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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Athlete development"”.
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The co-creation of athlete development: A conjoint analysis of parents' and coaches' preferences for effective athlete development
Youth athletes’ development is heavily influenced by key adults in their lives. Youth sport administrators create and implement the programs in which they participate, coaches design and implement practices and provide feedback to enhance skill and competitive success, while parents provide …
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Interpersonal Interactions and Athlete Development in Different Youth Sport Contexts
… sport. As such, sport represents a significant developmental experience in many young peoples’ lives. Whether this experience is positive or negative depends on a number of factors related to the specific context in which sport participation occurs. In particular, interpersonal interactions are …
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The Design of a Web Based Athlete Development and Monitoring System.
… and research pertaining to the process of athlete monitoring as well as how this information can be used to build an internet based athlete monitoring system. There is currently no system available that provides proper communication tools while also providing the means to track numerous …
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A proposed model of perceived motivationally-relevant social agent influence during athlete development.
… influences of coaches, parents and peers during athlete development in sport. In doing so this thesis addressed existing limitations in research to date exploring social agent motivationally-relevant influences. The thesis employed a mixed-methods methodology, whereby the findings from all …
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The Influence of Social Agents on Learning, Developing, and Growing Through Athletic Participation: A Theory of Athlete Development
… with playing sports and are the result of athletes being exposed to situations in an environment that is favorable to learning. Due to the abundant nature of sports in the United States, there is a growing need to understand how to effectively create environments that are conducive to …
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Moving towards an evidence informed approach to talent identification and development in Scottish soccer long term athlete development pathways.
… to optimise the identification of talent and the development of players to create a resource as first team players or sellable assets. Since the turn of the millennium, the literature that examines the impact of talent ID and development practices has predominantly been cross-sectional in nature, …
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Systems for the development of athletic talent in Australia and China : a comparative analysis
… challenge for programs and services provided for athlete development is to ensure a consistent progression of appropriately trained, high performance athletes. There are two distinct types of athletic development systems. The first is represented by the socalist models of the Soviet Union and …
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Investigating Experienced Female USPORT Coaches’ Process of Creating Positive Team Culture
… recognized as a key factor in team success and athlete development, little research has focused on how female coaches approach this process. Through a coach-centered lens, this research addresses a significant gap in the literature by highlighting the strategies, values, and leadership …
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“Why fit in when you’re born to stand out?”: exploring athlete-environment fit using an implementation science approach
… some coaches and researchers have suggested the athlete-environment fit to be an important area of research, this has yet to be explored empirically. This dissertation explored a novel approach to athlete development by investigating athlete fit conceptually, empirically, and practically. To …
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Exploring Stakeholder Coherence in an Effective Talent Identification and Development Environment.
The research in Talent Identification and Development (TID) in sport comprises a wide literature that is categorised into five key constructs in the second study of this thesis. The fifth construct concerns the role that the stakeholders (the sport organisation, coaches and parents) have in athlete …
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The Effect of Mental Techniques on Sport Performance in Athletes
… performance and psychological functioning in athletes across multiple sport settings and competitive levels. Specifically, the review analyzed how interventions such as mindfulness, self-talk, visualization, breathing techniques, and yoga nidra influence anxiety regulation, self-confidence, …
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The Effect of Athletic Participation on the Character and Social Development of Youth Sport Athletes
… often influenced by coaches and the environment athletes are involved in. In order for athletes to develop through sport, it is essential that coaches place an emphasis on the individual, positive youth development, and build an effective team environment. Therefore, the purpose of this synthesis …
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An Examination into Bullying in the Adolescent Sport Context
… has mainly focused on examining subsets of athletes within sport, for instance, female athletes, without examining differences across genders and other demographic contrasts. Thus, the present study aimed to identify the frequency of bullying, the demographic differences that exist in sport, …
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Transitions to the other side of the net : tales of tennis players who became coaches
… reports about the adjustment difficulties many athletes experience at the end of their sporting careers. Despite the recent profusion of retirement research, there is still much more work to be done in terms of understanding athletes’ retirement transition experiences, and more specifically, …
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Assessing Team Culture: the Coaches' Role in Alcohol Use Among Student-Athletes
… sequential mixed methods study explored student-athlete alcohol use and the coach’s role in improving the education and awareness within a team culture. The aim of the study was to use quantitative data provided by the student-athletes, as well as qualitative data from interviews with head …
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Youth athletes' perceptions of coaching effectiveness
… effectiveness, with a specific focus on the development of youth athletes through youth athlete perceptions ofeffective coaching behaviours. The current thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter I is an introduction that gives some initial insight into coaching effectiveness, and explains the …
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An Exploration into the Provision and Delivery of Sport Psychology within Professional Football Academies in England
… is increasingly recognised as a vital element of athlete development, enhancing performance, mental resilience, and well-being, particularly in football. The English Premier League’s Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP), introduced in 2012, mandated the inclusion of psychological support within …
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Exploring the Influence of a Solution-focused Coaching Intervention on Coach Communication Skills and Athlete Self-actualization: An Action Research Study
… that contribute to harmful coach behaviour, athlete compliance and docility. The research questions included: (i) Do solution-focused coaching skills improve the communication skills/behaviours of the coaches?; Are dominant coaching discourses interrupted? If so, how do these changes occur?; …
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Action Sports in Transition: Optimizing Performance
… and impact of this transition, with a focus on athlete performance and coaching. A general overview of the sport from a biopsychosocial perspective is followed by a more specific investigation into skill acquisition and the role of the coach in Park and Pipe as an action sport. A retrospective …
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Understanding Coaching As A Judgement and Decision Making Process: Implications For Coach Development Practice
… is and what the implications are for coach development. In taking this approach and seeking answers to the broad questions I present five substantive chapters, two of which are critical desk top studies, the other three being empirical studies. These are wrapped in introduction (Chapter 1) …
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