Can games based professional learning for community sports coaches for the improvement of coaching quality and student outcomes of physical skills and self-perception?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Game play abilities; Physical self perception; Physical activity levels; Perceived motivational climate; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000444583
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Newcastle

Brief Summary

Engaging athletes in greater proportions of playing form time through coach mentoring and curriculum provision resulted in players undertaking greater amounts of physical activity in training sessions and developing greater game skills in relation to a control condition receiving normal coaching.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-05-08
• Study Completion: 2015-11-23
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

Coach: Volunteer (unpaid) coaching athletes 8-12 years, already coaching the team to be invited into the study.

Team size: minimum of the correct number of players required to field a competition team (E.g. 7 players for a netball team), and maximum of double the players required to field a competition team (E.g. 14 players for a netball team).

Sport: Netball

Athlete: Stage 2-3 (8-12 years age)

Exclusion Criteria

Coach: Undergraduate Physical Education or Coaching degree qualification

Athlete: Mental development disorder (eg- down syndrome)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified