Athlete-to-Athlete Verbal Aggression: A Case Study of Interpersonal Communication Among Elite Australian Footballers

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Kerr ◽  
Pippa Grange
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Verbal Aggression ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Aggressive Approach ◽  
Australian Football League ◽  
Australian Football ◽  
Sampling Procedures ◽  
Interview Transcript

This case study examined interpersonal communication in sport in the form of verbal aggression among elite athletes in the Australian Football League (AFL). It focused on the experience and motivation of athletes who use athlete-to-athlete verbal aggression and the responses of athletes who have been the targets of verbal aggression during games. In addition, the reasons athletes have for not engaging in verbal aggression were also examined. Purposive sampling procedures produced a select sample of elite male athletes known for their aggressive approach to playing Australian football. Qualitative methods and deductive analysis procedures, informed by J.H. Kerr’s categories of sport aggression, were used to interpret the interview data. Meaningful insights into verbal aggression in the AFL were obtained. Based on the underlying motivation, interview transcript descriptions of incidents were identified as examples of power, thrill, and anger verbal aggression.

Performative Pedagogy and the Creation of Desire: The Indigenous Athlete/Role Model and Implications for Learning

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
Stella Coram
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Young People ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Indigenous Youth ◽  
Australian Football League ◽  
Australian Football ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Performative Pedagogy ◽  
Contemporary Context

AbstractThe athlete role model has emerged as the new pastor invested with the task of leading young people classed “at-risk” from entering into self-destructive pathways. The logic invested in the athlete role model is that young people identify with their sporting heroes and in the process try to emulate them. This holds for the major sporting codes in Australia including the Australian Football League (AFL), which supports the formation of role model programmes based on the input of Indigenous athletes to target Indigenous youth living in rural outposts. Armstrong (1996) sees the push to emulate the deeds of elite athletes in terms of a mythic function, the creation of desire to be like the hero. This article explores the theoretical implications for Indigenous learning grounded in the athlete/hero as role model. It is proposed that the athlete role model in the contemporary context of capitalism can work to obscure the realities of competition in sport and in the process promulgate false opportunity through sport at the expense of education.

scholarly journals Increased carbohydrate availability effects energy and nutrient periodisation of professional male athletes from the Australian Football League

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brianna S. Salagaras ◽  
Kristen L. MacKenzie-Shalders ◽  
Gary John Slater ◽  
Chris McLellan ◽  
Vernon G. Coffey
Keyword(s):  
Energy Intake ◽  
Carbohydrate Intake ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Carbohydrate Consumption ◽  
Carbohydrate Availability ◽  
Australian Football League ◽  
Daily Energy ◽  
Australian Football ◽  
Food Diaries ◽  
Access To Food

This research aims to explore the effect of increased carbohydrate availability intervention on energy intake and distribution in professional Australian Football athletes. Six 24-h energy and macronutrient intakes were quantified (n= 19 males; age 24 ±4 y, stature 187 ±8 cm, mass 87 ±9 kg) using photographic food diaries and Foodworks analyses. Energy expenditure was estimated for the same period using GeneActiv accelerometers. During three control days, athletes had ad libitum access to food, while the three intervention days increased carbohydrate availability, through greater prompting and access to carbohydrate foods. Daily energy intake was higher during intervention (185 ±40 kJ/kg/d) compared with control (172 ±31 kJ/kg/d; p<0.05) but remained below estimated expenditure, and carbohydrate intake was also greater with intervention (5.0 ±0.2 g/kg/d) than control (4.0 ±0.2 g/kg/d; p<0.05). Expenditure was highest during the morning which coincided with lowest intake on all days, while the intervention was associated with greater carbohydrate intake in the morning (0.6 g/kg, p< 0.05) compared with control. Increasing availability of carbohydrate during high-load training generated a modest increase in carbohydrate and energy intake, and the intervention was most effective in improving carbohydrate intake during mornings. Novelty Bullets • Increased access and provision of carbohydrate foods increased carbohydrate consumption and energy intake on high training load days. • Daily distribution of energy intake can be modified through actively promoting carbohydrate consumption.

Classifying player positions in second-tier Australian football competitions using technical skill indicators

2021 ◽  
pp. 174795412110102
Author(s):  
Adrian J Barake ◽  
Heather Mitchell ◽  
Constantino Stavros ◽  
Mark F Stewart ◽  
Preety Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Positional Information ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Model ◽  
Sports Science ◽  
Lower Tier ◽  
Australian Football League ◽  
Australian Football ◽  
Second Tier ◽  
Performance Statistics ◽  
Player Performance ◽  
Player Positions

Efficient recruitment to Australia’s most popular professional sporting competition, the Australian Football League (AFL), requires evaluators to assess athlete performances in many lower tier leagues that serve as pathways. These competitions and their games are frequent, widespread, and challenging to track. Therefore, independent, and reliable player performance statistics from these leagues are paramount. This data, however, is only meaningful to recruiters from AFL teams if accurate player positions are known, which was not the case for the competitions from which most players were recruited. This paper explains how this problem was recently solved, demonstrating a process of knowledge translation from academia to industry, that bridged an important gap between sports science, coaching and recruiting. Positional information which is only available from the AFL competition was used to benchmark and develop scientific classification methods using only predictor variables that are also measured in lower tier competitions. Specifically, a Multinomial Logistic model was constructed to allocate players into four primary positions, followed by a Binary Logit model for further refinement. This novel technique of using more complete data from top tier competitions to help fill informational deficiencies in lower leagues could be extended to other sports that face similar issues.

A prospective study of risk factors for hamstring injury in Australian football league players

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Nigel A. Smith ◽  
Melinda M. Franettovich Smith ◽  
Matthew N. Bourne ◽  
Rod S. Barrett ◽  
Julie A. Hides
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Hamstring Injury ◽  
Australian Football League ◽  
Australian Football ◽  
A Prospective Study
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