scholarly journals One youth soccer coach’s maiden implementation of the Tactical Games Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Harvey ◽  
Obidiah Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Youth Soccer ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
Soccer Team ◽  
Tactical Games ◽  
Model Benchmark ◽  
Sports Coaches ◽  
Sport Coaches

This paper utilizes a collaborative action research design to investigate one youth soccer coach’s maiden implementation of the Tactical Games Model (TGM). Consequently, this study aims to add to the paucity of research regarding coaches use of Game-Centered Approaches (GCAs), in particular the TGM. The study took place over eight, one-hour coaching sessions, which were conducted with a U12 competitive (travel) soccer team. The coach, Ian, was a licensed soccer coach and an undergraduate physical education student who had previously been exposed to the TGM in his university coursework. Data were collected through observation of model benchmarks in three of the TGM sessions (2, 4 and 6), the completion of Post-Session Teaching Reflective Analyses (PTRA; Dyson, 1994) and three semi-structured interviews. Model benchmark data were analyzed descriptively while PTRA and interview data were analyzed using the Lexminacer text mining software to generate themes and concepts. Findings showed that model benchmark fidelity improved as the coach became more familiar with TGM in his coaching setting. The main concepts generated from the Leximancer analysis were: ‘players’, ‘session’, ‘time’, ‘games’, and ‘physical’, which suggests a major shift in coaching practice occurred in alignment with Light’s (2013) four features of game-centered pedagogy. This current study makes two main contributions. First, it adds further contextual evidence of the benefits and challenges of incorporating TGM into other neophyte youth sports coaches’ practice. Second, it serves as a methodological template for further investigations into the micropedagogies of youth sport coaches’ practice when using GCAs such as the TGM.

Using the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals to Teach Citizenship in Youth Soccer

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-55
Author(s):  
Alisa Boon ◽  
Wade Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Youth Sport ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Coach Education ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Youth Soccer ◽  
Teaching Life ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sport Coaches

The purpose of this paper is to share recommendations from youth sport coaches and administrators on using the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (UN MDGs) for teaching citizenship through youth sport. Fourteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with coaches and administrators from one region of the American Youth Soccer Organization. Although only one of the 14 participants was aware of the UN MDGs, every one of them was able to provide at least some specific recommendations for integrating citizenship into youth soccer. Opportunities and challenges for integrating citizenship into coach education programs are discussed based on the results of the present study and related literature on teaching life skills through sport.

The Impact of Privatization on Minority Faith Prison Chaplains in Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-206
Author(s):  
Adar Abdulkadir ◽  
Ibrahim J. Long
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Correctional Facilities ◽  
Correctional Institutions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Federal Prison ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
Prison Chaplains ◽  
The Impact

Canadian federal prison chaplaincy underwent a major shift in 2013 when the provision of its services was privatized and outsourced to a single for-profit company. This article presents a summary of the experiences and concerns expressed by minority faith chaplains serving in federal correctional institutions following privatization. It is based on ten in-depth, semi-structured interviews with minority faith prison chaplains. The results show that minority faith federal prison chaplains are concerned about increased levels of bureaucratization that have compromised the quality of spiritual care available to prisoners, reductions in resources for chaplains, and increased levels of emotional exhaustion and frustration among themselves and fellow minority faith chaplains serving in Canadian correctional facilities.

scholarly journals Parent Coaches’ Experiences and Insights into a Youth Soccer Program

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Kerins ◽  
Mariela Fernandez ◽  
Kimberly Shinew
Keyword(s):  
Youth Sport ◽  
Agency Staff ◽  
Municipal Governments ◽  
Youth Soccer ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sport Programs ◽  
Volunteer Coaches ◽  
Sport Coaches ◽  
Purposive Sample

Municipal governments continue to struggle with decreased funding. In order to offset depleting funds, agencies rely on volunteers to provide resources to the public. In youth sport programs, parents provide much of the support, and it is estimated that 90% of youth sport coaches are parents. Given that parents have been instrumental in youth sport programs, the purpose of this study was to understand parents’ experiences and insights associated with volunteering by using a youth soccer program located in a mid-sized town in Illinois as a case-study. Specifically, the study examined (a) parents’ motivations in volunteering, (b) challenges parent coaches faced while volunteering, and (c) parent coaches’ recommendations to agency personnel. Using a purposive sample, 11 parents were interviewed. Findings indicated that parents were motivated to volunteer in order to help their child, and several expressed a more in-depth philosophy about giving back to the community. The primary motivation and benefit for volunteer coaches was their relationships with the children. Relationships with other adults in the program were also significant, but they tended to be secondary. Challenges in volunteering included working with the children, parents, and agency staff. Agency recommendations included providing incentives to coaches, conducting player assessments, ensuring that recruited volunteers share the agency’s philosophy, and addressing volunteer concerns.

scholarly journals ONLINE COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH IN AN EFL CONTEXT: THE EFFECT ON TEACHERS’ REFLECTIVE PRACTICE

2021 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 158-175
Author(s):  
Zahra Fathian ◽  
Majid Farahian
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Discussion Groups ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
The Impact

Technology can be integrated in teacher education and, hence, be used to empower teachers to extend learning beyond their classrooms. Therefore, the present study was an attempt to investigate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ perceptions of action research and explore the impact of their collaborative action research in an online discussion group on their reflective practice. In addition, we were interested to know how online collaborative research action research contributes to their promotion of reflective thinking.The participants of this study were 23 Iranian EFL teachers who were recruited based on convenience sampling. The design of the study was a pre-test post-test design. As such, two questionnaires were given to the participants at the beginning and end of the study. As the next step, the participants took part in online discussion groups for 10 sessions in which they read and watched some essays and videos, wrote about some topics, and shared their ideas and experiences. To consolidate the findings, semi-structured interviews were held with 12 participants. The result of the study indicated that most of the participants of the study had optimistic views regarding action research. In addition, participating in online discussion groups enabled them to think more about their teaching practice and gain higher levels of reflectivity. The results of the qualitative phase indicated that the online courses had effect on the teachers’ practice and reflectivity in different ways. Despite all studies conducted on action research in Iran, contradictory results have been found regarding teachers’ perception of action research. In addition, to the researchers’ knowledge, no study has investigated the use of online collaborative action research on teachers’ reflection. As such, it seemed necessary to conduct a study to explore the role of action research as a framework for improving reflective practice.

Bridging the gap between sport science and coaching: A qualitative analysis of perceptions of South African coaches

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Alliance Kubayi ◽  
Yoga Coopoo ◽  
Abel Toriola
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sport Science ◽  
Wide Gap ◽  
Sport And Recreation ◽  
Sport Coaches ◽  
High Performance Level

There exists a wide gap between coaches’ needs and the information that is being disseminated by sport scientists. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine coaches’ perceptions concerning this bridging the knowledge gap between sport science and coaching in South Africa. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight high-performance sport coaches aged 24 to 42 years (M age = 33.50, SD = 6.44 years). Coaches participated in the study if they met the following selection criteria: (1) coaching a priority sport recommended by Sport and Recreation South Africa and (2) having been in coaching for at least five years at a high-performance level. Following a thematic analysis of the transcripts, the following three broad themes emerged: (1) sources of coaching knowledge, (2) barriers to sport science support, and (3) coaches’ thoughts about knowledge transfer. Recommendations on strategies to close the gap between sport scientists and coaches are provided.

scholarly journals Tendências religiosas na antroponímia rondonense

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-100
Author(s):  
Patricia Helena Frai
Keyword(s):  
Religious Belief ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Religious Motivation ◽  
The Real ◽  
Soccer Team ◽  
The City

É de sabedoria popular que atribuir nomes religiosos aos filhos pode significar devoção a um santo, personagem bíblico ou crença religiosa particular de uma determinada comunidade. No entanto, ao saber de fato as reais motivações para um determinado antropônimo, a partir de entrevistas com pais ou os próprios portadores do nome próprio, observa-se que nomes religiosos podem evidenciar questões além da simples devoção. Nessa direção, o objetivo deste artigo é analisar, a partir dos estudos da Socioantroponomástica, quais fatores influenciam na prática de nomear um filho com o modelo de atribuição tradicional denominado como a religião (JIMÉNEZ SEGURA, 2014). Para tanto, a pesquisa se utiliza de um corpus formado por 250 nomes justapostos coletados a partir de entrevistas semiestruturadas, em um espaço de tempo que abrange 1930-1940 a 2010, na cidade de Marechal Cândido Rondon, Brasil. A pesquisa aponta que atribuir nomes religiosos pode fazer parte de um ideário de uma determinada comunidade, bem como a nomeação de um filho, através de um nome bíblico, pode evidenciar questões identitárias além do significado restrito do nome (SEIDE, 2016).Religious trends in the anthroponomy of Marechal Cândido Rondon cityAbstract:It is popular wisdom that giving religious names to children can mean devotion to a saint, a biblical character, or a particular religious belief in a particular community. However, when knowing in fact the real motivations for a specific anthroponym, from interviews with parents or the name bearers, it is observed that religious names can highlight issues beyond simple devotion. In this direction, the aim of this article is to analyze, from the studies of Socioanthroponomics, which factors influence the naming of a child with the traditional attribution model called as religion (JIMÉNEZ SEGURA, 2014). To this end, the research uses a corpus of 250 juxtaposed names collected from semi-structured interviews, in a span of time ranging from 1930-1940 to 2010, in the city of Marechal Cândido Rondon, Brazil. The research points out that assigning religious names can be part of an ideal of a certain community, as well as the naming of a child, using a biblical name, can highlight identity issues beyond the meaning of the name itself (SEIDE, 2016). Keywords: Socioanthroponomics; Religious motivation; Juxtaposed names.  Keywords: Brazilian National soccer team, soccer players, anthroponyms. 

scholarly journals The Youth Soccer Coaches’ Visions and Thoughts of Leader Support

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-78
Author(s):  
Krister Hertting ◽  
Catrine Kostenius
Keyword(s):  
Children And Youth ◽  
Central Component ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Youth Soccer ◽  
Leader Support ◽  
A Value ◽  
Leadership Support ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Open Question ◽  
Sports Coaches

AbstractThe Objectives: The European Commission has highlighted the use of sports as an important venue for engaging citizens in health-enhancing activities, physical activity, volunteerism and active citizenship. Coaching is a central component of sports for children and youth, but there is little research on the promotion of sports coaches’ health. In the light of this gap, the aim of this paper was to elucidate youth soccer coaches’ visions and thoughts regarding leadership support from clubs and soccer associations.Design and method: The study was based on an online questionnaire conducted with Swedish soccer coaches who coached children and young people between 6 and 18 years of age. In total, 1514 coaches received the online questionnaire via email and 764 coaches (50.5% of the sample) answered. Three hundred and seventy-five coaches answered the open question: ‘How would you describe the support you, as a coach, would like to receive from clubs and associations?’ Responses were analysed using method.Results: Four main themes emerged from the analysis: financial and other resources support, recognition of contribution, sense of belonging to a value-based association and positive coach development.Conclusion: We discuss the factors that support soccer coaches and how these can serve as health-promoting supports for coaches working with children and youth.

scholarly journals Is the game lost in advance? Being a high-performance coach and preserving family life

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Joncheray ◽  
Fabrice Burlot ◽  
Mathilde Julla-Marcy
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sport Coaches ◽  
The Olympic Games

This article examines how high-performance sport coaches combine their professional and family lives. To address this issue, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 41 French coaches (8 females, 33 males) involved in the preparation of the French teams for the Olympic Games in Rio (2016), Pyeongchang (2018) and/or Tokyo (2020). The results show that all the coaches interviewed are engaged in a passionate relationship with their job. For some coaches, this commitment has an impact on their family life. Three groups of coaches stand out: (i) a majority of coaches who are unable to preserve their family life, (ii) coaches who maintain a distance from their profession and preserve their family life, (iii) coaches who have or have not preserved their family life and who position themselves as actors wishing to do everything possible to preserve the family life of the coaches they supervise. Thus, these results highlight, for some coaches, difficulties in combining professional and family life. For others, family life is a protection for engagement in a passionate profession. These data can provide useful information for sport organizations in charge of coaches.

scholarly journals Studentification in Germany: How investors generate profits from student tenants in Goettingen and the impacts on urban segregation

2020 ◽  
pp. 096977642093485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Miessner
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
University Town ◽  
Rental Housing Market

This paper presents a study about studentification in the medium-sized university town of Goettingen, Germany. While many studentification studies focus on the transformation of owner-occupied houses into houses of multiple occupation, this study is about displacement in the rental housing market. I argue that within this context, the displacement of marginalised social groups takes place through rental prices and private landlords’ preferences for students of higher education. Hence, I focus on how landlords extract high rents from their property without making serious investments and investigate landlords’ strategies for increasing their return on investment via higher education student tenants. I explain their strategies, grounding this research in semi-structured interviews with landlords, property managers and real estate agents, complemented by statistical data. I show that different rental strategies landlords apply lead to the separation of different social groups. Hence, this paper argues that the strategies of landlords have an important impact on urban segregation and urban development in cities. Therefore, a deeper investigation of these strategies would help us achieve a better understanding of how the process of studentification proceeds and how displacement takes place.

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