, designing training programs, and identifying safe protocols for returning to practice; Hughes, 2020 ). In a recent study, Santi et al. ( 2020 ) examined coaches’ adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic and reports indicated a higher perceived stress level and a variation in emotion regulation strategies in
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The Emergence of the Pandemic: High-Performance Coach and Athlete Experiences
Nima Dehghansai, Alia Mazhar, Ross Pinder, Joseph Baker, and Ian Renshaw
Gauging the Quality of Qualitative Research in Adapted Physical Activity
Michelle R. Zitomer and Donna Goodwin
Qualitative inquiry is increasingly being used in adapted physical activity research, which raises questions about how to best evaluate its quality. This article aims to clarify the distinction between quality criteria (the what) and strategies (the how) in qualitative inquiry. An electronic keyword search was used to identify articles pertaining to quality evaluation published between 1995 and 2012 (n = 204). A five phase systematic review resulted in the identification of 56 articles for detailed review. Data extraction tables were generated and analyzed for commonalities in terminology and meanings. Six flexible criteria for gauging quality were formulated: reflexivity, credibility, resonance, significant contribution, ethics, and coherence. Strategies for achieving the established criteria were also identified. It is suggested that researchers indicate the paradigm under which they are working and guidelines by which they would like readers to evaluate their work as well as what criteria can be absent without affecting the research value.
Pacing Strategy During Simulated Mountain Bike Racing
Bruno Ferreira Viana, Flávio Oliveira Pires, Allan Inoue, and Tony Meireles Santos
1000 W at the outset of an XCO race, 3 thus supporting the suggestion that a fast-start pacing strategy is the most-used strategy in XCO races. 2 , 4 Because of this fast-start pacing, XCO athletes usually decrease power output as the race progresses so that the time to complete each lap increases. 1
Coaching Strategies Used to Deliver Quality Youth Sport Programming
Corliss Bean, Majidullah Shaikh, and Tanya Forneris
To progress research in the field of positive youth development (PYD), a deeper examination of the processes and practical strategies related to youth program delivery is needed ( Granger, 2010 ). Program quality—defined as the structures and processes of youth programs—is a crucial variable in
Pacing Strategy and Tactical Positioning During Cyclo-Cross Races
Arthur H. Bossi, Ciaran O’Grady, Richard Ebreo, Louis Passfield, and James G. Hopker
field. Among the factors underpinning endurance cycling performance, pacing strategy is one of the most studied. 6 , 7 Descriptive 8 – 10 and experimental 11 – 13 studies have been published across disciplines, and, interestingly, a variable gradient course has been considered an extra challenge to
The Self-Regulatory and Task-Specific Strategies of Elite-Level Amateur Golfers in Tournament Preparation
Jarred Pilgrim, Peter Kremer, and Sam Robertson
professionals to explore the mental readiness and preparation strategies related to excellence in golf. Common strategies used by these players included setting practice goals and daily/weekly tournament goals, developing plans for practice and shot making and time schedules for preparation, using focus plans
Exploring “Sledging” and Interpersonal Emotion-Regulation Strategies in Professional Cricket
Paul A. Davis, Louise Davis, Samuel Wills, Ralph Appleby, and Arne Nieuwenhuys
Competitive sport positions athletes against each other in pursuit of superiority and successful performance outcomes. A wide variety of strategies are used in an attempt to gain a tactical advantage; for example, athletes may seek to exploit competitors’ weaknesses by targeting poor technique
Preconditioning Strategy in Rugby-7s Players: Beneficial or Detrimental?
Bruno Marrier, Alexandre Durguerian, Julien Robineau, Mounir Chennaoui, Fabien Sauvet, Aurélie Servonnet, Julien Piscione, Bertrand Mathieu, Alexis Peeters, Mathieu Lacome, Jean-Benoit Morin, and Yann Le Meur
Elite Rugby-7s players are required to perform high-velocity running in competition for 3 times across 1 day and consecutively over 2 or 3 days. 1 Rugby-7s strength and conditioning coaches spend the majority of the competitive season attempting to ensure that training and recovery strategies are
Gaelic Games Players’ and Practitioners’ Perceptions of Recovery Strategies
Lorcan S. Daly, Ciarán Ó. Catháin, and David T. Kelly
coaches perceive a wide range of regenerative strategies as effective to consolidate recovery kinetics, 11 – 13 the perceptions of Gaelic players and practitioners remain unknown. An exponential growth in research assessing the efficacy of recovery strategies, 14 the widespread implementation of
The Influence of Pleasure and Attentional Focus on Performance and Pacing Strategies in Elite Individual Time Trials
Theo Ouvrard, Alain Groslambert, and Frederic Grappe
, cyclists must sustain a mean PO ranging from 350 to 450 W for up to 60 minutes. 2 , 5 , 6 It is now well known that maintaining a high PO over a prolonged period of time involves a good regulation of exercise intensity throughout the event, generally called pacing strategy. 7 , 8 Results of the literature
