Exploring mini rugby union coaches' perceptions of competitive activities
Exploring mini rugby union coaches' perceptions of competitive activities
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探索迷你橄榄球联盟教练对竞技活动的看法
DOI：
10.1080/21640629.2016.1244425
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发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Thomas G
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作者：
Thomas G
本研究旨在探讨志愿者橄榄球联盟教练的看法，有组织的竞争参与在童年时期。参与者是2010/11赛季执教过的202名9岁以下（U9）迷你橄榄球联盟教练。教练完成了一项基于互联网的调查，聚类分析被用来确定不同的群体的基础上对橄榄球联盟的现行规则的态度，并提出了修改这些规则。三个不同的群体被确定为基于他们是否想维持现状（保守主义者）;保持一些结构要素（温和派）;或有一个结构少得多的介绍橄榄球（激进派）。总的来说，超过四分之三的教练喜欢结构化的元素（早期专业化），而不到四分之一的教练喜欢结构化程度较低的游戏（后期专业化）。只有激进派的观点与精英教练和U9球员自己所支持的观点相匹配，这就提出了几个关于教练教育的问题。从短期来看，通过竞技比赛中的教练来协调U9球员发展的不同观点存在困难。由于数千名志愿教练在儿童时期的教练经验、知识和专长有限，因此在提高他们的技能方面面临挑战，这一问题进一步复杂化。
The purpose of this study was to explore volunteer rugby union coaches’ perceptions of organised competitive participation during childhood. Participants were 202 under-9 (U9) mini rugby union coaches who had coached during the 2010/11 season. Coaches completed an Internet-based survey, and cluster analysis was used to identify different groups based on attitudes towards the Rugby Football Union’s current rules and proposed changes to these rules. Three distinct groups were identified based on whether they wanted to maintain the status quo (Traditionalists); maintain some elements of structure (Moderates); or have a much less structured introduction to rugby (Radicals). In total, over three quarters of coaches favoured structured elements (early specialisation), while less than a quarter favoured a less structured game (late specialisation). Only the Radical’s views matched those espoused by elite coaches and U9 players themselves, raising several issues regarding coach education for player development during childhood. In the short term there are the difficulties of aligning disparate views of U9 player development via coaching for and during competitive games. This is further complicated by the challenges of enhancing the skills of thousands of volunteer coaches with limited experience, knowledge and expertise in coaching during childhood.