The problem of this study was to compare the existing role of college and university athletic trainers in Texas and bordering states with the role of college and university athletic trainers, (1) as recommended by national athletic training specialists and (2) as recommended by college and university athletic directors in Texas and bordering states.

This was a study of coaching techniques employed by coaches of boys' basketball teams placing first and second in Class B bi-district tournaments of the University Interscholastic League of Texas for the season 1966-67.

The accurate determination of malingering relies on the use of validated and clinically relevant assessment measures. Simulation design is the most often-used research design to accomplish this. However, its external validity is sometimes questioned. The goal of the thesis was to systematically evaluate these major elements: situation, incentives, and coaching. The situation in simulation studies can vary from relevant (academic failure in a college population) to irrelevant (capital murder) for the samples being studied. Incentives refer to the external motivation given to improve simulators' performance and can be positive (extra credit and monetary reward) or negative (extra time and effort). Finally, coaching refers to whether the participant receives any information on detection strategies that are designed to identify feigners. Using a large undergraduate sample in a factorial design, results indicate that a scenario familiar to the participants generally improved the believability of their responses. Coaching also improved the ability to feign convincingly, while incentive type was not associated with any change in scores. The implications of these findings for future research designs and the connection to practice are discussed.

Public awareness about sexual abuse and sexual harassment in sport has greatly increased over the last 10 years. In England, the sport of swimming has been especially affected, first because of several high profile cases of swimming coaches being convicted of sexual abuse, and secondly because the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has taken a proactive stance to protect children in swimming. Much of the previous research examining sexual exploitation in sport has been from the perspective of the athlete. This qualitative study was designed to examine swimming coaches' constructions of appropriateness about coach/swimmer sexual relationships. Nineteen coaches participated in either an elite, national, or county level focus group. Coaches discussed the appropriateness of coach/athlete relationships as presented in 7 vignettes. Analysis was conducted in accordance with the constructivist revision of Grounded Theory (Charmaz, 1990; Strauss & Corbin, 1998) and organised with the assistance of the software programme, QSR NVIVO. The coaches report that sex with an athlete below the legal age of consent is inappropriate. Coaches' perceptions regarding "legal" relationships vary according to whether the coach is talking about himself versus other coaches. The emergent themes influencing perceptions of appropriateness are: reducing opportunities for false allegations, the influence of public scrutiny, evaluating consequences of relationships, maintaining professional boundaries, and reluctance to judge fellow coaches. After completing the initial analysis, the emergent themes were further explored in individual unstructured interviews with three purposively selected coaches. One coach was in a long-term relationship with a swimmer, another served a prison term for child sexual abuse of a swimmer he coached, and the third had allegations against him dropped. The secondary analysis reveals that the themes about appropriateness relate to the broader issue of coaches' attempts to resolve perceived role conflict and role ambiguity that has arisen from increased awareness of child protection. This is examined with reference to how awareness of sexual abuse in sport has provoked coaches to question their roles and coaching boundaries. Results are discussed in relation to organisational psychology theories of role conflict and role ambiguity and directions for future research are suggested.

Title: Attitudes competitors kickboxing coach to lead the way during the match Objectives: The main objective of this study is to examine how athletes perceive their coach in leadership (coaching) during the match, whether this behavior coincides with their preferences and what attitudes they have. Furthermore, these results are interpreted as a feedback to coach who lead a match to the increase effectiveness of its leadership and also show that perception during the match and athletes's preferences are very individual and different. And therefore coaches should not follow just generalized research into coaching but they should work with each athlete individually and according to theirs specific needs. Methods: In this thesis were used a method of structured questionnaire and semiguided interview. The structured questionnaire was used in the detecting method of coach leading during the match and preferences of participants. The semiguided interview method was used to specify preferences and attitudes towards a method of coach leadership. Results: It was find out It was found that the differences between preferences and the perceived reality occur not only for individual athletes, but also between them. It turned out that there is some consensus, as in the perception of coach's behavior during the...

In the 1830s, students at Oxford University began using the word coach as a slang expression for a tutor who carried a student through an exam (Coach, 2011). Nowadays, the word is seen as a metaphor for a person supporting another person to achieve an imagined goal (Johansson & Wahlund, 2009). Hilmarsson (2006) says that everyone acts as a coach from time to time, and Strandberg (2009) argues students in Sweden today want to be coached. However, it is hard to find schools where they claim they practice coaching. Because the word coach is ubiquitously used, many who today work with coaching are in fact inappropriately trained (Grant, 2010; Williams, 2008). Thus, by using a questionnaire as well as interviewing two students and a coach, I wanted to investigate whether coaching made any difference to how students perceived their English learning. 63 students and one coaching teacher participated in this study, where the findings demonstrated that there were other aspects which had a higher impact on students‟ perceptions of their English learning than the terminology used to describe the educational method practiced in their particular school.

Banca: Paulo Roberto Viana Gentil / Banca: Mauro Gonçalves / Orientador: Adalgiso Coscrato Cardozo / Resumo: Diante do grande crescimento de praticantes de atividades físicas resistidas o American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recomenda que o treinamento resistido faça parte de um programa de aptidão física para adultos, e o levantamento terra tem sido amplamente utilizado em diversos programas, sendo ele um exercício multiarticular, que também pode ser usado em treinos de cargas submáximas e cargas máximas, em uma variedade de configurações, que necessita de maiores pesquisas e informações para ter um melhor aproveitamento nesta gama de utilidades. Portanto, esse projeto teve como objetivo analisar parâmetros biomecânicos relacionados aos músculos de indivíduos que realizaram três estilos de levantamento terra (Convencional, Sumô, Hexagonal). Nesse estudo participaram 24 voluntários, sendo 14 do sexo masculino e 10 do sexo feminino, com idade entre 18 e 35 anos, sendo que os 24 executaram todos os três tipos de levantamento terra. Como critério de inclusão, os voluntários tinham que ter pelo menos 2 anos de experiência em exercícios resistidos. Os voluntários realizaram avaliações para uma coleta de dados eletromiográficos, onde foram analisados seis músculos diferentes, sendo eles o músculo Gastrocnêmio Medial, Tibial Anterior, Bíceps Femoral, Vasto Medial, Multífido Lombar e Reto Abdominal, com e sem a inclusão da fadiga. Para avaliarmos essa fadiga, os candidatos realizaram 12 repetições máximas (12 R.M), sendo assim iremos comparar os valores da média das três primeiras rep... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Faced with the great growth of practicing resisted physical activity, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends that resistance training be part of a physical fitness program for adults, and the deadlift has been widely used in other programs, being a multi-joint exercise, which can also be used in training of body, submaximal and maximum loads, in a variety of requirements, which requires more research and information for a better use in this range of utilities. Therefore, this project aimed to analyze biomechanical parameters related to the muscles of individuals who performed three styles of ground survey (Conventional, Sumo, Hexagonal). In this study 24 volunteers participated, being 14 males and 10 females, aged between 18 and 35 years, all 24 of them performing all three types of soil survey. As an inclusion criterion, volunteers had to have at least 2 years of experience in resistance exercises. The volunteers performed evaluations for an electromyographic data collection, in which six different muscles were analyzed: the Medial Gastrocnemius muscle, Anterior Tibial muscle, Femoral Biceps, Vasto Medial, Lumbar Multífido and Abdominal Straight, with and without the inclusion of fatigue. To evaluate this fatigue, the candidates performed 12 maximal repetitions (12 R.M), so we will compare the values of the average of the first three repetitions with the value of the average of the last three repetitions. After checking the normality and homogeneity of the... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management in Business Executive Coaching Johannesburg, 2017 / Personality match between a dyadic pair in helping relationships has shown to improve the process and outcomes. Does the same apply to executive coaching? Coaching is deemed to be effective but why is this so? This study explored the role of personality similarities on the executive coaching process. By understanding the role personality plays it was anticipated that: understanding would be elicited as to why coachees select their particular coach; better matching could occur between the executive coach and coachee; the process would be more beneficial due to this similarity and there would be a better return on investment for organisations who could assess coaches and coachees and pair them accordingly based on similarities in personality. This study utilised the five factor model (FFM) of personality to explore the personalities of the coaches and coachees across eight coaching dyads. This study utilised qualitative methodology that of eight case studies made up of eight coaching dyads. All 16 respondents were interviewed using a semi-structured interview. This served as the primary data source. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and uploaded into Atlas ti software for analysis. Content analysis was used and a codebook was created inductively, resulting in 94 codes. The 16 respondents then completed the Wave personality questionnaire as the secondary data source. The assessments were uploaded onto Atlas ti software and were analysed qualitatively using content analysis. 34 codes were created deductively using psychometric principles and the Wave personality questionnaire’s measures. The 128 codes were then categorised into 27 categories and 11 themes. Similarity in personality did not appear to have as great an influence as was anticipated on the executive coaching process within each dyad. Although there was a perception of personality similarity in the majority of the cases, there was very little to substantiate this according to the FFM. This study argues that this perception of similarity is due to the rapport built between the coach and coachee as well as the adaptation of the coach to the coachee’s style and needs. This creates cognitive resonance and reinforcement-affect. Due to this perception it is evident that the training of coaches must focus on the coaching skills of openness and trust building. ii Despite similarities or dissimilarities in personality, all eight dyads indicated satisfaction with the coaching process, the coaching relationship and the outcomes. Across all coaches there was no similarity in personality factors. However, across all coachees, there were similarities in personality regarding change orientation, optimism and openness to feedback which speaks to coachee readiness. This study argues that coachee readiness should be assessed for in order to determine readiness for coaching which will allow for more beneficial outcomes. The relationship, rather than personality similarity, was deemed to be the fundamental component in the coaching process. A relationship based on trust and openness allows the coachee to become vulnerable. This vulnerability allows for validation of the coachee by the coach and it is this validation which allows for growth and development. / MT2017

This study explores the coaching component of the GPLMS over the past 3 years, how it has been implemented as well as the lessons learnt with the view to understanding the coaching conditions required to assist teachers in changing their instructional practices. The GPLMS intervention consists primarily of instructional coaching which has to mediate lesson plans to teachers. This research specifically looks at the teacher-coach relations, the nature of coaching support and monitoring and its impact on teachers. Research data were collected through interviews of teachers in one FP school and one Intersen school in the Johannesburg South district as well as from two coaches and their supervisors. A Peer Learning Group (PLG) meeting in one school and a School-Based Workshop (SBW) in the other school were observed. GPLMS documents which include lesson plans and teacher observation sheets were analysed. The data analysis reveals that instructional coaching combined with high quality lesson plans are promising interventions with potential to improve teachers’ instructional practices. Much progress, however, depends on the coaches’ interpretation of their role as well as their attributes and qualities as far as the level of their subject knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge and the respect and trust between themselves and their teachers are concerned.

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Johannesburg, 2015 / The purpose of this study was to explore and identify the contribution that leadership coaching, facilitated by MBA alumni, could make to MBA students’ leadership development. The research study employed a mixed method sequential exploratory design with data collected from over 350 MBA students and more than 90 MBA alumni coaches. The outcomes of the study indicated that the MBA leadership coaching sessions had provided the MBA students with a new personalised learning experience that had increased their self-awareness, strengthened their self-development skills, and built a foundation for their future leadership development. The research study made a theoretical contribution to the fields of leadership development and coaching, by showing the contribution that a person-centred coaching approach, focused on individual facilitation and development, can make to MBA leadership development. The main contribution to practice was that the study established that using MBA alumni to facilitate MBA students’ leadership coaching could be a highly beneficial and financially viable alternative to using professional coaches for this purpose. A methodological contribution was made by demonstrating how a three-phased mixed method sequential exploratory design could yield a multi-faceted and fully integrated understanding of the outcomes of a study of this nature. Recommendations are made for future research, including exploring whether similar outcomes of MBA leadership coaching can be observed at other business schools in South Africa or elsewhere, as well as the desirability of conducting a follow-up study on the MBA students that participated in this study. This could establish what impact the coaching sessions have had on the MBA students’ leadership development over time. / MB2016