The complexities of learning and sport coaching have both been widely accepted notions and central themes to their respective literatures for decades (e.g., Rogers, 1969 ; Smith, Smoll, & Hunt, 1977 ). Despite being equipped with these fundamental understandings, programs designed to educate
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Learner-Centered Coach Education: Practical Recommendations for Coach Development Administrators
Kyle Paquette and Pierre Trudel
Female Physiology–Endocrinology: Education Is Lacking and Innovation Is Needed!
Anthony C. Hackney and Kirsty J. Elliott-Sale
research design approaches as researchers “jump on the bandwagon” to study the new hot topic in the field. The latter has led to ambiguous or erroneous findings being reported in the literature on women and their hormones. “Carpe diem”—it is time for university exercise–sports science curriculums to be
Pole-Vaulting: Identification of the Pole Local Bending Rigidities by an Updating Technique
Julien Morlier, Michel Mesnard, and Mariano Cid
The development of composite material poles since 1960 has played a prominent part in performance improvement in pole-vaulting. Previous studies devoted to pole-vaulting models were based on constant mechanical characteristics. It is thus necessary to identify the local bending rigidities of the pole to build realistic pole-vaulting models. Updating methods developed for dynamic structure studies allow us to describe local mechanical characteristics. These methods are based on the comparison between experimental results and those determined numerically by finite element models. This study presents an adaptation of these methods to determine the local bending rigidities of the pole. The updating technique is validated by a deflection test of a homogeneous beam. Then, a study of the model sensitivity is carried out to investigate the procedure robustness. Finally, the updating method is applied to an old design pole and to a recent one. The results obtained vary greatly from one pole to the other; they highlight the evolutions in pole design.
The Effect of a Newly Developed Hand Rim on Mobility Performance and Propulsion Technique in Wheelchair Tennis Players
Thomas Rietveld, Rowie J.F. Janssen, Lucas H.V. van der Woude, Riemer J.K. Vegter, and Sonja de Groot
elite wheelchair tennis athletes. 4 This square-profile hand rim did not show better results on propulsion technique during submaximal and sprint tests compared with a regular hand rim, which could partly be explained by no official practice time of players with the alternative hand rim design
Personalization Characteristics and Evaluation of Gamified Exercise for Middle-Aged and Older People: A Scoping Review
Lisha Ren, Jie Yan, Zhehao Zhu, and Murui Du
activities ( Lieberman et al., 2011 ). Researchers have introduced properties of games and aspects of entertainment into the exercise system to motivate older adults to engage in long-term preventive care exercises ( Kitakoshi et al., 2017 ). Previous reviews have explored game design elements including
Methods for Researching the Physical Activity Impacts of ‘Natural Experiments’ in Modifying the Built Environment
David Ogilvie, Billie Giles-Corti, Paula Hooper, Lin Yang, and Fiona Bull
Modifying the built environment is increasingly recommended as a means of increasing physical activity, but there is currently little evidence from intervention studies to support this approach. From a discussion of 3 natural experiments in this area (RESIDE, iConnect, and Commuting and Health in Cambridge), several common lessons emerged. First, researchers should anticipate delays in the implementation of interventions that are outside their control, and research funders need to exercise a degree of flexibility to accommodate changing research timetables. Second, new built environments develop and evolve over time, and so do their effects on human behavior. Study designs and exposure measures should take account of this, and long term outcomes should be measured wherever possible to allow for potential sleeper, snowball, or threshold effects emerging over time. Third, it may be difficult to identify suitable control areas for a conventional parallel-group intervention–control design, and it may be necessary to draw on other study designs to provide a counterfactual comparison. Fourth, the effort and cost required to recruit, retain and obtain repeated measurements from participants over a period of years should not be underestimated. Finally, comprehensive process evaluation measures may be required to assess the level and quality of interventions.
Innovate Sports Officiating With Design Thinking
David Pierce, Geoffre Sherman, Kyle Mechelin, and Bryan Kryder
design thinking, which is explained at the end of the case, to improve the recruitment and retention of sports officials. The design thinking process begins with identifying problem spaces through empathy research including interviews with sports officials and observation of officials at sporting events
Innovate With Design Thinking in the Sport Management Capstone Course
David Pierce, Melissa Davies, and Bryan Kryder
capstone course is an ideal place to provide students a culminating experience that thoughtfully integrates everything learned during college to solve complex, real-world problems. This article positions design thinking (DT) as a pedagogical approach that leads students to solve complex problems and
A Typology of Design Archetypes in Professional Football Leagues: Autonomy and Openness as Key Factors Explaining Design Variance
Grant Hughes, Jon Billsberry, Mathew Todres, and Steve Swanson
Design archetypes are a mechanism for making sense of variation across organizations so that industry structures can be analyzed ( Greenwood & Hinings, 1993 ; Parent et al., 2023 ). They cut through much of the “noise” that makes organizations appear different and allows them to be categorized
Physical Education Teachers’ Use of Digital Game Design Principles
Shane Pill, Brendon Hyndman, Brendan SueSee, and John Williams
There have been many critiques of physical education (PE; e.g., Evans & Davies, 2010 ; Green, 2014 ; Kirk, 2010 ; Pill, 2016a ). Overall, it is claimed that there is questionable pedagogy, curriculum design, content relevance, low levels of physical activity in PE, struggles to maintain student
