Stig Arve Sæther

About

Stig Arve Sæther is a Professor in Sport science and his primary field of research is talent development, elite sports and sport psychology. Sæther is head of the researchgroup Skill and Performance development in Sports and School (SPDSS) and head of the network NTNU sports.

Sæther collaborates with a broad range of clubs and federations in the fields of sports and are a active precenter both in media and to sports clubs and federations. He has also contributed on podcasts and journals presenting his research.

He is also editor-in-chief in Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.

Research

Sæther has researched skill and performance development within a number of topics and sports, but with the main emphasis on football. His research has particularly concentrated on the transition between junior and into elite sport at senior level, both from an athlete and coach perspective. Some of the topics he has researched are linked to structural frameworks for development such as the concept of talent, talent development environment and relative age difference, but also exercise characteristics such as amount of training, motivation, perfectionism, as well as factors that affect the athlete's development in the form of stress, dual career and the selection process.

Research projects:
* Fotball og talent
* Ecology of Athlete Development - University of SouthernDenmark
* Coaching og prestasjonsutvikling i talentutviklingsmiljø
* The Female Athlete - MITT University
* Female athletes – a different talent development process?

Video summeries of research papers:

Prevoius projects:
* Football academies
* Road to the top

* Modernising sport psychology in English football

Skill and performance Development in Sports and School (SPDSS)

Publications

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS:

Sæther, S.A., Høigaard, R. & Henriksen, K. (2026) Psychological myth of talent development in elite sport. In A. Whitehead & J. Coe Myths of Sport and Exercise Psycholgy.

Høigaard, R., Erikson, B., Hedegart, V.B., Sæther, S.A. & Haugen, T. (2026). Kohesjon i landslag – fra et spillerperspektiv. I Toppidrett i Skandinavia. En samfunnsvitenskapelig forskningsantologi om utviklings- og prestasjonsmiljø (Red. S. A. Sæther & R. Høigaard). Cappelen Damm Akademiske. (Akseptert)
Aspvik, N.P., Mehus, I. & Sæther, S.A. (2026). Underkommunikasjon av smerte blant aldersbestemte landslagsutøvere i håndball og ishockey. I Toppidrett i Skandinavia. En samfunnsvitenskapelig forskningsantologi om utviklings- og prestasjonsmiljø (Red. S. A. Sæther & R. Høigaard). Cappelen Damm Akademiske. (Akseptert)
Storaa, S., Bergström, M., Solli, G.S. & Sæther, S.A. (2026) «Det er jo et sjokk å komme til seniornivået». Kvinnelige eliteutøveres opplevelser av utviklingsmuligheter i starten av seniorkarrieren i langrenn. I Toppidrett i Skandinavia. En samfunnsvitenskapelig forskningsantologi om utviklings- og prestasjonsmiljø (Red. S. A. Sæther & R. Høigaard). Cappelen Damm Akademiske. (Akseptert)
Abrahamsen, F., Aspvik, N.P., Sæther, S.A. & Frøshaug, J.,(2026) Fra Plan til Handling på et toppidrettsgymnas med Historisk Gode Resultater: Treneres og Utøveres Opplevelser av Handlinger og Relasjoner. I Toppidrett i Skandinavia. En samfunnsvitenskapelig forskningsantologi om utviklings- og prestasjonsmiljø (Red. S. A. Sæther & R. Høigaard). Cappelen Damm Akademiske. (Akseptert)
Moen, F., Sæther, S.A .& Bjørkøy, J.A. (2022) Coaching elite junior athletes. I (Ed. Martin Toms & Ruth Jeanes), Routledge Handbook of Coaching Children in Sport. Routledge.
Sæther, S.A (2019) (Redaktør) Idrettsvitenskap. Perspektiver og praksis. Universitetsforlaget: Oslo.
Sæther, S.A (2019) Idrettstalentene. I Idrettsvitenskap. Perspektiver og praksis. (s. 137-148) (Red. S. A. Sæther) Universitetsforlaget: Oslo.
Sæther, S.A (2017) De norske fotballtalentene. Hvem lykkes og hvorfor? Universitetsforlaget: Oslo. ISBN: 9788215028033
Sæther, S.A (2015) (redaktør) Trenerroller. Fagbokforlaget: Bergen. ISBN: 978-82-450-1771-7
Sæther, S.A (2015) Trenerrollen i ungdomsårene - identifiserer eller utvikler? I Trenerroller (Red. S. A. Sæther) Fagbokforlaget; Bergen.
Sæther, S.A & Aspvik, N. P. (2015) Når mer øvelse ikke nødvendigvis gjør mester! En beskrivelse av unge, talentfulle fotballspilleres fysiske aktivitetsnivå og ulike stressforhold som påvirker deres utvikling. I Trenerroller (Red. S. A. Sæther) Fagbokforlaget; Bergen.
Sæther, S.A (2015) Evaluering av trenerrollen. I Trenerroller (Red. S. A. Sæther) Fagbokforlaget; Bergen.

RESEARCH PAPERS:

Swettenham, L.D., McGinty-Minister, K., Sæther, S.A., Høigaard, R. & Whitehead, A. (2026) Bringing The Human Back into Reflective Practice in Women’s Professional Football. (Submitted, Psychology of sport & Exercise).
Mehus, I., Sæther, S.A., Høigaard, R. & Aspvik, N. P. (2026) Strain disclosure and overconformity in female talent development environments: A latent profile analysis. (Submitted, Psychology of sport & Exercise).
Aspvik, N.P., Juliebø, S.F., Martin, L., Torvik, L.M.J., Høigaard, R. & Sæther, S.A. (2026) Young players experiences with injury induced career transitions out of elite handball. (Submitted Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum).
Laxdal, A., Whitehead, A., Sæther, S.A. & Høigaard, R. (2026) The pressure paradox: How expert handball goalkeepers’ approach 7-meter shots. (Submitted, International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching).
Mehus, I., Tingle, J.K., Warner, S., Rosvold, M., Sæther, S.A. & Tahtinen, R.H. (2026) Referee Abuse, Retention, and Profiling Sport Officials: Insights from Norwegian Handball Referees. (Submitted, Jourbal of Sport Management).
Abrahamsen, F.E, Bratseth-Kiplesund, I. & Sæther, S.A. (2026) Athletes’ and Coaches’ Perspectives of the Importance of Social Support in a Talent Development Environment Program in Track and Field (Submitted, Current Issues in Sport Science).
Rosvold, M., Piggott, L. & Sæther, S.A. (2026) "Woman´s football is just copy, past" Integration of a woman´s football team into a professional men´s club and its impact on woman´s player and team development. (Submitted, Current Issues in Sport Science).

Høigaard, R., Aas, K.A., Sæther, S.A. & Peters, D.M. (2026) Sport directors’ perceptions of successful ‘Road Captains’ in professional cycling. (Submitted, Journal of science & cycling).
Olsen, E.E., Bjørndal, C.T., Gjesdal, S., Dalgaard-Hansen, C. & Sæther, S.A.S. (2026) Talent development in the intermediary stages of the Norwe-gian handball national talent pathway – How female players and their coaches perceive the importance of the coach-athlete relationship and coach feedback during and in-between regional training camps (Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, revision)
Aspvik, N.P., Mehus, I., Høigaard, R. & Sæther, S.A. (2026) Norwegian handball players’ willingness to communicate pain to their coach. (Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, revision)
Roksvaag, M., Jones, G., Haugen, T., Sæther, S.A. & Høigaard, R. (2026) Coaches’ perception of team cohesion in national team. Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
Sæther, S.A., Torvik, L.M.J., Ohla, N. & Larsen, C.H. (2026) Barriers and Opportunities for Age-specific National Football Team Coaches’ Impact on the Development of Their National Team Players. Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
Sæther, S.A., Butt, J., Eubank, M., Mehus, I. Høigaard, R. & Aspvik, N.P. (2026) Perceived psychological stressors in female age-specific national team players. Frontiers in Psychology, 17:1803701.
Tønne, F., Whitehead, A., Butt, J., Eubank, M., Høigaard, R., & Sæther, S.A. (2026) Elite handball coaches’ perceptions of high-performance coaching and the development of talented handball players. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching.
Piggott, L., Rosvold, M. & Sæther, S.A. (2026) Sociocultural processes and outcomes in the integration of a women's team into a men's football club in Scandinavia. European Sport Management Quarterly, 1-21.
Sigvartsen, K., Sæther, S.A., Haugen, T., Erikstad, M., Peters, D. & Høigaard, R. (2026) Perceived Destructive Coach Leadership Behavior in Elite Team Sports. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 57(1), 39-58.
Abrahamsen, F. E., Bjørsvik, H., & Sæther, S. A. (2026). From Ambition to Achievement: Parental Support in U23 Biathlon Athletes’ Career Path to the Elite Level. Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 8, 44–53.
Larsen, M.L., Sæther, S. A., Whitehead, A. & Høigaard, R. (2026) Team Trust in Professional Women's Cycling Teams. International Journal of sports Science and Coaching.
Selbekk, S.A., Lilleengen, M.S., Stålesen, J., Ransom, D. & Sæther, S.A. (2025) Junior-to-senior transition in elite female football: identifying predominant sources of stress among junior players from both player and a coach perspectives. Frontiers in psychology, 16:1621559
Tronstad, M., Aspvik, N.P., Abrahamsen, F. & Sæther, S.A. (2025) "It is like a endless guilt trip". Wrestlers willingness to train and compete with pain and/or injuries. International Journal of sports Science and Coaching.
Ohla, N., Erikstad, M.K. & Sæther, S.A. (2025) Athlete transitions in a professional football academy: Transition Experiences and Parental Support. Soccer & Society, 1-12.
Torvik, L.M.J., Aspvik, N.P., Sæther, S.A. & Høigaard, R. (2025) Perceived social support in the rehabilitation process among elite female handball players. Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 7, 10–18.
Bergström, M, Høigaard, R., Aspvik, N.P. & Sæther, S.A. (2025) "It´s unrealistic": Experiences of Swedish Elite Female Ice Hockey Players Considering Parenthood. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 7:1548261.
Sæther, S.A., Banne, H. Larsen, C.H., Storm, L.K., Schlawe, A. & Henriksen, K. (2025). Features of Successful Talent-Development Environments in Norwegian Professional Women’s Football. Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology. 9(1),39-49.
Bergström, M., Mehus, I., Aspvik, N. P., Høigaard, R., & Sæther, S. A. (2025). ‘Same sport, different game’: male and female junior Norwegian national ice hockey players’ perceptions of their talent development environments. Sport in Society, 1–18.
Mehus, I., Martindale, R., Andronikos, G., Aspvik, N.P., Bergström, M. & Sæther, S A. (2024) Comparing female and male talent environments of age specific national teams in handball and ice hockey in Norway. European Journal of Sport Sciences.
Hamoud, M., Sæther, S.A. & Bjørnbekk, G. (2024) Self-regulation and Performance Among Talented Footballers: The Role of Approach-Avoidance Motivation. Frontiers in Psychology.
Henriksen, K., Book Jr., R., Storm,L.K., Linnér, L., Sæther, S.A., Lundkvist, E., Kuettel, A., Knud Ryom, Larsen, C.H., Feddersen, N., & Erikstad, M. (2024) Editorial: SJSEP Welcomes Conceptual Papers. Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 6, 42-45.
Bergström, M., Okkenhaug, I., Høigaard, R. & Sæther, S.A. (2024). Aldersbestemte landslagsspillere i håndball sin opplevelse av eget utviklingsmiljø. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, 15, 131-152.
Grønset, J, Langagergaard, M. & Sæther, S.A. (2024) Mental processes in professional football players. Frontiers in Psychology.
Bergström, M., Solli, G.S., Sandbakk, Ø., McGawley, K. & Sæther, S.A. (2024) Finding the optimal balance: Father-athlete challenges facing elite Nordic skiers. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living.
Noesgaard, M. & Sæther, S.A. (2024) Decision-making on injury prevention and rehabilitation in professional football - A coach, medical staff, and player perspective. The sport journal.
Abrahamsen, F.E., Kvam, A. & Sæther, S.A. (2024) Psychological determinants in biathlon - a U23 national team case study, Sports, 12(2), 38.
Bergström, M., Sæther, S.A., Solli, G.S. & McGawley, K. (2023) Tick-tock goes the biological clock: Mother-athlete challenges facing elite Scandinavian cross-country skiers. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal.
Feddersen, N.B., Champ, F., Sæther, S.A & Littlewood, M. (2023) How Psychologists in Men’s English Football Academies Evaluate Their Working Context and Adopt an Appropriate Professional Practice Framework, The Sport Psychologist.
Bergström, M, Rosvold, M. & Sæther, S.A. (2023) “I hardly have a problem [...] I have my period quite rarely too” Female football players and their coaches’ perceptions of barriers to communication on menstrual cycle. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living.
Røsten, S., Sæther, S.A., Aspvik, N.P & Bjørndal, C.T. (2023) Embedded, embodied, enculturated, and enabling processes: The identification and evaluation of sporting talent by ice hockey coaches in Norwegian youth international teams. International Sport Coaching Journal.
Feddersen, N.B., Champ, F., Sæther, S.A & Littlewood, M.(2022) Confidentiality and Surveillance Challenges for Psychologists working in English Men’s Football Academies. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.
Sæther, S.A, Feddersen, N., Andresen, E., & Bjørndal, C.T. (2022) Balancing sport and academic development: Perceptions of football players and coaches in two types of Norwegian school-based Dual Career Development Environments. International Journal of sports Science and Coaching.
Rye, A., Ransom, D., Littlewood, M. & Sæther, S.A. (2022) Performance and organizational stressors in the Junior-to-senior Transition in Football. Current Issues in Sport Science, 7, 003.
Bergström, M. Solli, G.S. Sandbakk, Ø, & Sæther, S.A. (2022) "Mission impossible"? How a successful female cross-country skier managed a dual career as a professional athlete and medical student: a case study. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, 57-83.
Hem, M., Fuhre, J., Høigaard, R. & Sæther, S.A. (2022) Talent development abroad. Young football players´ experience of being recruited to English academies. Soccer & Society, 1-12.
Fuhre, J., Øygard, A. & Sæther, S.A. (2022) Coaches’ criteria for talent identification of youth male soccer, Sports, 10(2), 14.
Schei, G.S., Haugen, T., Jones, G. Sæther, S.A. & Høigaard, R. (2022) A qualitative exploration into perceptions of collective collapse in a decisive elite Norwegian qualifying premier league soccer match – the successful team’s perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:777597.
Höök, M., Bergstrøm, M., Sæther, S.A. & McGawley, K. (2021) "Do elite sport first, get your period back later." Are barriers to communcation hindering female athlete? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 12075.
Sæther, S.A., Iversen, M., Talsnes, R. & Sandbakk, Ø. (2021) Comparison of high- and low-responders to a cross-country skiing talent transfer program: a coach’s perspective. Sports, 9, 138.
Solhaug, M., Høigaard, R. & Sæther, S.A. (2021) The balancing act of combining school and football in the transition from a non-professional club into junior-elite academy football. Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 3, 40-46.
Feddersen, N., Morris, R., Ronkainen, N., Sæther, S.A., Littlewood, M. & Richardson, D. (2021) A Qualitative Meta-Study of a Decade of the Holistic Ecological Approach to Talent Development. Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 3, 24-39.
Haukli, J. S., Hvid Larsen, C., Feddersen, N., & Sæther, S. A. (2021). The athlete talent development environment in the best ranked football academy in Norwegian football: The case of the U16 team in Stabæk football club. Current Issues in Sport Science, 6, 008.
Sæther, S.A., Nygaard, A., Johansen, B.T. & Erikstad, M. (2021) Talentutvikling via studieprogrammet idrettsfag. En retrospektiv studie av unge fotballspilleres opplevelse av å kombinere videregående skole og satsning på en fotballkarriere. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, 11, 85-111.
Bergström, M., Jong, M. & Sæther, S.A. (2021) Orienteering from cradle to grave – how a sport could offer lifelong participation. Social Sciences, 10 (5), 146.
Gangsø, K., Aspvik, N.P., Mehus, I., Høigaard, R. & Sæther, S.A. (2021) Talent Development Environments in Football—Comparing Top-Five and Bottom-Five Ranked Football Academies in Norway. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3). 1321.
Larsen, C.H., Storm, L., Sæther, S.A., Pyrdol, N. & Henriksen, K. (2020) A world class academy in professional football: The case of Ajax Amsterdam. Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2, 33-43.
Fuhre, J. & Sæther, S.A. (2020) Skill acquisition in a professional and non-professional U16 football team: the use of playing form versus training form. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 20, 3, 2030-2035.
Nesse, M., Fusche Moe, V. & Sæther, S.A. (2020) Unified approaches on Talent development in football. Differences and similarities among representatives from the football federation and professional football clubs . Cogent Social Sciences, 1, 6, 1-13.
Flatgård, G., Larsen, C.H. & Sæther, S.A. (2020) Talent development environment in a professional football club in Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2, 8-15.
Øvretveit, K., Sæther , S.A. & Mehus , I. (2019) Mastery goals are associated with training effort in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 19, 4, 1294-1299.
Johansen, B.T., Østrem, K., Sæther, S.A. & Erikstad, M. (2019) Relative age effect and perception of soccer specific skills among selected players in Norway. Current Issues in Sport Science, 4.
Øvretveit, K., Sæther , S.A., & Mehus , I. (2018). Achievement goal profiles, and perceptions of motivational climate and physical ability in male Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners. ARCH BUDO, 14
Sæther, S.A. (2018) Stress among Talents in a Football Academy. Sport Mont Journal, 16, 2, 3-8.
Engan, C. & Sæther, S. A. (2018) Goal Orientations, Motivational Climate and Stress Perception in Elite Junior Football Players: A Comparison of Club Levels. Journal of Physical Education and Sport,1, 107-113.
Sæther, S.A, Peterson, T, & Matin, W. (2017) The relative age effect, height and weight characteristics among lower and upper secondary school athletes in Norway and Sweden , Sports, 5, 4.
Klund, F. & Sæther, S. A. (2017) Relationships Between Perfectionism, Training Load and Elite Junior Football Players’ Self-Assessed and Coach-Assessed Skills. The Sport Journal.
Lagestad, P., Sæther, S.A. & Ulvik, A. (2017) Differences in coaching feedback between coaches of junior elite soccer players and junior amateur soccer players. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 17,3, 2049-2058.
Sæther, S.A (2017) Characteristics of Professional and Non-Professional Football Players – An Eight-Year Follow-Up of Three Age Cohorts. Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 2, 13-18.
Sæther, S.A, Aspvik, N.P. & Høigaard, R. (2017) Norwegian football academy players – players’ characteristics, stress and coach-athlete relationship. The Open Sports Sciences Journal, 10, 141-150.
Matin, V. & Sæther, S.A (2017) Talented high school football players’ perception of talent identification criteria. Sport Mont Journal, 2, 3-7.
Sæther, S.A & Aspvik, N.P. (2017) Descriptive analysis of Objectively Assessed Physical activity among talented soccer players – a study of 3 Norwegian professional football clubs. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2, 1-5.
Aalberg, R.R. & Sæther, S.A (2016) The Talent Development Environment in a Norwegian top-level football club. Sport Science Review, 3-4, 159-182.
Sæther, S.A & Aspvik, N.P. (2016) Norwegian junior football players - player´s perception of stress according to playing time. Sport Science Review, 1-2, 85-96.
Nerland, E. & Sæther, S.A (2016) Norwegian football academy players – Players self-assessed competence, Perfectionism, Goal orientations and Motivational climate. Sport Mont Journal, 2, 7-11.
Sæther, S.A & Mehus I. (2016) "You are not born with talent" Talented girls´ and boys´ perception of their talents as football players. Sports, 4, 1, 1-8.
Sæther, S.A (2016) Presence of the relative age effect and its effect on playing time among under-20 players in the Norwegian premier league Tippeligaen - a four year follow up. Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 1, 11-15.
Sæther, S.A & Solberg, H. A. (2015) Talent Development in football: Are young talents given time to blossom? Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal , Vol. 5 Iss: 5, pp.493 - 506
Sæther, S.A (2015) Selecting players for youth national teams - a question of birth month and reselection? Science & Sports, 30, 6, 314-320.
Sæther, S.A & Aspvik, N.P. (2014) Seasonal variation in objectively assessed physical activity among young Norwegian talented soccer players: A description of daily physical activity level. Journal of sports science & medicine, 13, 4, 964-968.

NON PEER REVIEWED PAPERS AND CONTRIBUTIONS:

Hamoud, M., Sæther, S.A., & Bjørnebekk, G. (2025) Talentfulle fotballspilleres motivasjon og selvregulering - betydningen av motivasjonsprosessene. Fotballtreneren nr. 1, 2025.

Bergström, M, Rosvold, M. & Sæther, S.A. (2023) Kvinnelige juniorspilleres og treneres opplevelser av barrierer om å snakke om mensen i en norsk elitefotballkontekst. Fortballtreneren nr. 3, 2023.
Hem, M., Fuhre, J., Høigaard, R. & Sæther, S.A. (2022) Unge fotballtalenters erfaringer og utfordringer ved å bli rekruttert til engelske fotballakademi. Fotballtreneren nr. 2, 2022.
Gangsø, K., Aspvik, N.P., Mehus, I., Høigaard, R. & Sæther, S.A. (2021) Talentuviklingsmiljø - en sammenligning av høyt og lavt rangert akademier i Akademiklassifiseringe 2017. Fotballtreneren nr 1, 2021.
Kapittelet, Location, Location, Location. Om betydningen av utviklingsmiljøet. I boka The best: How Elite athletes are made. Mark Williams & Tim Wigmore (2020)
Sæther, S.A. (2019) Betydningen av (lærings- og) læringsmiljø. Fotballtreneren.no, nr 4.
Aspvik, N.P., Mehus, I., Sæther, S.A & Tjønndal, A. (2016) Instruerende og positiv feedback ledelse i fotball. En undersøkelse av norske mannlige fotballtreneres lederstil. idrottsforum.org
Bli god med og uten talent. I boka Martins vei til toppen. (Forfatter Geir Stian Ulstein) Juritzen forlag: Oslo.
Idrettsforsker: Utøvernes egen motivasjon er viktigst for talenutvikling, Håndballmagasinet nr 3. 2015
Haulan, C. & Sæther, S.A (2015) Den viktige kamparenaen. En oppgave for toppklubbene eller aldersbestemte landslag? idrottsforum.org
Haulan, C. & Sæther, S.A (2015) Den viktige kamparenaen. En oppgave for toppklubbene eller aldersbestemte landslag? Fotballtreneren, nr. 3.
Talentet. I boka Breddefotball - En kjærlighetshistorie (Forfatter Anna Lian) Kagge forlag: Oslo.
Sæther, S.A (2014) Talent identification in Soccer. What do Coaches Look for? Idrottsforum.org
Aalberg, R. R. & Sæther, S.A (2013) Trøndelag – verdens beste «skinasjon»? En undersøkelse av hvordan representanter fra regionen forstår sin egen suksess som dominerende skiidrettsregion i Norge. idrottsforum.org
Høye ambisjoner og idrettslinje - riktig vei til en fotballkarriere? Kroppsøving, nr 2, 2013.
Sæther, S.A (2013) Høye ambisjoner og riktig studievalg - eneste vei til en fotballkarriere?, idrottsforum.org,
Haulan, C. & Sæther, S.A (2011) Aldersbestemte fotballandslag i Norge. Dette kjennetegner de selekterte spillerne i 2009., Idrottsforum.org.
Sæther, S.A (2010) Spilletid for talenter i norsk toppfotball. Status for tippeligaen 2009., Idrottsforum.org.
Kroppsøving - hvorfor og hvordan? Kroppsøving nr 3, 2008

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

Mehus, I., Aspvik, N.P. & Sæther, S.A. (2024) Successfull talent development environments and achivement goals of age-specific national teams in football, handball and ice hockey. FEPSAC, Innsbruck, July 2024.
Sæther, S.A., Mehus, I. & Aspvik, N.P. (2023) Stress and perfectionism among male and female age-specific national team players in football, handball, and ice-hockey. ECSS, Paris, July 2023.
Mehus, I., Aspvik, N.P. & Sæther, S.A. (2023) Talent development environments in Norwegian age-specific national teams in handball and ice hockey. ECSS, Paris, July 2023.
Røsten, S., Sæther, S.A., Aspvik, N.P. & Bjørndal, C.H. (2022) Embedded, embodied, enculturated, and enabling processes: The identification and evaluation of sporting talent by ice hockey coaches in Norwegian youth international teams. 4th International Motor Skills Acquisition Conference, 16-18 November, Finland.
Bergström M., Sæther S.A., Solli G.S. & McGawley K. (2022) Tick-tock goes the biological clock: Mother-athlete dilemmas facing elite Scandinavian cross-country skiers. Nordic Winter Sport Conference, Østersund, 3-4 oct. 22
Sigvartsen, K.K., Sæther, S.A., Haugen, T., Erikstad, M.K., Peters, D.M. & Høigaard, R (2022) Elite team sport athletes´perceptions and experiences of destructive coach leadership behaviour. ECSS, Sevilla, july 2022.
Feddersen, N.B., Francesca Champ, F., Sæther, S.A & Littlewood, M. (2022) Challenges and Solutions to Humanistic Psychology Delivery with Male U9-U16 Football Players in Professional English Academies. FEPSAC, Padova July 2022.
Feddersen, N.B., Francesca Champ, F., Sæther, S.A & Littlewood, M. (2022) Confidentiality and Surveillance in Psychology Provisions in Men’s Football Academies in England. FEPSAC, Padova July 2022.
Höök, M., Bergström, M., Sӕther, S.A. & McGawley, K. (2021) Focus-group discussions of the female hormonal cycle as a tool for increasing knowledge and communication among elite endurance athletes and their coaches. WOMEN IN SPORT & EXERCISE CONFERENCE 2021 (Virtual event).
Flatgård, G., Larsen, C. H. & Sæther, S.A. (2019) Talent development in a professional football club in Norway: The case of Ranheim football club. SVEBI konferansen, Stockholm 22.11.19
Rye, A. & Sæther, S.A. (2019) Perception of stress in the transition from junior-elite to elite - a comparison of the elite and non-elite players. Football exchange conference, Liverpool John Moores University.
Erikstad, M., Østrem, K., Sæther, S.A., Johansen, B.T. & Haugen. T. (2018) Talent identification in youth football: The prevalence og the relative age effect at grassroot, regional and national level. ECSS konferanse, Dublin juli.
Mehus, I. & Sæther, S.A (2016) The importance of achievement goal orientation when learning a novel, and increasingly complexed, skill. ECSS konferanse, Vienna Juli.
Sæther, S.A. & Aspvik, N.P. (2014) Norwegian football academy players - assessing personal skills as a result of self-organized training. ECSS konferanse. Amsterdam 2-5 juli.
Mehus, I. & Sæther, S.A. (2014) Goal orientation, intrinsic motivation and exerted effort. ECSS konferanse. Amsterdam 2-5 juli.
Sæther, S.A. & Solberg, H.A. (2014) European football: The challanges of giving young talents time and space. EURAM konferanse, Valencia, 3-7 juni.
Sæther, S.A. (2013) Talent Development in soccer: a question of top-level clubs budget annd table position? ECSS konferanse, Barcelona, 26-30 Juli.
Sæther, S.A. (2007) Soccer coaches understanding of talent in soccer. ISSA & ISHPES konferanse, København, 31 juli - 5 august.

Teaching

Courses

Outreach

Podkaster

Bidrag på podkaster

Praktisk info med Jon Almaas

TVNorge

Wall Street Journal

The Trøndelag Effect

2026

Feature article

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2026) Forskerne har inntatt fotballen: — Vi har utrolig mye data på hver enkelt spiller.
Interview

Høigaard, Rune; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2026) Dette kan avgjere norsk VM-suksess.
Feature article

Sæther, Stig Arve; Aspvik, Nils Petter. (2026) Er ishockey en macho idrett?.
Feature article

Sæther, Stig Arve; Aspvik, Nils Petter. (2026) Skade, nei? Det er ingenting, trener.
Feature article

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2026) Publisert artikkel løfter frem viktig kunnskap om dommerutvikling i norsk ishockey.
Feature article

Høigaard, Rune; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2026) Psykologisk trygghet i lagidretten.

2025

Feature article

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2025) IKKE KAST DE GRØNNE BANANENE - om vekst, modning, motivasjon – og troen på egne evner | tiim.
Conference lecture

Høigaard, Rune; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2025) Samhold og teamtillit i eliteteam og landslag. Olympiatoppens forskningskonferanse
Conference lecture

Høigaard, Rune; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2025) Kohesjon i landslag * 2 teamtillitsstudier. NTNU idrett forskningskonferanse
Conference lecture

Mehus, Ingar; Rosvold, Malene; Ganz-Fjellvang, Tim-Nicolai; Thaethinen, Richard Eirikur; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2025) Harassment and retention of handball referees in Norway. The 16th ISSP World Congress
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2025) Hvorfor er noen gode i sport og andre i musikk eller matematikk?.

2024

Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2024) Jeg er blitt nødt til å erkjenne at kroppen ikke tåler så mye trening.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2024) Lo av forskjellen mellom Premier League og friidrett. NRK-profil med kontant svar.
Conference lecture

Mehus, Ingar; Aspvik, Nils Petter; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2024) Successful talent development environments and achievement goals of age-specific national teams in football, handball, and ice hockey. FEPSAC
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2024) De har samme drøm, men William har en ulempe.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2024) Hvordan blir toppidrettsutøvere utviklet?.

2023

Conference poster

Sæther, Stig Arve; Aspvik, Nils Petter; Torvik, Lina; Høigaard, Rune. (2023) Perceived support in the rehabilitation process among female elite handball players. The Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS 2023)
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2023) Rosenborg-samarbeid med NTNU.
Conference lecture

Mehus, Ingar; Aspvik, Nils Petter; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2023) Talent development environments in Norwegian age-specific national teams in handball and ice hockey. 28th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS)
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2023) Driver FKH et sjansespill med sin talentutvikling? Jeg mener ja!.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2023) De er unge, talentfulle og full av pågangsmot. Drømmen er A-laget.

2022

Conference lecture

Feddersen, Niels Boysen; Champ, Francesca; Sæther, Stig Arve; Littlewood, Martin A.. (2022) Confidentiality and Surveillance in Psychology Provisions in Men’s Football Academies in England. 16th European Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology, FEPSAC 2022: Sport, exercise and performance psychology: challenges and opportunities in a changing world
Conference lecture

Feddersen, Niels Boysen; Champ, Francesca; Sæther, Stig Arve; Littlewood, Martin A.. (2022) Challenges and Solutions to Humanistic Psychology Delivery with Male U7-U16 Football Players in Professional English Academies. 16th European Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology, FEPSAC 2022: Sport, exercise and performance psychology: challenges and opportunities in a changing world
Conference lecture

Mehus, Ingar; Aspvik, Nils Petter; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2022) Talentutviklingsmiljø i håndball og fotball: hvordan hindre burnout. NTNU Idrett Forskningskonferanse
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve; Feddersen, Niels Boysen. (2022) Pressede trenere prøver å få idrettspsykologer til å sladre.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2022) Hvordan kombinerer du idrett og skole best?.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2022) Orienteringsløper og ingeniør.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2022) Frå benken til eliteserien: – Viser at om du orkar å trene så er alt mogleg.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2022) Forskningsprosjekt Dual Career.
Conference poster

Sigvartensen, Kristian K.; Sæther, Stig Arve; Haugen, Tommy; Erikstad, Martin Kjeøen; Peters, Derek Melville; Høigaard, Rune. (2022) Elite team sport athletes’ perceptions and experiences of destructive coach leadership behaviour. The 27th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science

2021

Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2021) Går idrettstalent i arv?.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2021) Reperting. 10.000 timers regelen.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2021) Rikke greide ikke fortelle at hun hadde lagt opp. Hun var midt i en identitetskrise.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2021) Kraftig svikt bak Klæbo skaper bekymring.

2020

Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2020) Undersøkelse om toppidrettsutøverne.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2020) Ikkje gena som gjer at desse tek etter fedrane sine.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2020) Veien til toppidretten.

2019

Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2019) William (16) slapp å flytte på hybel.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2019) Stortalentet blir værende i barndoms-klubben.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2019) Brann er i talenttoppen.
Conference lecture

Rye, Andreas; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2019) Perception of stress in the transition from junior-elite to elite - a comparison of the elite and non-elite players. Football exchange conference
Conference lecture

Flatgård, Georg; Larsen, Carsten Hvid; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2019) Talent development in a professional football club in Norway: The case of Ranheim football club. SVEBI konferansen

2018

Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2018) Hvorfor blir noen god i idrett?.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2018) The science behind Norway’s Winter Games success.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2018) Hvorfor blir noen talenter?.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2018) Jakten på geniet.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2018) Robert drømmer om eliteseriedebut for RBK i år.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2018) Gjør helomvending på talentutvikling: ingen skal spille i start før de er 15 år.

2017

Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2017) «Hvis du skal på Dana Cup når du er 12 år og Barcelona når du er 14 - hvor - ...drar du når du er 16? Månen?».
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2017) Resultatjaget har blitt viktig for unge lag. Det er veldig uheldig.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2017) Det store løftet eller det store luftslottet.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2017) Talentjegeren.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2017) To talenter og to knær.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2017) NTNU-forsker: Norske ungdommer trener for mye.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2017) De enkle svarene i fotballdebatten er feil.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2017) For meget træning kan ødelægge store talenters karriere.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2017) Fotballtalentenes svar overrasket forskeren: Et oppsiktvekkende funn.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2017) Forsker: Jo tidligere jakten på fotballtalentene starter, til større er sjansene for å bomme.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2017) 72 prosent av laget er født i januar og februar.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve; Brandslet, Steinar. (2017) Kunsten å unngå rævvafotball.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2017) Hva skal til for å bli profesjonell fotballspiller?.

2016

Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2016) Jenters dribling påvirkes av negative holdninger.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2016) Utenlandske spillere gjør det vanskelig for norske talenter.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2016) Dette Ranheim-laget skal ikke tenke på resultat i kampene.
Interview

Solberg, Harry Arne; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2016) Utenlandske spillere gjør det vanskelig for norske talenter.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2016) La flere spillere få utvikle seg.
Conference lecture

Mehus, Ingar; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2016) The importance of achievement goal orientation when learning a novel, and increasingly complexed, skill. 21th congress of European college of sport science (ECSS)
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve; Holmlund, John Arne. (2016) Skader i idretten er sjelden tilfeldig.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve; Thoresen, Ivar. (2016) For mye trening tar knekken på mange.

2015

Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2015) Forskere advarer mot å trene like mye som Ødegaard.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2015) Trener bort fotballkarrieren.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2015) Fotballtalenter trener for mye.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2015) •Talent er et farlig ord.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2015) Talentjakten.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2015) NTNU-forsker advarer mot ukritisk satsning på talenter.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2015) Forsker: en god trener kjefter ikke.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2015) Fotballtalenter trener for mye.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2015) Fotballtalenter trener for mye.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2015) 14-åringer i toppfotballen bør være unntaket, ikke regelen.

2014

Conference lecture

Solberg, Harry Arne; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2014) European football – The challenge of giving young talents time and space. 14th. Euram conference
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2014) Hvordan blir noen barnestjerner superstjerner?.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2014) The Trøndelag effect" på forsiden av Wall Street Journal.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2014) How Norway Scores So Much Olympic Gold.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2014) 4 faktorer som gjør ditt barn til en ener.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2014) Sådan bliver børnetalenter til topidrætsfolk.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2014) Minikrigen.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2014) Wall Street Journal geniforklarer skiregionen Trøndelag.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2014) Ingen dialog dei siste tre årene.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2014) Hvordan utvikles fotballtalentene?.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2014) Bør barnefotballstrukturen endres?.

2013

Conference lecture

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2013) Talent development in soccer: a question of top-level clubs budget and table position?. ECSS konferanse

2012

Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2012) EM-stjerner hjulpet av fødselsdatoen.
Interview

Aspvik, Nils Petter; Sæther, Stig Arve; Ingebrigtsen, Jan Erik. (2012) Ungdom vil ha mere gøy på landet.

2011

Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2011) Hva er et talent?.

2010

Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2010) På veien fra løkka til profesjonell fotballspiller - kan tilfeldigheter bety mer enn både arv og miljø? Del 3 i en serie på 4 programmer i schrödingers katt, NRK 1.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2010) Fotballtalenter fødes tidlig på året.

2009

Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2009) Flere juksepaver.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2009) Snipp, snapp, snute - du er ute.

2008

Lecture

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2008) Spillerutplukking og spillerutvikling i fotball. - Årskullet 1991 som eksempel. Seminar: spillerutplukking og spillerutvikling
Interview

Ingebrigtsen, Jan Erik; Sæther, Stig Arve. (2008) Har de nok kunnskap?.
Interview

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2008) Debatt om RBK-akademiet, med spillerutvikler i Rosenborg, Trond Nordstein.

2007

Conference lecture

Sæther, Stig Arve. (2007) Soccer coaches understanding of talent in soccer. ISSA & ISHPES konferanse

Språkvelger

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