INTRODUCTION Grassroot Soccer (GRS) developed 2 brief and scalable voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) promotion interventions for males in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, consisting of a 60-minute interactive, soccer-themed educational session with follow-up behavioral and logistical reinforcement. Both interventions were led by circumcised male community leaders ("coaches") ages 18-30. "Make The C...

OBJECTIVES To examine the attitudes of players and coaches to the use of protective headgear, particularly with respect to the prevention of concussion. METHODS A questionnaire designed to assess attitudes to headgear was administered to 63 players from four different Canadian teams, each representing a different level of play (high school, university, community club, national). In addition, ...

We examined reactivity of staff behavior to observations of their work performance. After training 2 job coaches to reduce completion of break activities for supported workers, we evaluated job-coach behavior using both conspicuous and inconspicuous observations. Results indicated that both coaches completed none of the activities when observations were conspicuous but most of the activities wh...

based on personal and professional characteristics, the present study compares the research performance among faculty members of agricultural colleges in west part of iran. the statistical population of this study consisted of all faculty members in the agricultural colleges of universities of ilam, razi and kurdistan at iran, which 116 faculty members were selected as the sample using the prop...

Family members of people with eating disorders (EDs) have high levels of stress and can use maladaptive methods of coping. We have developed an intervention, using motivational interviewing (MI) strategies that trains lay and professional carer coaches (CCs) to support carers of adolescents with EDs to use more adaptive coping procedures. The aim of this study is to measure treatment integrity ...

CONTEXT Coaches, athletic trainers (ATs), strength and conditioning specialists (SCSs), and registered dietitians are common nutrition resources for athletes, but coaches, ATs, and SCSs might offer only limited nutrition information. Little research exists about sports nutrition knowledge and current available resources for nutrition information for athletes, coaches, ATs, and SCSs. OBJECTIVE...

Coaches play a multifunctional key role in high-performance team sports. One of the coaches’ responsibilities, in some sports, is to use team timeouts effectively. The sport science literature has however only given limited attention to the use of timeouts – this is especially the case in handball. This is somewhat surprising since timeouts can be used as a strategic intervention in the dynamic...

Guided by transactional stress theory, this study aimed to explore elite U.K. soccer coaches’ perceived stressors, the situational properties, appraisals, and coping during COVID-19 pandemic. This also any variation in experiences across football league standards A total of 13 professional first-team male association coaches between 38 59 years age ( M = 43.00, SD 6.94) participated telephone n...

The present study explored the behaviours and underlying philosophies of four professional coaches in rugby union. Four rugby union coaches were observed using the Rugby Union Coaching Observation Instrument at three 45 minute practice sessions throughout a season. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted after each observation to explore coaches’ perceptions of the reasons underlying the...