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- Title
Youth Basketball Coaches' Perceptions and Implementation of Fundamental Movement Skills Training: Toward a Realist Evaluation.
- Authors
Williams, Mark David; Hammond, Andrew M.; Moran, Jason
- Abstract
Purpose: To investigate youth basketball coaches' perceptions and implementation of fundamental movement skills training. Method: Snowball and criterion-based sampling approaches were used to survey youth basketball coaches (n=79) beliefs and experiences relating to their perceptions and implementation of nonbasketball-specific skills and fundamental movement skills into practice. Realist evaluation inspired the analysis of descriptive statistics (means and frequencies) and reflexive qualitative thematic analysis to inform the results. Results: It was found that the participants had a comprehension of fundamental movement skills and acknowledge their value in the long-term development of youth players. However, there appeared to be varying levels of uptake among the surveyed coaches. Discussion: Based on these findings, coaches appear to hold sports specialization in a higher regard than the broader aspects of player development, illustrating a dichotomized perspective of fundamental movement skills and basketball. Conclusion: The findings suggest there is a need for governing bodies to develop innovative strategies to persuade youth basketball coaches to adopt nonsports-specific movement skills to improve their practice.
- Subjects
BASKETBALL coaches; YOUTH development; MOTOR learning; SNOWBALL sampling; THEMATIC analysis; SPORTS participation; EXPERTISE; COACH-athlete relationships
- Publication
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2022, Vol 41, Issue 4, p562
- ISSN
0273-5024
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/jtpe.2020-0306