现象，即许多球队队长或球队领袖球员继续成为​​职业教练。现实表明，他们中的一些人成为了伟大的教练，而一些人“迷失了方向”——在从领先球员到担任教练领导职位的转变中失败了。本文旨在了解该过程中的挑战，并基于 Erving Goffman 的戏剧化视角和领导模型，确定可以解释该过程中由此产生的成功或失败的因素。对现役和退役的以色列足球运动员和教练（N = 10）进行了半结构化访谈。这篇文章确定了团队队长或团队领导者的队友以及他们的球员对教练的期望的两种不同的行为，将他们视为成功的领导者。此外，它还强调了解释转型失败现象的主要因素——即在过程中未能对这些行为进行必要的改变。