How does practice change across the season? A descriptive study of the training structures and practice activities implemented by a professional Australian football team

2021 ◽  
pp. 174795412110198
Author(s):  
Rhys Tribolet ◽  
William Bradshaw Sheehan ◽  
Andrew Roman Novak ◽  
Mark Langley Watsford ◽  
Job Fransen
Keyword(s):  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Practice Change ◽  
Football Coaches ◽  
Training Structures ◽  
Football Team ◽  
Australian Football ◽  
Practice Time

There is limited research investigating objective practice monitoring in team sports. This observational study examined the practice activities used by eight professional coaches across 72 different practice sessions in one season within a professional Australian football team. This study aimed to evaluate the extent to which these practice types differed from those shown to facilitate skill acquisition in team sports. Across the whole season (pre-season and in-season), coaches implemented seven practice types which were categorised into training-form and playing-form. Practice type frequencies were different between pre- and in-season (χ2 = 109.6, p < 0.001). Significant differences were reported for practice type duration between pre-season and in-season (p = 0.023, d=–0.17), where in-season activities were longer. Coaches implemented a higher percentage of practice time to playing-form activities in-season (62.0 [Formula: see text] 25.4) compared to pre-season (52.4 [Formula: see text] 19.8) [95%CI: –2.35:21.4]. Coaches were more likely to alter the frequency of practice types, rather than the exposure time. Players performed more training-form activities during pre-season than in-season (χ2 = 30.8, p < 0.001). There were no differences in playing-form activities between pre- and in-season. This study provides insights into the practice activities implemented by professional Australian football coaches and discusses the extent to which they represent best practice in the context of skill acquisition.

A descriptive and exploratory study of factors contributing to augmented feedback duration in professional Australian football practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 174795412110370
Author(s):  
Rhys Tribolet ◽  
William Bradshaw Sheehan ◽  
Andrew Roman Novak ◽  
Mark Langley Watsford ◽  
Job Fransen
Keyword(s):  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Augmented Feedback ◽  
Feedback Intervention ◽  
Practice Characteristics ◽  
Frequency Interaction ◽  
Australian Football ◽  
Activity Form ◽  
Practice Activity ◽  
Practice Time

Augmented feedback supplements or replaces task-intrinsic feedback and is common in team sports, however, no studies have reported on augmented feedback provision in professional Australian Football (AF) practice. This study investigated the effects of practice characteristics (feedback intervention frequency, practice time, practice type, season phase, practice activity form and competitive match result) on the duration of feedback provided by professional AF coaches. Two linear mixed-effects models were constructed. The first examined the collective associations between these practice characteristics and feedback durations while the second model investigated the associations between the same practice characteristics and previous match result. Results showed the feedback intervention frequency, practice time and a practice time*feedback intervention frequency interaction explained 65% of feedback duration whenever feedback was provided. Additionally, practice time, feedback intervention frequency, a practice time*match result interaction and a match result*feedback intervention frequency interaction explained 99% of feedback duration in-season. Important factors that were hypothesised to affect feedback durations in AF such as practice type, practice activity form or season phase did not contribute any explanatory power. This study provides information on how professional AF coaches provide augmented feedback in-situ and provides opportunities for skill acquisition specialists to aid coaches when delivering augmented feedback.

Implications of Optimal Feedback Control Theory for Sport Coaching and Motor Learning: A Systematic Review

Motor Control ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Steven van Andel ◽  
Robin Pieper ◽  
Inge Werner ◽  
Felix Wachholz ◽  
Maurice Mohr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feedback Control ◽  
Motor Learning ◽  
Control Theory ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Optimal Feedback Control ◽  
Optimal Feedback ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Novel Theory ◽  
Feedback Control Theory

Best practice in skill acquisition has been informed by motor control theories. The main aim of this study is to screen existing literature on a relatively novel theory, Optimal Feedback Control Theory (OFCT), and to assess how OFCT concepts can be applied in sports and motor learning research. Based on 51 included studies with on average a high methodological quality, we found that different types of training seem to appeal to different control processes within OFCT. The minimum intervention principle (founded in OFCT) was used in many of the reviewed studies, and further investigation might lead to further improvements in sport skill acquisition. However, considering the homogenous nature of the tasks included in the reviewed studies, these ideas and their generalizability should be tested in future studies.

An Integrated, Multifactorial Approach to Periodization for Optimal Performance in Individual and Team Sports

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 538-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iñigo Mujika ◽  
Shona Halson ◽  
Louise M. Burke ◽  
Gloria Balagué ◽  
Damian Farrow
Keyword(s):  
Exercise Training ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Central Component ◽  
Recent Criticism ◽  
Psychological Skills ◽  
Altitude Adaptation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Multifactorial Approach

Sports periodization has traditionally focused on the exercise aspect of athletic preparation, while neglecting the integration of other elements that can impact an athlete’s readiness for peak competition performances. Integrated periodization allows the coordinated inclusion of multiple training components best suited for a given training phase into an athlete’s program. The aim of this article is to review the available evidence underpinning integrated periodization, focusing on exercise training, recovery, nutrition, psychological skills, and skill acquisition as key factors by which athletic preparation can be periodized. The periodization of heat and altitude adaptation, body composition, and physical therapy is also considered. Despite recent criticism, various methods of exercise training periodization can contribute to performance enhancement in a variety of elite individual and team sports, such as soccer. In the latter, both physical and strategic periodization are useful tools for managing the heavy travel schedule, fatigue, and injuries that occur throughout a competitive season. Recovery interventions should be periodized (ie, withheld or emphasized) to influence acute and chronic training adaptation and performance. Nutrient intake and timing in relation to exercise and as part of the periodization of an athlete’s training and competition calendar can also promote physiological adaptations and performance capacity. Psychological skills are a central component of athletic performance, and their periodization should cater to each athlete’s individual needs and the needs of the team. Skill acquisition can also be integrated into an athlete’s periodized training program to make a significant contribution to competition performance.

Abstract WP389: Understanding the Clinicians’ Experiences in Collecting Stroke Rehabilitation Intensity Data Within Ontario

Stroke ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Linkewich ◽  
Janine Theben ◽  
Amy Maebrae-Waller ◽  
Shelley Huffman ◽  
Jenn Fearn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Practice Change ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Workload Measurement ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Patients Experience

Background and Issues: The collection and reporting of Rehabilitation Intensity (RI) in a national rehabilitation database was mandated on April 1, 2015 for all stroke patients within Ontario, to support evaluation of stroke best practice implementation. RI includes minutes of direct task-specific therapy patients experience per day. This requires a shift in thinking from capturing the clinician’s time spent in therapy to the patient perspective. To ensure that high quality data is collected, it was important to understand clinicians’ experiences in collecting RI data. Purpose: To identify enablers and barriers to RI data collection in order to inform the development of resources to support clinicians. Methods: A 12-item electronic survey was developed by an Ontario Stroke Network (OSN) task group to evaluate the clinician experience of RI data collection (including: demographics, barriers, enablers, education, resources, and practice change). The survey was distributed via SurveyMonkey® and sent to clinicians from 48 hospitals, 3 weeks post implementation of RI data collection. Analyses involved descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. Results: Three hundred and twenty-one clinicians from 47 hospitals responded to the survey. Survey results suggest RI data collection is feasible; seventy-one percent of clinicians report it takes 10 minutes or less to enter RI data. Thematic analysis identified: 5 common challenges with most frequently reported relating to data quality, 30% (N=358) and 6 common enablers with most frequently reported relating to ease of collecting RI data through workload measurement systems, 50% (N=46). Suggestions for educational resources included tools for identifying what is included in RI and the provision of education (e.g. webinars). Conclusions: RI data collection is feasible for clinicians. Education and resources developed should support key challenges and enablers identified by clinicians - to enhance data quality and the consistency of RI collection. As RI data fields are available through a national rehabilitation database, this work sets the foundation for other provinces interested in the systematic collection and reporting of RI data.

Abstract TMP73: Intra-arterial Transfer Time Metrics Study—Southern California Kaiser Permanente and University of Texas Houston Telestroke Network Experience

Stroke ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tzu-Ching Wu ◽  
Navdeep Sangha ◽  
Feryal N Elorr ◽  
Edgar Olivas ◽  
Christy M Ankrom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Systems ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Symptom Improvement ◽  
Transfer Time ◽  
Kaiser Permanente ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Integrated Health Care System ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Practice Time

Background: The transfer process for patients with large vessel occlusions from a community hospital to an intra-arterial therapy (IAT)-capable center often involves multiple teams of physicians and administrative personnel, leading to delays in care. Objective We compared time metrics for spoke drip-and-ship telemedicine (TM) patients transferred for IAT to comprehensive stroke centers (CSC) in two different health systems: Kaiser Permanente (KP) with an integrated health care system of spokes and a 50 mile range using ambulances for transfer vs UTHealth (UTH), where patients are transferred by helicopter from varying health systems ranging up to 200 miles from the hub. Methods: We retrospectively identified patients in the KP and UTH networks transferred from TM spokes to the CSC (KP—6 spokes and UTH -17 spokes). From 9/15 to 4/16, a total of 79 TM patients (KP-28 patients, UTH-51 patients) were transferred to the respective hubs for evaluation of IAT. Baseline clinical data, transfer, and IAT metrics were abstracted. Results: On average, it takes ~90 minutes for a TM patient to arrive at the CSC hub once accepted by the transfer center. Patients in the KP Network arrive at the hub faster than UTH patients, but IAT metrics/outcomes are comparable. Over 50% of the patients did not undergo IAT on hub arrival mostly due to lack of clot on CTA (20/45) or symptom improvement (9/45). Conclusion: In two large, yet different TM networks, the transfer time from spoke to hub needs to be shortened. Areas for improvement include spoke arrival to transfer acceptance and transfer acceptance to hub arrival. A prospective study is underway to develop best practice time parameters for this complex process of identifying and transferring patients eligible for IAT.

scholarly journals P024: Sharing evidence, experiences and expertise: the value of networking to standardize emergency care for kids in Canada

CJEM ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (S1) ◽  
pp. S65-S65
Author(s):  
L. K. Crockett ◽  
C. Leggett ◽  
J. Curran ◽  
L. Knisley ◽  
J. Ripstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Emergency Care ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Practice Change ◽  
System Level ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Dissemination And Implementation ◽  
Knowledge Mobilization

Introduction: TREKK is a national knowledge mobilization network of clinicians, researchers and parents aimed at improving emergency care for children by increasing collaborations between general and pediatric emergency departments (ED). This study aimed to determine patterns of knowledge sharing within the network and identify connections, barriers and opportunities to obtaining pediatric information and training. Methods: Social network analysis (SNA) uses network theory to understand patterns of interaction. Two SNAs were conducted in 2014 and 2015 using an online network survey distributed to 37 general EDs. Data was analyzed using UCI Net and Netdraw to identify connections, knowledge sharing and knowledge brokers within the network. Building on these results, we then conducted 22 semi-structured follow-up interviews (2016) with healthcare professionals (HCPs) at General EDs across Canada, purposefully sampled to include individuals from connected and disconnected sites, as identified in the SNA. Interviews were analyzed by 2 reviewers using content and thematic analysis. Results: SNA data was analyzed for 135 participants across the network. Results from 2014 showed that the network was divided along provincial lines, with most individuals connecting with colleagues within their own institution. Results from 2015 showed more inter-site interconnectivity and a reduction in isolated sites over time from 17 to 3. Interview participants included physicians (59%) and nurses (41%) from 18 general EDs in urban (68%) and rural/remote (32%) Canada. HCPs sought information both formally and informally, by using guidelines, talking to colleagues, and attending pediatric related training sessions. Network structure and processes were felt to increase connections, support practice change, and promote standards of care. Participants identified personal, organizational and system-level barriers to information and skill acquisition, including resources and personal costs, geography, dissemination, and time. Providing easy access to information at the point of care was promoted through enhancing content visibility and by embedding resources into local systems. There remains a need to share successful methods of local dissemination and implementation across the network, and to leverage local professional champions such as clinical nurse liaisons. Conclusion: This study highlights the power of a network to increase connections between HCPs working in general and pediatric EDs. Findings reinforce the critical role of ongoing network evaluation to improve the design and delivery of knowledge mobilization initiatives.

scholarly journals A Universal Early Parenting Education Intervention in Community-Based Primary Care Settings: Development and Installation Challenges

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grainne Hickey ◽  
Sinead McGilloway ◽  
Yvonne Leckey ◽  
Ann Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Practice Change ◽  
Parenting Education ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Programme Implementation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Early Parenting ◽  
The Impact

Prevention and early intervention programmes, which aim to educate and support parents and young children in the earliest stages of the family lifecycle, have become an increasingly popular policy strategy for tackling intergenerational disadvantage and developmental inequality. Evidence-based, joined-up services are recommended as best practice for achieving optimal outcomes for parents and their children; however, there are persistent challenges to the development, adoption and installation of these kinds of initiatives in community-based primary health care settings. In this paper, we present a description of the design and installation of a multi-stakeholder early parenting education and intervention service model called the Parent and Infant (PIN) programme. This new programme is delivered collaboratively on a universal, area-wide basis through routine primary care services and combines standardised parent-training with other group-based supports designed to educate parents, strengthen parenting skills and wellbeing and enhance developmental outcomes in children aged 0–2 years. The programme design was informed by local needs analysis and piloting to establish an in-depth understanding of the local context. The findings demonstrate that a hospitable environment is central to establishing interagency parenting education and supports. Partnership, relationship-building and strategic leadership are vital to building commitment and buy-in for this kind of innovation and programme implementation. A graduated approach to implementation which provides training/education and coaching as well as organisational and administrative supports for practice change, are also important in creating an environment conducive to collaboration. Further research into the impact, implementation and cost-effectiveness of the PIN programme will help to build an understanding of what works for parents and infants, as well as identifying lessons for the development and implementation of other similar complex prevention and intervention programmes elsewhere. This kind of research coupled with the establishment of effective partnerships involving service providers, parents, researchers and policy makers, is necessary to meeting the challenge of improving family education and enhancing the capacity of family services to help promote positive outcomes for children.

Understanding the coach's role in the development of mental toughness: Perspectives of elite Australian football coaches

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (13) ◽  
pp. 1483-1496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel F. Gucciardi ◽  
Sandy Gordon ◽  
James A. Dimmock ◽  
Clifford J. Mallett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Toughness ◽  
Football Coaches ◽  
Australian Football

scholarly journals Measurement of the head impacts in a sub-elite Australian Rules football team with an instrumented patch: An exploratory analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
D King ◽  
M Hecimovich ◽  
T Clark ◽  
C Gissane
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Analysis ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Magnitude Distribution ◽  
Head Impacts ◽  
Australian Football League ◽  
Football Team ◽  
Australian Rules Football ◽  
Australian Football ◽  
Frequency Magnitude Distribution ◽  
Frequency Magnitude

An investigation was made of the frequency, magnitude, and distribution of head impacts in Australian Football League players over a season of matches. In a prospective cohort analysis of impact magnitude, frequency, and distribution on data collected with a wireless head impact sensor worn behind the ear of 23 players, a total of 4903 impacts were recorded. Players experienced on average 407 ± 143 impacts over the duration of the study resulting in 30 ± 38 impacts per-player per-match. Linear accelerations ranged from 10  g to 153  g with a mean, median, and 95th percentile value of 17  g, 13  g, and 40  g, respectively. Rotational accelerations ranged from 130 rad/s2 to 21,890 rad/s2 with a mean, median, and 95th percentile value of 2426 rad/s2, 1556 rad/s2, and 7571 rad/s2, respectively. This study obtained initial measurements on the frequency, magnitude, distribution, and risk weighted exposure of head impacts in Australia Rules Football in order to better inform medical personnel in the identification and evaluation of at-risk players for concussion. The location of impacts varied considerably with the back of the head recording more total impacts than the front, side, and top. Midfielders sustained more impacts per-player, per-match, and had higher median resultant linear accelerations than forwards and defenders. The results of this study, in which most impacts were within the low severity limit for linear, rotational, HITSP, and RWECP, indicate that Australian Rules football needs to include more encompassing methods of examination of player exposure.

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