scholarly journals “Is It Overtraining or Just Work Ethic?”: Coaches’ Perceptions of Overtraining in High-Performance Strength Sports

Sports ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Lee Bell ◽  
Alan Ruddock ◽  
Tom Maden-Wilkinson ◽  
Dave Hembrough ◽  
David Rogerson
Keyword(s):  
Physical Performance ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Diagnostic Symptoms ◽  
Careful Manipulation ◽  
Sport Coaches

Optimal physical performance is achieved through the careful manipulation of training and recovery. Short-term increases in training demand can induce functional overreaching (FOR) that can lead to improved physical capabilities, whereas nonfunctional overreaching (NFOR) or the overtraining syndrome (OTS) occur when high training-demand is applied for extensive periods with limited recovery. To date, little is known about the OTS in strength sports, particularly from the perspective of the strength sport coach. Fourteen high-performance strength sport coaches from a range of strength sports (weightlifting; n = 5, powerlifting; n = 4, sprinting; n = 2, throws; n = 2, jumps; n = 1) participated in semistructured interviews (mean duration 57; SD = 10 min) to discuss their experiences of the OTS. Reflexive thematic analysis resulted in the identification of four higher order themes: definitions, symptoms, recovery and experiences and observations. Additional subthemes were created to facilitate organisation and presentation of data, and to aid both cohesiveness of reporting and publicising of results. Participants provided varied and sometimes dichotomous perceptions of the OTS and proposed a multifactorial profile of diagnostic symptoms. Prevalence of OTS within strength sports was considered low, with the majority of participants not observing or experiencing long-term reductions in performance with their athletes.

Athletes Play Through Pain—What Does That Mean for Rehabilitation Specialists?

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 640-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Barrette ◽  
Katherine Harman
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Sport Organization ◽  
The University ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Competitive Nature ◽  
And Training ◽  
Insight Into

Context: Pain in sport has been normalized to the point where athletes are expected to ignore pain and remain in the game despite the possible detrimental consequences associated with playing through pain. While rehabilitation specialists may not have an influence on an athlete’s competitive nature or the culture of risk they operate in, understanding the consequences of those factors on an athlete’s physical well-being is definitely in their area of responsibility. Objective: To explore the factors associated with the experiences of subelite athletes who play through pain in gymnastics, rowing, and speed skating. Design: The authors conducted semistructured interviews with subelite athletes, coaches, and rehabilitation specialists. They recruited coach participants through their provincial sport organization. Athletes of the recruited coaches who were recovering from a musculoskeletal injury and training for a major competition were then recruited. They also recruited rehabilitation specialists who were known to treat subelite athletes independently by e-mail. Setting: An observation session was conducted at the athlete’s training facility. Interviews were then conducted either in a room at the university or at a preferred sound-attenuated location suggested by the participant. Participants: The authors studied 5 coaches, 4 subelite athletes, and 3 rehabilitation specialists. Interventions: The authors photographed athletes during a practice shortly before an important competition, and we interviewed all the participants after that competition. Our photographs were used during the interview to stimulate discussion. Results: The participant interviews revealed 3 main themes related to playing through pain. They are: Listening to your body, Decision making, and Who decides. Conclusion: When subelite athletes, striving to be the best in their sport continue to train with the pain of an injury, performance is affected in the short-term and long-term consequences are also possible. Our study provides some insight into the contrasting forces that athletes balance as they decide to continue or to stop.

Coaches’ Perspectives of Intrateam Competition in High Performance Sport Teams

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Harenberg ◽  
Harold A. Riemer ◽  
Erwin Karreman ◽  
Kim D. Dorsch
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Team Sport ◽  
Head Coaches ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Constructive Process ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Sport Teams ◽  
University Level ◽  
Playing Time ◽  
Sport Coaches

Competition is a common phenomenon and occurs frequently in sports. In high performance sports, competition takes place not only between teams (interteam competition) but also within a team (intrateam competition). In the intrateam competition, coaches might play a central role because of their power to structure competition within their teams. Yet, there is a lack of research exploring how coaches facilitate this type of competition. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to explore how university-level team sport coaches’ experience, structure and use intrateam competition. Eight full-time Canadian Interuniversity Sports head coaches participated in semistructured interviews. The participants indicated that intrateam competition involves two distinct types of competition: situational and positional competition. While situational competition occurs primarily in practices, positional competition is an ongoing, continual process in which athletes who occupy the same position compete for playing time. The coaches shared important considerations about how to carefully structure and use both types of competition constructively. The study is an original account of intrateam competition as a multifaceted, constructive process within high performance sport teams.

scholarly journals Experiences and Strategies Influencing Older Adults to Continue Playing Walking Football

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Rachel Cholerton ◽  
Helen Quirk ◽  
Jeff Breckon ◽  
Joanne Butt
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Conscious Process ◽  
Adapted Sports

Adults aged 55+ years are most likely to be inactive, despite research suggesting that older adults experience multiple benefits when participating in physical activity and sport. Limited research focuses on long-term continuation of sport participation in this population, especially in “adapted sports” like walking football. This study explored the experiences of walking football maintenance in 55- to 75-year-old players. Semistructured interviews were conducted, with 17 older adults maintaining walking football play over 6 months. The inductive analysis revealed five higher-order themes representing maintenance influences and two higher-order themes relating to maintenance mechanisms (i.e., the conscious process by which players maintain). Influences when maintaining walking football included individual- and culture-level influences (e.g., perceived benefits of maintenance and ability acceptance). Maintenance mechanisms included cognitions and behaviors (e.g., scheduling sessions and redefining physical activity expectations). Findings highlight novel implications for policy and practice, which are important to consider when delivering walking football to older adults.

scholarly journals High performance leadership in unusually challenging educational circumstances

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Hargreaves ◽  
Alma Harris
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
High Performing ◽  
The Face ◽  
Oecd Pisa ◽  
And Performance

This paper draws on findings from the results of a study of leadership in high performing organizations in three sectors. Organizations were sampled and included on the basis of high performance in relation to no performance, past performance, performance among similar peers and performance in the face of limited resources or challenging circumstances. The paper concentrates on leadership in four schools that met the sample criteria.  It draws connections to explanations of the high performance ofEstoniaon the OECD PISA tests of educational achievement. The article argues that leadership in these four schools that performed above expectations comprised more than a set of competencies. Instead, leadership took the form of a narrative or quest that pursued an inspiring dream with relentless determination; took improvement pathways that were more innovative than comparable peers; built collaboration and community including with competing schools; and connected short-term success to long-term sustainability.

Top Qualifications Hospitalist Leaders Seek in Candidates: Results from a National Survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 754-757
Author(s):  
Joshua Allen-Dicker ◽  
Alan M Hall ◽  
Christine Donahue ◽  
Ernie L Esquivel ◽  
Brian Kwan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Hospital Medicine ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Recruitment Strategies ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Interview Techniques ◽  
Hiring Process ◽  
And Behaviors

Despite rapidly growing interest in Hospital Medicine (HM), no prior research has examined the factors that may be most beneficial or detrimental to candidates during the HM hiring process. We developed a survey instrument to assess how those involved in the HM hiring process assess HM candidate attributes, skills and behaviors. The survey was distributed electronically to nontrainee physician Society of Hospital Medicine members. Respondents ranked the top five qualifications of HM candidates and the top five qualities an HM candidate should demonstrate on interview day to be considered for hiring. In thematic analysis of freeresponse questions, several themes emerged relating to interview techniques and recruitment strategies, including heterogeneous approaches to long-term versus short-term applicants. These findings represent the first published assessment in the area of HM hiring and should inform HM candidates and their mentors.

CFD Based Multi-Disciplinary Optimization Design of High-Performance Deep Sea Seismic Vessel

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mao Xiaofei ◽  
Zhang Wenxu ◽  
Qian Jiankui ◽  
Wu Minghao
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Optimization Design ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Solution Set ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Hull Form ◽  
Optimal Solution Set ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
The Stability

This paper focuses on the application of a ship hull form multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) system based on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Using the iSIGHT software, the MDO system integrates an automatic geometry transformation program and high-fidelity CFD solvers for different sub-disciplines. Hydrodynamics analysis subsystem includes resistance, seakeeping and stability modules. The resistance and seakeeping is analyzed by commercial potential-flow CFD codes, the stability is assessed by in-house code. The geometry variation output can be automatically used by the numerical solvers. By means of the design of experiment (DOE) technique, a neural network metamodel is trained to predict short term motion response of the derived ships efficiently. The system has been used in a seismic vessel’s hull form optimization to minimize the resistance and maximize the long term seakeeping operability index. Meanwhile, the stability in waves is concerned as a constraint. The hybrid MIGA-NLPQL optimization algorithm is applied for a global-to-local search in resistance optimization. For the synthesis optimization, a Pareto optimal solution set has been obtained and the final solution is achieved by trade-off analysis of the solution set. The entire automatic optimization process can be used for the preliminary design of new high performance vessels.

Organizational Systems in British Sport and Their Impact on Athlete Development and Mental Health

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Zoë A. Poucher ◽  
Katherine A. Tamminen ◽  
Christopher R.D. Wagstaff
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
Organizational Systems ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Alternative Strategies ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
Semistructured Interviews

Sport organizations have been noted as pivotal to the success or failure of athletes, and sport environments can impact the well-being and development of athletes. In this study, the authors explored stakeholders’ perceptions of how high-performance sport organizations support athlete development. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 18 stakeholders from the United Kingdom’s high-performance sport system and transcripts were analyzed using a semantic thematic analysis. Participants emphasized the importance of performance lifestyle advisors, sport psychologists, and financial assistance for promoting athlete development. Several stakeholders observed that despite the extensive support available to athletes, many do not engage with available support, and the prevalence of a performance narrative has led to an environment that discourages holistic development. It follows that sport organizations could develop alternative strategies for promoting athletes’ access to and engagement with available supports, while funding agencies might broaden existing funding criteria to include well-being or athlete development targets.

Recommendations for Long-Term Operation of High-Performance Submersible Motor Pumps in Mine Dewatering

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Beck ◽  
Sebastian Wulff ◽  
Paul Uwe Thamsen ◽  
Morris Reich ◽  
Jean Pierre Worringer
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Open Pit Mining ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Operation ◽  
Deep Wells ◽  
Submersible Motor

Abstract Modern submersible pumps are high performance aggregates for long-term operation, which find application in open-pit mining. Dewatering of groundwater to run an open-pit mine with various conditions for submersible pumps often leads to short-term performance based on different circumstances in the well as well as in the general operation. These result in high maintenance and energy costs and decreases the drawdown in open-pit mining. To ensure a long-time performance, a proper selection of submersible pump and motor is required. It is also necessary to consider the geometry of different deep wells in order to take into account the initial conditions of the pumps. This paper shows recommendations for long-term operation of high-performance submersible pumps due to the conditions of the mining industry. Therefore, a holistic consideration of the aggregate takes place to receive recommendations, which minimize the rate of pump failures and increase the efficiency of the dewatering process. These recommendations are based on various failures found during an investigation. Furthermore, this paper recommends different methods to prevent these failures, for instance clogging and erosion through particles in the well. These recommendations are linked to the research of different submersible motor pumps from various manufacturers in different wells in German open-pit mines with short-term operation caused by several circumstances.

Impact on a Person’s Daily Life During Episodes of Supraventricular Tachycardia

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Katrin Nordblom ◽  
Anders Broström ◽  
Bengt Fridlund
Keyword(s):  
Supraventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Optimal Care ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: To describe the impact of episodes of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) on a person’s daily life from a holistic perspective. Method: A deductive descriptive design was used. Twenty semistructured interviews (12 women and 8 men) were conducted before planned ablation of SVT and were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Living with SVT had a complex impact on daily life. Initially, the patients described an inhibited existence due to demands to give up things that they had previously been doing, in case the unpredictable episodes of SVT would occur. The episodes caused fatigue and worry, which together created a barrier for living life to the full by making the person give up undertakings. The patients constantly needed to find short-term and long-term strategies to prevent new episodes from happening. Conclusion: Episodes of SVT entail a complex life situation as the person’s entire existence is affected in daily life. To understand the impact of SVT on daily life, nurses and other health care professionals need increased knowledge and understanding to be able to provide support through relevant information and take optimal care measures.

Benchmarks for INGOs’ effective responses during COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 2863-2886
Author(s):  
Firas Izzat Mahmoud Saleh ◽  
Noorliza Karia
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Grounded Theory Method ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
The Common

PurposeThis paper aims to formulate COVID-19 benchmarks that international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) have considered to recover from the sudden stopping of operations swiftly and consequences of COVID-19 pandemic; thus, to move forward toward readiness for both, the unpredictable spreading or disappearing of the virus (case of INGOs operating in Jordan).Design/methodology/approachThis exploratory research has been informed by the broader social constructivism paradigm and the basics of grounded theory method to identify the common themes. Six semistructured interviews have been conducted with INGOs’ leaders. The findings have been categorized, triangulated and prioritized toward the final identification of benchmarks.FindingsSeven COVID-19 benchmarks for INGOs’ effective responses during COVID-19 pandemic have been proposed, comprising of (1) donors’ policies and regulations, (2) needs, expectations and relevancy, (3) coordination, (4) staff management, (5) business continuation plans, (6) balanced short-term and long-term planning and (7) permanent adoption of successful modalities.Social implicationsINGOs play a vital role in the lives of vulnerable people around the world through their international development and aid (IDA) projects. However, the restrictions of movements associated with COVID-19 pandemic drive more burden on these communities and interrupted their access to assistance and support. This paper helps to sustain the crucial support of INGOs to those people who need it.Originality/valueCOVID-19 pandemic has interrupted the implementation of IDA projects, which added further obstacles toward the achievement of quality implementation of these projects. The proposed COVID-19 benchmarks help INGOs to overcome the consequences of pandemic on the near longer-term alike.

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