"We're All the Same and We Love Football." Experiences of Players and Facilitators Regarding a Collaborative, Inclusive Football Program Between Academy and Special Olympics Footballers.

IF 1.7 3区医学 Q2 REHABILITATION

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-03-25 Print Date: 2023-10-01 DOI:10.1123/apaq.2022-0139

Melissa A Fothergill, Danna Baik, Hannah M Slater, Pamela L Graham

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Abstract

This study provides insight into an inclusive program between Special Olympics (SO) and academy football (soccer) players in the United Kingdom from the perspectives of players and facilitators. Qualitative focus groups were conducted across 30 participants (six facilitators, 14 Premier League academy players, and 10 SO players). Focus groups compared stakeholders' experiences of participating in a season-long inclusive football program. Three overarching higher order themes were generated, which highlighted positive outcomes from taking part. SO players provided endorsement for developing friendships and improving football skills, whereas academy players cited the positive impact that SO players had on their mood and motivation. Facilitators reflected on positive player outcomes and subsequent accomplishments. Overall, the findings indicated that this shared experience had psychosocial and football-specific benefits for everyone who participated. Facilitators indicated that these benefits could transition into everyday life but noted that there needs to be further considerations for future programs.

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“我们都一样，我们热爱足球。”球员和组织者关于学院和特奥会足球运动员之间合作、包容的足球项目的经验。

这项研究从运动员和辅导员的角度深入了解了英国特奥会（SO）和学院足球（足球）运动员之间的包容性项目。对30名参与者（6名主持人、14名英超学院球员和10名SO球员）进行了定性焦点小组。焦点小组比较了利益相关者参与为期一个赛季的包容性足球项目的经历。产生了三个总体的高阶主题，突出了参与的积极成果。SO球员为发展友谊和提高足球技能提供了支持，而学院球员则列举了SO球员对他们的情绪和动机产生的积极影响。主持人反思了积极的参与者成果和随后取得的成就。总的来说，研究结果表明，这种共同的经历对每个参与者都有心理和足球方面的好处。主持人表示，这些福利可以过渡到日常生活中，但指出未来的计划需要进一步考虑。

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Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 医学-康复医学

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

10.50%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： APAQ is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal designed to stimulate and communicate scholarly inquiry relating to physical activity that is adapted in order to enable and enhance performance and participation in people with disability. Physical activity implies fine, gross, functional, and interpretive movement including physical education, recreation, exercise, sport, and dance. The focus of adaptation may be the activity or task that is to be performed, environment and facilities, equipment, instructional methodology, and/or rules governing the performance setting. Among the populations considered are persons with motor, intellectual, sensory, and mental or other disabilities across the life span. Disciplines from which scholarship to this aim may originate include, but are not limited to, physical education, teacher preparation, human development, motor behavior and learning, biomechanics, exercise and sport physiology, and exercise and sport psychology. Scientific inquiry may originate from quantitative or qualitative inquiry, as well as from multimethod designs.