urgent need to critically explore these harmful structures as well as the practices enforcing them and to find solutions aiming to increase the inclusion and accessibility of esports for diverse player groups, on all levels of the esports ecosystem from small gaming communities to the biggest leagues and
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Communicating and Practicing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Finnish Esports Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities
Usva Friman, Maria Ruotsalainen, and Matilda Ståhl
Peer Aggression and Victimization: Dutch Sports Coaches’ Views and Practices
Paul Baar and Theo Wubbels
Internationally, very little research has been done into peer aggression and victimization in sports clubs. For this exploratory study, 98 coaches from various sports were interviewed in depth about their views on peer aggression and victimization and their ways of handling these issues. To put the coaches’ views and practices in perspective, they were contrasted with those of a reference group of 96 elementary school teachers and analyzed qualitatively. The interviews demonstrated that sports coaches currently were unaware of the construct of peer aggression, were unable to estimate the actual extent of peer aggression and victimization at their clubs, and were likely to overestimate their own impact, control, and effectiveness in handling the issue. This study underlines the need for coaches to develop their skills in recognizing and handling peer aggression and victimization and the need to develop sports-club-specific observation instruments and peer aggression programs.
State of a State: Results From the Wyoming Physical Education and Physical Activity Policy Survey
Ben D. Kern, Paul Malinowski, Kim Hunt, Shawna McIlnay, Brian Powell, and Deb Stephenson
regular sampling of U.S. schools/districts by the Centers for Disease Control through School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) support this notion ( USDHHS, 2017 ). For example, the 2014 SHPPS revealed that only 3.7% of U.S. schools offer daily PE for a whole school year, and weekly minutes of
Prepare to Succeed: Private Consulting in Applied Sport Psychology
Jim Taylor
This article explores the challenges of building a successful private consulting practice in sport psychology. The author examines the extant literature on the experiences of recent graduates as they enter the field of applied sport psychology and also describes how his own educational and early career experiences have shaped his practice. A four-part approach to consulting with athletes is outlined, along with detailed information regarding practice development, clientele identification, and fee structures. The personal qualities essential for creating a successful consulting practice in sport psychology are also explored. Finally, a five-stage model of career development provides guidelines for maintaining and growing a successful consulting practice.
Developing Principles of Practice for Implementing Models-Based Practice: A Self-Study of Physical Education Teacher Education Practice
Kellie Baker
Quite disturbingly and frustratingly, I’ve realized that MBP [Models-Based Practice] does not seem to resonate with pre-service teachers . . . . What am I doing wrong? How am I not getting through to them? (Reflective journal entry) This reflection exposes the feelings of inadequacy I was
Athletic Trainers’ Perceptions of Their Scope of Practice
Cailee E. Welch Bacon, Nydia L. Cabra, Taryn C. Pennington, Lindsey E. Eberman, and Julie M. Cavallario
Scope of practice delineates the parameters in which a health care professional may perform. Each health care discipline uses a specific skill set. By virtue of professional license, registration, or certification, 1 the provider’s ability to participate in health-related activity involves the
Core Practices for Teaching Physical Education: Recommendations for Teacher Education
Phillip Ward
content knowledge (PCK). Given this description of teaching, teacher educators face a daunting task to help novices learn to teach within the limits of a curriculum defined by a set of fixed credit hours. In recent years, core practices have been proposed both as a strategy to help novices successfully
Practice-Based Teacher Education in Physical Education
Phillip Ward, Fatih Dervent, Erhan Devrilmez, Peter Iserbyt, Insook Kim, Bomna Ko, José A. Santiago, Emi Tsuda, and Xiuye Xie
where new teachers teach influences teacher practice more than what they learned in their preparation programs. • New teachers tend to leave their first schools quickly and migrate from school to school. Though this review was focused on new teachers’ experiences in urban schools, similar concerns have
Internships in Kinesiology: Reconsidering Best Practices
Mark Urtel, Sara F. Michaliszyn, and Craig Stiemsma
Internships in higher education are not a new practice. In fact, it is generally noted that the first formal internship program occurred in 1889 at Johns Hopkins Medical School ( Wentz & Ford, 1984 ). Prior to this, medical school faculty were developing ways for medical “apprentices” to acquire
Rapid Weight Loss Practices in Elite Kickboxers
Boris Dugonjić, Saša Krstulović, and Goran Kuvačić
adverse effect on health, physiological, and psychological status of athletes, there are important ethical implications of RWL that are often neglected ( Artioli et al., 2016 ). For example, some researchers question if it is ethically justified to tolerate athletes practicing RWL, when facing
