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Stress and coping strategies among football coaches in Gauteng Province, South Africa
No full textAbstract : Please refer to full text to view abstract.M.Phil. (Sport Science
Barriers and hindrances experienced by sport coaches in Gauteng Province
Get PDFAbstract: Research has shown that there is a high turnover of sport coaches in South Africa, yet there has been relatively little attention paid to the barriers and hindrances encountered by sport coaches. The purpose of this study was to examine barriers and hindrances experienced by such coaches in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. A combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches was used in this study. Questionnaires were distributed to 224 (122 males and 102 females) sport coaches. The Perceived Hindrance Scale (PHS), Reasons for Entering and Leaving the Coaching Profession Questionnaire (RELCPQ), Coach Motivation Scale (CMS) and Coaching Education Questionnaire (CEQ) were used to collect quantitative data. In addition, two focus groups, consisting of five participants each, were conducted. The participants were selected on the basis that they had been coaching for at least five years. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 was used to analyse the quantitative data. Statistical methods such as means, standard deviations, frequencies, percentages, t-test and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) were used to analyse data. The level of significance was set at 0.05. On the other hand, qualitative data were analysed thematically. This method involved generating initial codes, reading and re-reading the transcripts and summarising raw data in order to identify emerging and meaningful themes. The results of this study indicated the following as major barriers and hindrances encountered by these coaches: "Lack of support systems for women players", "Lack of support for women coaches from superiors", "Low salary", "Lack of opportunities for promotion", "Difficulties with parents/spectators" and “Lack of job security”. Additionally, arising from the thematic analysis of the focus group interviews, interference from management, pressure to win, lack of resources and parental pressure were identified as major barriers and hindrances encountered by such coaches. In an attempt to overcome these barriers and hindrances, a sport...M.Phil. (Sport Science
Exploring the impact of coach education on coaching practice : a case study of lifesaving sport coaches within the South African context
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Andragogy fact or fiction within a swimming coaching context?
No full textThe global population is ageing, and with it has been a growth of mature aged
participation in sport. Following this trend, swimming amongst the adult population
in South Africa, whether it is for recreation or competitive purposes, has increased.
This research reports on the coaching strategies used by one coach who is
training Masters swimmers in Johannesburg. It examines whether or not
andragogical principles and teaching methods could be applied to an informal
swimming coaching context. Qualitative methods were used for data collection,
including an interview with the coach, focus group discussions with the swimmers,
pool deck observations and video recordings of the training sessions. Results
indicated that adult education principles could be applied to an informal swimming
coaching context through flexible and accommodating coaching practices,
ensuring effective communication between the swimmer and the coach and
utilising the community of practice between the swimmers and coaches to ensure
effective adult learning
Concussion injury management, perception, and knowledge in amateur field hockey
Get PDFBackground: Field hockey has a high risk for sports-related concussion (SRC) injuries due to the speed and intensity of the game, current rules, field surfaces and equipment composition. Head injuries are the second most common reported injury and up to 75% of SRCs go unreported or undetected. This increases the subsequent injury risk, long term health consequences and prolonged injury recovery.
Objectives: This study aimed to examine the prevalence of SRC in hockey players within the Southern Gauteng Hockey Association (SGHA) premier league. Concussion knowledge and attitudes of hockey players, coaches, umpires, and officials were also investigated.
Methods: A partially mixed sequential dominant status design (QUANT–qual) was used, divided into two phases. In Phase One hockey players, coaches, umpires, and technical officials (n=119) completed a modified RoCKAS-ST questionnaire. In Phase Two, a focus group discussion with umpires (n=3) and interviews with coaches (n=3) were conducted.
Results: Injuries to the shoulder, neck, head, and face were reported from stick use (n=98); ball use (n=102) and collisions (n=187). Only 19% of hockey players were diagnosed with SRC, indicating that many of these injuries were undetected or not reported. Responses from the focus group discussion and interviews indicated that coaches, umpires, and officials felt they had insufficient knowledge of SRC.
Conclusion: The recognition and management of on-field injuries require improvement to enhance the injury detection system
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Curriculum development in sport coach education within a South African context: a case study
No full textOne of the objectives of coaching sport is improvement in athlete performance. Coach education can be viewed as a vehicle for enhancing the standards of coaching practice. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the development of a sports coach education curriculum model in a federation where no framework existed. A forward and backward curricular-mapping model was proposed, where coaches are given a voice in the development of curriculum outcomes, content knowledge and assessment. A mixed-methods approach was adopted with 35 coaches, who participated in a series of six themed formal educational workshops. The coaches completed pre- and post- workshop questionnaires to determine their perceived knowledge and actual knowledge gained. Coaches were provided with the opportunity to self-reflect on the content and assessment of each workshop. Results across the workshops showed a positive shift in coaches’ perceptions regarding their content knowledge and self-assessment practice. This suggests that the implementation of the backward mapping process while designing a coach education curriculum assisted in developing relevant and contextual content, with integrated and authentic assessment, giving coaches an opportunity to have a stake in their educational pathway.Keywords: Coach education; Curricular mapping; South African coaching framewor
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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