An Examination of Pre-Activity and Post-Activity Stretching Practices of NCAA Division I and NCAA Divison III Basketball Programs

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence W. Judge ◽  
David Bellar ◽  
Kimberly J. Bodey ◽  
Bruce Craig ◽  
Michael Prichard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ncaa Division I ◽  
The United States ◽  
Division I ◽  
Division Iii ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Men's Basketball ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

The purpose of this study was to determine if NCAA Division I and III men’s basketball programs were in compliance with recommended pre- and post-activity stretching protocols. Questionnaires were sent to 500 NCAA Division I and Division III programs in the United States. Seventy-six coaches (75 males & 1 female) participated in the study. Chi-Square analysis (χ2(3,n=69) = 42.29, p≤0.001) indicated a greater combined percentage of static/pnf/ballistic stretches (10.14%, n=7) and combination of stretches (57.97%, n=40) than expected as compared to dynamic stretches (31.89%, n=22). Participants were asked during what period (pre- or post-activity) stretching should be emphasized. The results were significantly different from expected (χ2(4,n=76) = 129.28, p≤0.001), with a greater percentage of pre-activity stretches (26.31%, n=20) and both pre- and post-activity of stretches (60.52%, n=46) being reported as compared to post-activity stretches (13.15%, n=10). Some results seemed to be in conflict with current recommendations in the literature regarding pre-activity stretching practices.

Collegiate Basketball Players’ Experiences of being Coached During a Turnaround Season

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea J. Becker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ncaa Division I ◽  
Staff Member ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Division I ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Men's Basketball ◽  
Semistructured Interviews

The primary purpose of this study was to examine basketball players’ experiences of being coached during a turnaround season. Participants included eight collegiate men’s basketball players (ages 18–23) and one staff member representing an NCAA Division I program at a large university in the United States. All participants were involved with the basketball program during back-to-back seasons in which the team experienced a losing record (14–17) followed by a coaching change, and then a winning record (22–8) and conference championship. Semistructured interviews (lasting between 30–90 min) were conducted and transcribed verbatim. Analyses of the transcripts revealed 631 meaning units that were further grouped into lower and higher order themes. This led to the development of five major dimensions which encompassed these basketball players’ experiences of being coached during this extraordinary turnaround season including their (a) Experiences of Coach’s Personality Characteristics; (b) Experiences of Coach’s Philosophy, System, and Style of play; (c) Experiences of His Coaching Style; (d) Experiences of the Practice Environment; and (e) Experiences of How Coach Influenced Us.

scholarly journals A Method to March Madness? Institutional Logics and the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 677-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Southall ◽  
Mark S. Nagel ◽  
John M. Amis ◽  
Crystal Southall
Keyword(s):  
Ncaa Division I ◽  
National Collegiate Athletic Association ◽  
The United States ◽  
Division I ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Educational Mission ◽  
Men's Basketball ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
World Series ◽  
The Impact

As the United States’ largest intercollegiate athletic event, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men’s basketball tournament consistently generates high television ratings and attracts higher levels of advertising spending than the Super Bowl or the World Series. Given the limited analysis of the organizational conditions that frame these broadcasts’ production, this study examines the impact of influential actors on the representation process. Using a mixed-method approach, this paper investigates production conditions and processes involved in producing a sample (n= 31) of NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament broadcasts, examines the extent to which these broadcasts are consistent with the NCAA’s educational mission, and considers the dominant institutional logic that underpins their reproduction. In so doing, this analysis provides a critical examination of the 2006 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament broadcasts, and how such broadcasts constitute, and are constituted by, choices in television production structures and practices.

Role Models, Perceived Sport Encouragement, and Sport Expectancies of United States Adolescent Athletes and Their Parents

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott B. Martin ◽  
Peggy A. Richardson ◽  
Karen H. Weiller ◽  
Allen W. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Youth Sport ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adolescent Athletes ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Parental Encouragement ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

During the past decade females have had more opportunities to participate in sports at various levels than ever before. These opportunities and the recognition received due to their success may have changed peoples’ views regarding same-sex role models, perceived parental encouragement, and expectations of success. Thus, the purpose of the study was to explore role models, perceived encouragement to participate in youth sport from parents, and sport expectations of adolescent athletes and their parents living in the United States of America. A questionnaire was administered to 426 adolescent athletes who competed in youth sport leagues and to one parent within each family unit (n=426). Chi square analysis indicated significant relationships between athletes’ gender and the gender of their role model and between parents’ gender and the gender of their role model (p = .0001). DM MANOVA revealed a significant multivariate difference for adolescent athletes and their parents on the questions concerning expectations for future athletic success. Post hoc analyses indicated that the athletes were more likely than their parents to believe that they could play at the college, Olympic, or professional levels. In addition, boys were more likely than girls to believe that they could play at the college, Olympic, and professional levels.

scholarly journals The Incidence of Revision Adenoidectomy: A Comparison of four Surgical Techniques over a 10-year Period

2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. E5-E9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nipun Bhandari ◽  
Debra M. Don ◽  
Jeffrey A. Koempel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Revision Surgery ◽  
Surgical Techniques ◽  
Retrospective Chart Review ◽  
The United States ◽  
Surgical Instruments ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Adenoid Tissue ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

Approximately 130,000 adenoidectomies are performed each year in the United States. Few studies have examined adenoid regrowth and the incidence of revision surgery or have compared four different surgical instruments commonly used for adenoid surgery within the same institution. This study aimed to determine the incidence of revision adenoidectomy after the use of microdebrider, Coblation, suction cautery, and curette instruments over a 10-year period at a single major tertiary children's center in the United States. A retrospective chart review was performed for all patients who underwent primary and/or revision adenoidectomy at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) between August 2004 and August 2014. During the 10-year study period, a microdebrider was used in 212 cases, Coblation in 382, suction cautery in 1,926, and curette in 3,139 adenoidectomies. The percentages of revision adenoidectomy were 1.42% (3 patients) for microdebrider, 0.79% (3 patients) for Coblation, 0.36% (7 patients) for suction cautery, and 0.03% (1 patient) for curette. The cumulative incidence of revision adenoidectomy for initial surgeries performed at CHLA was 0.2% for the 10-year study period. Pearson chi-square analysis showed statistically significant differences between the surgical techniques (p < 0.0001). In conclusion, regrowth of adenoid tissue requiring revision surgery occurs very infrequently irrespective of the instrument used for the primary procedure, and the most common indication for revision adenoidectomy is to improve eustachian tube dysfunction rather than nasal obstruction due to adenoid hypertrophy.

Comparing Disability Prototypes in the United States and Kenya

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Erin Martz ◽  
Samantha Daniel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Superordinate Category ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Disability Categories ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

The purpose of this cross-cultural research was to examine prototypical perspectives about disability groups in the United States and Kenya. Open-ended questions permitted participants to describe what they thought were prototypical characteristics of people in four disability groups (AIDS, hearing impairment, mental illness, and spinal cord injury). A global chi-square analysis indicated that significant differences existed in the prototypical responses of the two samples. While both samples had the highest percentage in the category of disability-focused responses, there were greater ability-focused and lesser disability-focused responses in the U.S. sample in comparison to the Kenyan sample. Further, individual chi-square analyses of each superordinate category, when examining the two samples across four disability categories, demonstrated that only one superordinate category, stigma, was significantly different between the two samples, whereas the other five superordinate categories (i.e., ability focus, disaoility focus, negative emotions, positive emotions, and random response) exhibited no significant differences. Implications of the findings are briefly discussed.

Racial and ethnic representation trends in United States oncology training programs.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 6519-6519
Author(s):  
Conner Lombardi ◽  
Jacob Lang ◽  
Rochell Issa ◽  
Oluchi Ukaegbu Oke ◽  
Krishna Reddy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Radiation Oncology ◽  
Medical Oncology ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Gynecologic Oncology ◽  
Surgical Oncology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Pediatric Hematology ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

6519 Background: Utilizing race and ethnicity data from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), this study aims to assess representation trends across American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) participant specialties from the past five academic years in order to characterize current needs and effectively address these needs moving forward. Methods: Self-reported ethnicity/race data from the ACGME database books were collected from academic years 2015-16 to 2019-2020 for the following oncologic training programs: hematology and medical oncology, medical oncology, gynecologic oncology, pediatric hematology and oncology, radiation oncology, complex general surgical oncology. Summary statistics and chi-square analysis were conducted to compare underrepresented minority (URM) trends across programs. URM groups were cross-referenced with definitions provided by the AAMC and included those who identify as Hispanic, Latino or of Spanish origin, Black or African American, and Native American or Alaskan. Results: Over the study period, only 1,250 (9.0%) of 13,853 oncology trainees identified as URM. Chi-square analysis demonstrated no significant change in URM representation in all oncology specialties combined between 2015-16 and 2019-20 (8.9% [95% CI, 7.8%-10.0%] vs. 9.7% [95% CI, 8.7%-10.8%]; P=.31). Between 2015-16 and 2019-20, Hematology and oncology (+1.3%), pediatric hematology and oncology (+0.3%) all demonstrated insignificant increasing trends in representation while radiation oncology (-0.3%), complex general surgical oncology (-4.0%) had statistically insignificant decreasing trends in representation. Gynecologic oncology (+6.0%) demonstrated a significant increasing trend in representation. Conclusions: This is the first study to characterize the vast disparities in representation in oncologic training programs in the United States. There is a demonstrated lack of representation across all oncology training programs and a lack of significant improvement over the study period. A multiprong approach is needed to improve diversity and representation across the spectrum of the oncology workforce in the United States.

Acceptability of Suicide: Attitudes in Taiwan and in the United States

2000 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Domino ◽  
Di Shen ◽  
Sulin Su
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Significant Response ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Incurable Illness ◽  
Normal Behavior ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Reasonable Solution ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

The Suicide Opinion Questionnaire was administered to two samples, one from Taiwan ( n = 291) and one from the United States ( n = 218). Mean scores on the Acceptability scale were significantly higher for the Taiwanese sample, indicating greater acceptance. A chi-square analysis indicated significant response rates for ten of the eleven items, with eight of the eleven items showing greater agreement in the Taiwanese sample. Taiwanese are less accepting of suicide in cases of incurable illness, and agree less that suicide may be the only escape from life's problems. They are, however, more accepting of suicide for the elderly infirm, for captured soldiers, as a reasonable solution, as a normal behavior, agree with non-interference, with the option of suicide clinics, and passive suicide.

Investigating Ostracism and Racial Microaggressions Toward Afro-Brazilians

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 222-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eros R. DeSouza ◽  
Eric D. Wesselmann ◽  
Leonidas R. Taschetto ◽  
Gabriel C. Rosa ◽  
Carla F. F. Rosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Racial Bias ◽  
Racial Microaggressions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Group Approach ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Written Responses ◽  
Chi Square Analysis ◽  
Recall Paradigm

We examined two forms of social exclusion toward Afro-Brazilians commonly found in the United States, ostracism and racial microaggressions. We utilized a mixed-method (quantitative-experimental and qualitative) approach to investigate ostracism and a qualitative focus group approach to study racial microaggressions. In Study 1 ( n = 29), we experimentally investigated ostracism through a recall paradigm in which participants wrote about being either included or ostracized. An independent t test showed that participants in the ostracized condition reported significantly worse psychological outcomes than those in the included condition ( p < .001). We coded participants’ written responses by whether they included attributions of racial bias by experimental condition. A Pearson chi-square analysis ( p = .017) revealed that racial bias was mentioned in 75% of the cases in the ostracized condition. Studies 2a and 2b ( ns = 6 and 8, respectively) consisted of two focus groups in different regions of Brazil that asked participants about their experiences with racial microaggressions. We found similarities to previous microaggression categories identified in the United States, extending our understanding of how microaggressions evoke feelings of social exclusion, which also occur when someone is ostracized.

scholarly journals The Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Academic Success and Athletic Identity in Collegiate Student-Athletes

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-106
Author(s):  
Zoe Arnold
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Athletic Identity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Division I ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Chi Square Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Upon entering college in the United States, students are exposed to alcohol and, relatedly, the potentially dangerous experiences and effects that come with consuming alcohol. This is especially true for collegiate student-athletes, who have been found to have the highest consumption rate among student groups on campus. The purpose of the study was to understand the relationship between how student-athletes at a focus university, a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, experience alcohol consumption, how their consumption affects their academic grade point average (GPA), and how athletic identity plays a role in their experiences. While the research focuses on this one university, the findings are congruent with similar studies which focused on other colleges and/or the American college experience as a whole. Due to the large number of student-athletes in collegiate athletics, understanding and examining the correlation between alcohol consumption and the effect it has on academic success can be beneficial for multiple entities within a college dynamic. Survey data was collected from current student-athletes at a mid-sized Division I college in the Midwestern region of the United States. From this data, chi-square analysis showed that female student-athletes had statistically higher GPA than males, and a substantial sum of overall participants binge-drank during their last drinking occasion, and on both game and non-game days. A majority of respondents identify more with being a full-time athlete than being a full-time student. Results provide validity to past research studies, and allow for understanding to why student-athletes are at a higher risk of binge drinking. Practical implications and limitations are noted. Suggestions for future research include a larger sample from a variety of different universities, and understanding motivations between specific sports for academic success and alcohol consumption. Keywords: alcohol consumption, identity, gender, sport, culture, academics

scholarly journals A Fraction of Recommended Practices: Implementation of the FIFA 11+ in NCAA Soccer Programs

Medicina ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (9) ◽  
pp. 417
Author(s):  
Lawrence W. Judge ◽  
Jeffrey C. Petersen ◽  
Donald L. Hoover ◽  
Bruce W. Craig ◽  
Nick Nordmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ncaa Division I ◽  
National Collegiate Athletic Association ◽  
The United States ◽  
Division Iii ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Institutional Review ◽  
Coaching Certification ◽  
Injury Prevention Program

Background and Objectives: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) soccer coaches implement numerous warm-up and flexibility strategies to prepare athletes for training and competition. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) developed the 11+ injury prevention program to reduce non-contact injuries. This study aimed to analyze the level of familiarity with and implementation of the evidence-based FIFA 11+ amongst NCAA Division I (DI) and Division III (DIII) men’s and women’s soccer coaches. Materials and Methods: NCAA soccer coaches in the United States received an Institutional Review Board—approved survey hyperlink. A total of 240 coaches completed the survey. The respondents represented 47.5% men’s and 52.5% women’s teams distributed within DI and DIII programs. Descriptive statistics are reported as frequency counts and mean ± standard deviation where applicable. Pearson’s chi-square tests were performed to assess potential differences with a significance level set at α < 0.05. Results: The results indicated that approximately 62% of the respondents reported being familiar with the FIFA 11+ program. Of those coaches familiar with the program, 15.0% reported full implementation, 57.5% reported partial implementation, and 27.5% reported no implementation. Chi-square analyses revealed significant differences in FIFA 11+ implementation based upon division level (χ2 = 4.56, p = 0.033) and coaching certification levels (χ2 = 13.11, p = 0.011). Conclusions: This study indicates that there is a gap between FIFA 11+ knowledge and actual implementation. To reduce the risk of non-contact injury, there is a need to educate coaches and athletic trainers on the purpose of the FIFA 11+ program and how to perform the exercises correctly.

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