Effective coaching is a mixture of pedagogy and principles of sciences, e.g., motor skill acquisition, sociology, and physiology, often referred to as the science of coaching. Instinctive or intuitive coaching has often been incorrectly viewed as the art of coaching. More important should be how coaches develop knowledge, how they access that knowledge at the appropriate times and how this affe...

The current study explored coaches' interpersonal behaviors as a mechanism for well- and ill-being contagion from coach to athlete and vice versa. Eighty-two coach-athlete dyads from individual sports completed selfreport measures before and after a training session. Structural equation modeling supported three actor-partner interdependence mediation models, in which coaches' presession well- a...

This research aimed to investigate (a) the effect of golfers' perceptions of coach motivation efficacy on golfers' precompetition task self-efficacy, (b) the effect of performance on pre-to-postround changes in self-efficacy, (c) the effect of pre-to-postround changes in self-efficacy on pre-to-postround changes in affect and emotion, and (d) whether any effects of performance on pre-to-postcom...

E-sports, born out of digital games world, has been growing rapidly in recent years. In this interesting branch that establishes its own ecosystem, federations, tournaments, teams, etc. organizational structures are included. The main activity these organizations is to ensure played competitively a social environment. These takes place when many components come together and act harmony with eac...

The purpose of this study was: (1) to propose a classification system for the contributory factors behind major coach and bus accidents with mass casualties based on human factor analysis (HFACS); (2) identify main indicators causal factors. Based 56 official investigation reports more than 10 fatalities, qualitative content was conducted develop modified these accidents, gray correlation causa...

The article substantiates the organizational and methodological features of attracting children middle school age to recreational activities on roller skates skiing. According results Aizenko's test, among 36 adolescents, 44.4% were found be choleric, 33.3% - sanguine, 11.1% melancholic, phlegmatic types temperament. For every kind temperament, average values determined by categories motivation...

BACKGROUND Cheerleaders suffer nearly half of catastrophic injuries observed in female scholastic athletes in the United States. However, incidence of noncatastrophic injury in this population has not been described. HYPOTHESIS Coach, athlete, and injury circumstance variables may predict the injury rate among cheerleaders. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort. METHODS The authors investigated...

Multivariate sequence mining and classification are important and challenging tasks. They can be applied to numerous domains including medical diagnosis, handwriting deficiency diagnosis, identification of users for security or personalized TV services, and even transportation and traffic planning. The problem we address in this dissertation is classification of multivariate sequences. Multivar...

v Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 SAR Exercise Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1.1 Motivating Behavior Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1.2 SAR Exercise Coach Methodology and User Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.2 Spatial Language-Based HRI Methodology . . . . . . . . ...

1 Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University {forbus ureel jbaher skuehne } @ils.nwu.edu 2 Xerox Palo Alto Research Center [email protected] 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University [email protected] Abstract Several barriers hinder the widespread application of AI-based educational software. School and student machines are often underpowered, keep...