Sport Skills Research Articles

Student choice and barriers to physical activity in Latino boys in the REACH after-school program

ABSTRACT Background After-school programs (ASP) provide safe and enjoyable setting for youth to participate in sports and physical activities (PA). The flexibility in the structure of ASPs can facilitate non-traditional approaches to teaching PA which consider the context of the community, students’ backgrounds, and focuses on positive youth development. REACH takes a non-traditional approach that aims to provide youth in under-resourced communities with a safe space for PA and learning through a sport-centered curriculum. Purpose The objective was to highlight the perspectives of Latino boys regarding their lived experiences in an after-school soccer and literacy program in a diverse urban school. The research questions were: (a) what are the lived experiences of young boys in a year-long after-school program in a diverse urban setting? (b) What opportunities did REACH provide that helped the young boys negotiate barriers to being physically active? Method Twenty-three Latino boys participated in the REACH after-school sessions over a school year. Four pre-service teachers facilitated soccer sessions at REACH. Data were collected through boys’ weekly journals across 28 weeks and interviews with ten boys at the end of the year. Coaches’ reflexive journals were used to triangulate the data. Data were independently coded using constant comparison and analyzed following a collaborative qualitative analysis procedure. Trustworthiness included triangulation of data, negative cases checks, multiple coders, and peer-debriefing. Results The results presented in this article are part of a larger year-long mixed-methods curriculum intervention. Two themes are presented to represent the perspectives of the boys in participating in REACH. In the first theme, we discuss student choice that was expressed in the way youth chose to participate in REACH and engage in PA during out-of-school hours. The second theme presents the students’ identifying the barriers they face to being physically active and the ways REACH provided a space for them to reflect on those barriers. Discussion Students’ choice was expressed in participants’ engagement in physical activities and sports in and outside of REACH and as a fundamental aspect that enhanced enjoyment in the program. Thus, participating in the program led students to enhance their physical activity enjoyment in and out of the program as well as learn about life skills through sport. With a focus on positive youth development, discussions and journaling in REACH encouraged the boys to reflect on life skills that focused on character and the development of positive relationships. Participants described varied barriers they faced to being physically active in and out of schools. REACH provided a safe space where participants could talk about and develop awareness about aspects of their community such as violence. Conclusion REACH provided a safe space for students to be active, learn sports skills, and engage in interest-based activities. The safe space provided in REACH also encouraged Latino boys to reflect on the barriers to being physically active outside of the program with the intent of possibly transferring what was learned in the program to their lives. Having a choice was a fundamental aspect to enhancing the boys’ enjoyment in REACH.

Scenarios and Promotion Ideas of Intelligent Sports Application in China

Intelligent sports is not only a tool support of sports superstructure, but also a core engine to drive the overall development of sports. Based on the interpretation of the connotation of intelligent sports, this paper analyzes the scene patterns and promotion ideas of intelligent sports application in China by means of literature and logical analysis. The research holds that the application scenarios of intelligent sports in China are intelligent sports training and competition in competitive sports, intelligent sports teaching and skill mastery in school sports and intelligent sports exercise in mass sports. The promotion ideas are as follows: on the cognitive level, people-oriented, physical exercise as the basic means and physical and mental health as the center, premise and mission of intelligent sports application respectively; On the action level, cultivating smart sports communities and villages, developing smart sports urban and rural areas and building smart sports ecosystem are regarded as the basic unit, powerful driving force and strategic goal of smart sports application respectively.

Read or listen? Effects of different kinds of instruction on the learning of a sport motor skill

The present study investigated the effects of different instruction types (verbal and written) in the motor learning of a sport skill. Methods: Twenty-three volunteers, from both sexes, 12,96 ± 1.1 years of age, were distributed in two groups: verbal instruction (GIV) and written instruction (GIE). The task was to perform the basketball layup without the ball touching the hoop. All participants performed five baseline trials on the free-throw for balancing initial group performance between groups. Then, they performed 32 practice trials and a retention test of 8 trials a week later on the basketball layup. T-tests were used to compare the groups in baseline and retention tests. Results: The results showed, in both practice and retention, superior performance for GIE compared to GIV. Conclusion: We conclude that providing written instructions benefited the performance and learning of a sport motor skill.

The Construction of Wushu Teaching Strategy in Higher Education Based on WSR Theory

Background and Aims: The document of the Ministry of Education pointed out that physical education in colleges and universities should be student-oriented, adopt teaching methods that students are more willing to accept, and get close to life so that participants can feel the charm of martial arts courses, and obtain psychological baptism while learning sports skills. The objective of this study is to construct a promotion strategy of college wushu courses based on WSR theory. Materials and methods：This research is an investigation based on WSR theory. The participants were divided into three groups :(1) The first group of 7 experts served as a focus group discussion to study the status quo of Wushu elective courses in universities; (2) The second group of 22 experts drafted the promotion strategy model using Delphi method; (3) The third group of 9 experts used appreciation method to confirm the promotion strategy model. The index system was established by means of mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation and P-value. Max, weight, consistency index and consistency ratio were used to determine the index weight. Results：The results show that the promotion strategy model of Wushu elective courses in colleges and universities conforms to the Chinese WSR method, which has 39 three-level indicators. There are three first-level indexes, which are Wuli, Shili and Renli. 10 secondary indicators, namely material resources, funding, teachers, training plan, organization, curriculum plan, teaching planning, publicity, cognition, performance; Equipment support and management, the number of venues, the size of the use of 39 three-level indicators. Conclusion: This study combines WSR theory to construct the promotion strategy of the wushu course in the college entrance examination, which conforms to the writing idea of scientific research and is recognized by theory and practice.

Exploring social skills in sports: a comparative analysis between individual and team athletes among students

Social skills are essential for individuals, enabling positive engagement with their environment, numerous studies have underscored the contribution of sports in cultivating such skills. This study aims to explore level of social skills and explore differences among individual and team athletes. The Alwan Scale (2011), comprising four dimensions, was validated for its psychometric properties and then administered to a random sample of 143 student athletes at the Institute of Sports Science and Physical Activity Technologies (STAPS) during the academic year 2022-2023. Among the participants, 68 were engaged in individual sports, and 75 participated in team sports, with an average age range of (20-28). Data analysis was conducted using SPSS version. The results indicated a high level of social skills and their dimensions, with no significant differences between individual and team sports and the Point-Biserial correlation test indicate that there is no significant relationship between the type of sport and students. Keywords: social skills, individual sports, team sports, athletes, students.

Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation in Physical Training

Sports injury is an important problem in physical training, Prevention and rehabilitation of sports injuries is essential to guarantee the health of athletes and improve the training effect, This paper aims to explore the prevention and rehabilitation strategies of sports injuries in physical training, By analyzing the type of sports injuries, the mechanism of occurrence, and the risk factors, The principles and methods of rehabilitation after a sports injury are also discussed, Emphasizing the importance of scientific rehabilitation training in promoting casualty recovery and return to the field, Reasonable training plan, good physical fitness, correct sports skills, and proper rehabilitation training are the key to the prevention and treatment of sports injuries.

Sports Skills Acquisition Evolution in Physical Education: A Thematic Analyses & Systematic Review of Literature

Sports Skills Acquisition Evolution in Physical Education: A Thematic Analyses & Systematic Review of Literature

Оюутнуудын спорт тоглоомын төрлүүдийн техникийн гүйцэтгэлд хийсэн дүн шинжилгээ

Sports improve a person's physical development, affect their ability to respond to complex situations, and allow for the development of management skills to make correct decisions quickly. Therefore, some types of sports should dominate in the high school physical education curriculum. This research aims to study today's 17 to 18-year-old college students' abilities in sports in the area of (1) passing, dribbling & shooting a basketball, (2) the ability to pass and serve a volleyball, and (3) the ability to change direction and passing techniques in football. A complex set of exercises based on the minimum skills to be mastered by the physical education curriculum at the basic & secondary education levels was developed and used in the study of 204-216 students. The results find students' abilities in performing certain sports skills as follows: the ability to pass a basketball - above-average, the ability to shoot from dribbling - below-average, and female students performing at a lower level than their male counterparts. Statistically significant differences between gender and performance were observed during complex basketball drills. In football, the ability to change the direction of the ball was well below-average, the ability to pass the ball to be above-average; with 29% of male students and 45% of female students had low or insufficient ability to perform complex football exercises at higher speeds. In volleyball, passing and serving skills were all above-average. This study proves that the expected results of the proposed physical education program are not fully implemented in sports other than volleyball.(?)

QUALITY OF DISTANCE LEARNING IN SECONDARY SCHOOL SPORTS AND HEALTH CLASSES

Distance learning or remote studies can break the boundaries of time and space, as students can use computers or electronic devices (for instance, mobile phones and tablets) to instantly acquire learning resources and listen to teachers during remote classes. The pandemic led to procedures that changed the way teachers teach and communicate with students and families. All teachers faced such a situation for the first time, thus it was necessary to invent, acquire and apply new teaching methods in sports and health classes, in order to provide students with the planned amount of physical activity in sports classes, as well as to implement the curriculum. The human body is made for movement; therefore, a person feels best when they move regularly. The aim of this study was to evaluate the skills of sports teachers to apply digital teaching methods in secondary school sports and health classes, and the quality of distance learning. Research methods: the research used surveys, which were issued to 29 secondary schools in Latvia, as well as to 2 respondents from primary schools. In total, 34 respondents filled out the research survey. In order to determine the opinion of sports teachers on the quality of distance learning in sports classes in secondary school and the applied digital skills, interviews were conducted with the participation of 5 sports teachers. Analysing the responses to the survey and the correlations between them, the research results show that if the sports teacher has not acquired digital skills, then online and distance learning cannot be provided, as well as the set learning results in sports in secondary school are not achieved.

To the problem of improving technical skills of ski racers

The article examines the ways of optimizing the educational process and improving the management of motor actions in sports training by using different activity conditions (modes, action tasks) and creating functional systems of the technology of progression of sports skills. It has been established that the regimes of alternating exercises with rest are a means of selective action on indicators of general and special work capacity, coordination structure of movements, reaction of the body’s service systems. The effect of alternating exercise regimes with rest "A" and "B" and action tasks "faster thrust", "wider step" on the change of individual indicators of technique, movements, speed, speed endurance of ski racers when overcoming climbs was established. The practical significance of the obtained data is that they allow building models of directed and previously known action not only for the change of the integral indicator of special performance, but also for the parameters of the coordination structure of movements, as well as to determine the athlete's behavior program depending on the topography of the competition. Research results make it possible to create models of lessons that selectively affect various systems of the athletes' body and contribute to more accurate management of the development of special working capacity, the formation of technical skills. The application of these models in the general structure of the development of special capacity for work creates an opportunity to comprehensively influence a person as a complex organized, self-regulating system. Practical use of research results optimizes the process of managing sports training over a longer period of time.

Decision support system for policy-making: Quantifying skill and chance in daily fantasy sports

We explore the question of skill versus chance dominance in Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS), which has been the subject of numerous legal disputes around the world. Our study examines whether a contestant's winnability in DFS is influenced by factors reflecting skills using cricket-based daily fantasy contest data and a true fixed effects stochastic frontier model. We find that skill contributes significantly towards winnability in five ways. First, contestants performing well in the past do better in the present. Second, gaining more game experiences improves performance. Third, contestants who participated recently, tend to exhibit higher winnability. Fourth, selecting an appropriate contest type enhances winnability. Fifth, the large estimated signal-to-noise ratio indicates that the unobserved skill measured by a non-negative error has a much greater impact on winnability than the regular two-sided random shocks. These results are robust to varying specifications and subsets of data. Decision makers and regulators can use the model presented in the study to distinguish skill-dominant DFS from chance-dominant DFS.

Implementation of Archery Class Management at the Pre-Extracurricular Program Stage To Improve Archery Skills of Elementary School Students

Currently, archery is a sport that is growing in popularity in society. However, most elementary schools (ES) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, do not yet organize archery extracurricular activities. This is due to the lack of human resources related to archery sports skills. Apart from that, it is also due to limited facilities and infrastructure. This research is quantitative with a one-group pretest-posttest pre-experimental design. The research was conducted at Muhammadiyah Jogokaryan ES with subjects aged 10-12 who participated in the pre-archery extracurricular program. The sample was taken using a simple random sampling method in classes IV-VI, totaling 15 students. The technique for collecting data on archery skills was carried out by giving archery tests at a distance of 5 meters in 12 sessions/rounds by shooting at 6 children. The results of the paired t-test sig value. 0.001 < 0.05 means there is a difference between the pre-test and post-test. The pre-test score was 59.53, and the post-test was 78.13, meaning there was a descriptive improvement. The n-gain effectiveness test result is 0.43, which is in the medium category. Findings from observations by researchers in the field also found that effectiveness was medium-level due to limited equipment and facilities for archery extracurricular activities. The conclusions are: (1) The implementation of archery class management at the pre-extracurricular program stage has a significant effect in improving ES students' archery skills; (2) The implementation of archery class management at the pre-extracurricular program stage in well-managed archery teaching has been proven to be effective in improving archery skills but only falls into the moderate effectiveness category, due to limited equipment and facilities for archery extracurricular activities; (3) Management of archery sports classes at the pre-extracurricular program stage requires planning, organizing, implementation/instruction and evaluation/assessment steps; (4) Support for equipment and facilities is needed for archery extracurricular activities at ES. This is to provide maximum archery skill achievement for ES students aged 10-12 years and as an encouragement for cultivating archery athletes in the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Keywords: Class management, Pre extracurricular program, Archery achievement, Students

Analysis of Wrist Fitness on the Backhand Lob Badminton Better For Badminton Athletes in Takalar District

This study aims to determine the level of wrist flexibility on badminton backhand lob for badminton athletes in Takalar District. This research type is quantitative research. The variables in this study are wrist flexibility and backhand lob strokes. The population in this study is all badminton athletes in Takalar District, the sample technique that used in this study is simple random sampling. Data collection techniques used are wrist flexibility test and backhand lob test. The method used in this research is descriptive correlation, namely by knowing the relationship between wrist flexibility and the ability to hit backhand lobs for badminton athletes in Takalar district. Based on the research, the result shows that wrist flexibility on badminton backhand lob strokes for badminton athletes in Takalar district as many as 20 respondents has a significant relationship between wrist flexibility. With the elasticity of the muscles and the breadth of the joints, it will be easier for a person to master movement skills in various sports and faster, because the possibility of movement will be more flexible and difficult movements can be done, such as doing lob movements in badminton.

Physical training tennis serve performance on adolescent: A systematic review

Physical training on improving court tennis service skills in adolescent athletes is one part of mastering skills for teenagers. However, not all exercises that have been done by teenagers can be successful in mastering tennis serve skills. The main objective of this study is to explain physical training to support service skills in tennis. This study follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) and Meta-analysis. Scientific articles are obtained from Elsevier, Pubmed, Science Direct, Web of Science, National Index, Google Scholar, and Journal of Sports Coaching. After following the exclusion criteria, only 8 articles remain. The review successfully showed that most research, and quantitative approaches are the methods and types of research used. One important aspect of physical training is support for service skills on the tennis court. The practice study program lasts 3 weeks to 12 weeks. They do one to > two days per week. Conclusion The findings suggest that physical exercise can increase the speed of tennis serves. Recommended physical exercises to improve tennis serve include Exercises, Core Legs, Stability, and Arms. Further research can be continued by mapping research analysis on this topic using other methods to explore various forms of exercises for mastering skills in sports. This literature review can also be continued by discussing other topics related to mastery of skills.

AI BASED FEATURE SELECTION MODEL FOR SOCCER SPORTS MANAGEMENT

Due to swift development of data mining as well as machine-learning technology and the flare- up of big sports data mining expansion challenges, sports data mining cannot merely use data statistical methods such as how to club machine learning and data mining technology for efficient mining and analysis of the sports data, to supply useful advice for the public physical exercise, and this is an vital need to study. It is a kind of effective sports data mining work through feature selection algorithm. Around the tricky problems existing in the study of the sports effect, given the drawback of existing data sets and conventional research methods, this paper begins from data mining algorithm, construct the sports effect evaluation database, based on the feature selection scheme, using elastic system network algorithm, random forest algorithm, and the impact of sports on the outcome of physical gauges. The evaluation algorithm presents machine learning techniques and the feature selection algorithm to guide sports effect evaluation research. When studying this evaluation problem of the sports effect, according to created sports effect evaluation database, elastic system algorithm is appended to regularize, realize and optimize the feature selection. When selecting features of different sports skills using the information gains marked to rank the significance of characteristics, which can systematically and accurately provide the influence degree of the sports on diverse physical indicators, bring the physical fitness research little more scientific, and can uncover the effect of the sports as much as possible. Experimental results demonstrate that the selected features as well as ground-truth both have good accuracy and good evaluation as match up to the baseline method.

Midlife health crisis of former competitive athletes: dissecting their experiences via qualitative study

Sports participation confers many health benefits yet greatly increases injury risk. Long-term health outcomes in former athletes and transition to life after competitive sports are understudied. Ending a sport may...

A new dimension in learning badminton refereeing: A 3D simulation android app with virtual reality integration

Virtual reality (VR) technology has become increasingly popular and widely used in sports environments in higher education, but there are still some challenges that need to be overcome. This research aims to create an Android-based 3D simulation application with the help of virtual reality as a learning tool for badminton refereeing. The methodology used is the Multimedia Development Life Cycle (MDLC). The multimedia development methodology consists of six stages, namely concept, design, material collection, creation, testing, and distribution. This application shows great potential for supporting the development of human resources in the field of badminton sports, both for novice referees and players. However, it should be noted that the current research is still at the application creation stage, with effectiveness and distribution tests still to be conducted. Through the optimisation of rendering techniques, test results show good simulation performance on smartphones with a resolution of 1920 x 1080, although the use of VR Box devices may cause eye fatigue in long-term use. This research makes an important contribution to the development of VR-based learning applications for badminton refereeing, with the hope of improving understanding and skills in sports and becoming the basis for the development of sports education technology. Future research should focus on completing the pending stages as well as expanding insights into user interaction and the positive impact that apps can have

Playing Approach to Passing Skills in Learning Futsal Sports

Playing Approach to Passing Skills in Learning Futsal Sports

Research on Evaluation and Optimization Algorithm of Athletes' Sports Skills Based on Trajectory Analysis and Machine Learning

Evaluating athletes' sports skills is significant for optimizing their training strategies and improving competitive outcomes. Although various studies are done to assess athletes' skills, they face challenges because of their limitations in capturing the complex, intricate patterns in athletes' movements. Hence, we proposed an innovative approach utilizing trajectory analysis and machine learning algorithms to evaluate and optimize athletes' sports skills. Initially, the trajectory data is collected using advanced motion tracking technology during either training or competitive sessions of the athletes. The collected data was pre-processed, and then feature extraction was performed to extract the most important and relevant features within the data. Further, the Gradient Boosting Decision Tree (GBDT) was trained using the extracted features to predict the athletes' performances. The GBDT is a powerful machine learning algorithm that can handle complex, non-linear interconnections among variables, enabling it to accurately predict the athletes' performances. Finally, we applied the Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) to refine the training process of the GBDT, enabling precise training and accurate predictions. The proposed methodology was implemented in the MATLAB software, and it is validated using the real-world athlete data collected during training sessions. The experimental results are validated in terms of parameters such as accuracy, precision, recall, and f-measure. Furthermore, we made a comparative study with the existing methods to validate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed technique.

Deep learning in sports skill learning: a case study and performance evaluation

Deep learning in sports uses neural networks to evaluate data from sensors and cameras, providing coaches and players insights to enhance training methods and performance. Sports skill development include issues with data availability, trouble interpreting methods for coaching purposes, possible financial constraints for players and regional sports teams. To overcome this, we proposed an Artificial Hummingbird Optimized XGBoost (AHO-XGB) to provide accurate predictions and analysis of an athlete's performance.In this study, the research consists of 20 faculty members and 250 learners from 3 universities.Many sports talents are currently taught to students in famous colleges and universities, but they truly become proficient in the skills. To evaluate the performance of the proposed method in terms of accuracy (92.6%), precision (90.5%), and recall (94.3%). The outcome of this research in sports skill learning transforms performance and training analysis by examining large amounts of data and offering suggestions for skill development.