Actual and ideal sources of coaching knowledge of elite Chinese coaches

Globalization and advances in technology have created a context where knowledge changes and circulates faster than ever. In high-performance sport coaching, coaches increasingly move from country to country to join national teams – becoming ‘migrant coaches’. From a coach development perspective, it becomes relevant to investigate how coaches from different countries learn to coach and what would be their ideal sources of knowledge acquisition. Unfortunately, there is a major gap in the English literature regarding Asian coaches. Thus, a study with Chinese gymnastics (Gym) and rhythmic gymnastics (R-Gym) coaches has been conducted. Eighty coaches completed a questionnaire on their actual and ideal sources of knowledge acquisition; 16 of these were interviewed. Data show that the coaches acquired their knowledge (actual) mainly through ‘being an athlete’ and ‘having a mentor’. Ideally, they would like to have a better balance between these two sources and formal learning situations (courses, seminars, etc.). Another key finding is the barrier resulting from the lack of English knowledge, which is an important limit for Chinese coaches wishing to gather information from abroad, especially through the Internet.

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The Surfing Coaching: Sources of Knowledge Acquisition

International Sport Coaching Journal ◽

10.1123/iscj.2017-0083 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 14-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marco Catarino Espada Estêvão Correia ◽

Rachael Bertram

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Physical Education ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Knowledge Base ◽

The Internet ◽

Additional Information ◽

Sources Of Knowledge ◽

The Subject ◽

Use Of The Internet

A career as a surfing coach is a relatively recent profession, and has not yet been the subject of extensive research. The aim of the present study was to investigate the specific sources of knowledge acquisition of surfing coaches. Individual semi-structured open-ended interviews were conducted with 11 expert surfing coaches. Results revealed that their knowledge acquisition was similar in many ways. Their formal higher education provided them with training in sport sciences and physical education pedagogy, as well as their athletes’ surfing experiences. Their knowledge base was further developed by acquiring additional information through surfing coaching courses, books, and the use of the Internet.

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Knowledge Acquisition and Representation for High-Performance Building Design: A Review for Defining Requirements for Developing a Design Expert System

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13094640 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 4640

Author(s):

Seung-Yeoun Choi ◽

Sean-Hay Kim

Keyword(s):

Decision Support ◽

Expert System ◽

Expert Systems ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Data Analytics ◽

High Performance ◽

Problem Definition ◽

Design Expert ◽

Decision Support Process ◽

High Performance Building

New functions and requirements of high performance building (HPB) being added and several regulations and certification conditions being reinforced steadily make it harder for designers to decide HPB designs alone. Although many designers wish to rely on HPB consultants for advice, not all projects can afford consultants. We expect that, in the near future, computer aids such as design expert systems can help designers by providing the role of HPB consultants. The effectiveness and success or failure of the solution offered by the expert system must be affected by the quality, systemic structure, resilience, and applicability of expert knowledge. This study aims to set the problem definition and category required for existing HPB designs, and to find the knowledge acquisition and representation methods that are the most suitable to the design expert system based on the literature review. The HPB design literature from the past 10 years revealed that the greatest features of knowledge acquisition and representation are the increasing proportion of computer-based data analytics using machine learning algorithms, whereas rules, frames, and cognitive maps that are derived from heuristics are conventional representation formalisms of traditional expert systems. Moreover, data analytics are applied to not only literally raw data from observations and measurement, but also discrete processed data as the results of simulations or composite rules in order to derive latent rule, hidden pattern, and trends. Furthermore, there is a clear trend that designers prefer the method that decision support tools propose a solution directly as optimizer does. This is due to the lack of resources and time for designers to execute performance evaluation and analysis of alternatives by themselves, even if they have sufficient experience on the HPB. However, because the risk and responsibility for the final design should be taken by designers solely, they are afraid of convenient black box decision making provided by machines. If the process of using the primary knowledge in which frame to reach the solution and how the solution is derived are transparently open to the designers, the solution made by the design expert system will be able to obtain more trust from designers. This transparent decision support process would comply with the requirement specified in a recent design study that designers prefer flexible design environments that give more creative control and freedom over design options, when compared to an automated optimization approach.

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Maximizing piezoelectricity by self-assembled highly porous perovskite–polymer composite films to enable the internet of things

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/d0ta03416a ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (27) ◽

pp. 13619-13629 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Asif Abdullah Khan ◽

Md Masud Rana ◽

Guangguang Huang ◽

Nanqin Mei ◽

Resul Saritas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Internet Of Things ◽

Polymer Composite ◽

High Performance ◽

Composite Films ◽

The Internet ◽

Next Generation ◽

Self Assembled ◽

Self Powered ◽

The Internet Of Things ◽

Highly Porous

A high-performance perovskite/polymer piezoelectric nanogenerator for next generation self-powered wireless micro/nanodevices.

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Coach Education in Ireland: Observations and Considerations for High Performance

Journal of Coaching Education ◽

10.1123/jce.4.3.29 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 29-43 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sunnhild Bertz ◽

Laura Purdy

Keyword(s):

High Performance ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Institutional Evolution ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Education Development ◽

Coach Education ◽

Know How ◽

Sources Of Knowledge ◽

Performance Coaching ◽

Formal Recognition

The high-performance sports system is a rapidly evolving and increasingly important element of the Irish sporting landscape reflected in public policy, the direction and level of spending, and organisational/institutional evolution – all signalling a formal recognition of the high-performance sector as central to sport in Ireland. While certain aspects of high-performance sport in Ireland are beginning to be reflected in research (e.g., Guerin et al. 2008), this is yet to be extended to high performance coaching. The education, development, and support of coaches are key areas of the Coaching Strategy for Ireland (2008-2012). An understanding of high-performance coach activities and needs will become increasingly vital in underpinning the effectiveness of resources directed at high-performance coaching as Ireland seeks to reposition itself within the world’s elite in sport. The purpose of this article is to better understand the development of high-performance coaches in Ireland and the key influences on this (e.g., exposure to different coaching environments, sources of knowledge, and preferred ways of learning). It aims to explore what high-performance coaches believe has been most important in developing and fostering their coaching ‘know-how,’1 and what this may imply for future educational interventions for high-performance coaches. This article brings to light insights generated through semi-structured interviews with 10 high-performance coaches currently and/or recently working in Irish sport.

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Understanding Performance Coach Development: Perceptions About a Postgraduate Coach Education Program

International Sport Coaching Journal ◽

10.1123/iscj.2013-0036 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 3-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Jamie Araya ◽

Andrew Bennie ◽

Donna O’Connor

Keyword(s):

Informal Learning ◽

Community Of Practice ◽

Formal Learning ◽

Coach Education ◽

Types Of Knowledge ◽

Socially Constructed ◽

Learning Contexts ◽

Diverse Learning ◽

Coach Development ◽

Semistructured Interviews

The purpose of this study was to enrich our understanding of formal coach education settings. We investigated how coaches developed knowledge during a postgraduate tertiary coach education course. We also explored coaches’ perceptions of changes they made to their coaching attitudes, behaviours, skills, and practices as a result of their studies. Semistructured interviews1were conducted with 17 performance coaches. Results revealed that coaches developed knowledge through rich learning situations that were relevant to their coaching context. Furthermore, the three types of knowledge (professional, interpersonal and intrapersonal; Côté & Gilbert, 2009) were fostered in an environment that was socially constructed through a Community of Practice. Coaches felt they were better equipped to develop athlete performance as a result of the knowledge gained through the course. The findings reinforce the importance of developing formal coach education that is learner-centred, provides diverse learning experiences, and embraces informal learning concepts when embedded in formal learning contexts.

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From Communities of Practice to Epistemic Communities: Health Mobilizations on the Internet

Sociological Research Online ◽

10.5153/sro.2152 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 116-132 ◽

Cited By ~ 54

Author(s):

Madeleine Akrich

Keyword(s):

Communities Of Practice ◽

Health Sector ◽

Discussion Groups ◽

Epistemic Communities ◽

The Internet ◽

Sources Of Knowledge ◽

Self Help ◽

Internet Media ◽

Self Help Groups ◽

Activist Groups

This paper describes the emergence of new activist groups in the health sector, spinning off from internet discussion groups. In the first part, it shows how self-help discussion groups can be considered as communities of practice in which, partly thanks to the Internet media, collective learning activities result in the constitution of experiencial knowledge, the appropriation of exogenous sources of knowledge, including medical knoweldge and the articulation of these different sources of knowledge in some lay expertise. In the second part, it describes how activist groups might emerge from these discussion groups and develop specific modes of action drawing upon the forms of expertise constituted through the Internet groups. Activists groups together with self-help groups might form epistemic communities ( HAAS 1992 ), i.e. groups of experts engaged in a policy enterprise in which knowledge plays a major role : in the confrontation of health activists with professionals, the capacity to translate political claims into the langage of science appears as a condition to be (even) heard and be taken into consideration.

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Proprioception influence in the balance of gymnastics rhythmic postural athletes.

Manual Therapy Posturology & Rehabilitation Journal ◽

10.17784/mtprehabjournal.2015.13.338 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 13 ◽

pp. 338

Author(s):

Florisvaldo Aparecido Semão ◽

Ana Claudia De Souza Hirata ◽

Larissa Dragonetti Bertin ◽

Rodrigo Franco De Oliveira

Keyword(s):

High Performance ◽

Joint Stability ◽

High Complexity ◽

Rehabilitation Programs ◽

Rhythmic Gymnastics ◽

Competition Level ◽

Proprioceptive Training ◽

Orthopedic Injuries ◽

High Level ◽

Two Stages

Introduction: Rhythmic gymnastics (RG) is a sport that combines art biomechanical gestures of high complexity, which requires a high level of development of physical qualities such as agility, flexibility, strength, impulsion and dexterity. In this modality studies show that injuries are attributed more articulate knees, ankles, and in some cases ends wrist sprains being the most frequently recorded in athletes in competition level. Therefore, proprioception and muscle control play a fundamental role in dynamic joint stability, since after orthopedic injuries sensorimotor some characteristics are altered and should be focused on rehabilitation programs to get a better return so the activities prior to the injury. Objective: The objective of this project is to evaluate the effect of proprioceptive training on postural balance of athletes in rhythmic gymnastics - RG, from the use of a force platform BIOMEC400 (EMG System do Brazil, Ltda SP). Method: We performed a proprioceptive training in thirty days, in two stages, moving the complexity of the exercises each phase proprioceptive training. Results: We observed that there was a significant improvement in results of training, when it was used more complex exercises and agility exercises before. Conclusion: Because it is athletes RG high performance and present a predominance of activities in one foot, protocols proprioception should be more intensively, generating a higher level of disturbance and postural imbalances.

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