Sport socialisation and the role of the school Niek Pot The work presented in this thesis was conducted at: MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and School of Human Movement & Sports, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Zwolle, the Netherlands Financial support for the publication of this thesis was kindly provided by: Sport socialisation and the role of the school Sportsocialisatie en de rol van de school Dissertation, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands ISBN: 978-90-8891-853-7 Cover design: Lay out: Printed by: Marc Wehkamp Niek Pot Proefschriftmaken.nl || Uitgeverij BOXPress, ‘s-Hertogenbosch Copyright 2014 © N. Pot, Utrecht, The Netherlands All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, without permission of the author. VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT Sport socialisation and the role of the school ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad Doctor aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, op gezag van de rector magnificus prof.dr. F.A. van der Duyn Schouten, in het openbaar te verdedigen ten overstaan van de promotiecommissie van de Faculteit der Bewegingswetenschappen op maandag 12 mei 2014 om 11.45 uur in de aula van de universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105 door Johannes Nicolaas Pot geboren te Roermond promotor: copromotor: prof.dr. G.J.P. Savelsbergh dr. I.M. van Hilvoorde