{"title":"Comparing the Effects of the Barbell Deadlift and the Plyometric Depth Jump on Vertical Jump Height in Division II Female Collegiate Athletes: A 6-Week Study","authors":"Donnie Andrews, Katelyn Zachary","doi":"10.18666/tpe-2024-v81-i1-10006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/tpe-2024-v81-i1-10006","url":null,"abstract":"Vertical jump performance is vital to many sports and is predictive of power output. Both resistance exercises and plyometric exercises have been shown to increase vertical jump performance. Identifying the type of exercise that increases jump height the most may be useful to coaches and athletes worldwide. The literature has stated that both resistance and plyometric exercises are used in many athletic training programs; however, the plyometric depth jump is often underutilized to increase vertical jump height. This study compares the effects of two types of exercises (plyometric depth jump and traditional deadlift) on vertical leap height in female collegiate athletes. Eleven women’s basketball players and 15 women’s softball players performed a 6-week training study. The depth jump group (n = 11) and the deadlift group (n = 15) trained three times per week. Both groups improved in vertical jump height, but the depth jump group had a greater increase, which was nearly significant (p = .061). The findings show that the implementation of plyometric exercises, such as the depth jump, into training programs could lead to a greater increase in muscular power and vertical jump height than resistance exercises alone.","PeriodicalId":187461,"journal":{"name":"The Physical Educator","volume":"7 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139596409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. B. Merica, C. Egan, K. Orendorff, Hayley B. McKown
{"title":"CSPAP Implementation During Student Teaching: Lessons Learned From the Field","authors":"C. B. Merica, C. Egan, K. Orendorff, Hayley B. McKown","doi":"10.18666/tpe-2024-v81-i1-11238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/tpe-2024-v81-i1-11238","url":null,"abstract":"In the United States, less than half of adolescents meet national recommendations for daily physical activity (PA). Schools are an integral intervention point for achievement of national PA youth guidelines. To help schools achieve PA guidelines, multicomponent Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs (CSPAP) were developed. Each CSPAP component works synergistically to help students achieve 60 min of PA per school day. Physical educators are expected to implement CSPAP components in their schools, but little is known about the preservice physical education teacher (PPET) perception of CSPAP training experiences in teacher education. The purpose of this research study was to understand PPET perceptions of implementing a component of CSPAP at the elementary and secondary level during a student teaching course. Undergraduate (n = 5) and graduate (n = 4) physical education majors enrolled in a semester of student teaching were recruited. Data collection encompassed individual semistructured interviews at three distinct phases (N = 25): (a) pre–student teaching, (b) between student teaching school placements, and (c) post–student teaching. Data coding first revealed codes, then categories, and eventually four themes emerged, each with its own subthemes: (a) preparedness, (b) perceived challenges, (c) implementation, and (d) moving forward. Findings indicate PPETs developed confidence, achieved personal growth and self-actualization, perceived career benefit, and gained a desire for implementing CSPAP in the future. Additionally, implementing CSPAP components during student teaching can increase confidence and desire to implement CSPAP in the future. Further research needs to explore if CSPAP experiences during preservice training influence in-service teachers’ CSPAP involvement.","PeriodicalId":187461,"journal":{"name":"The Physical Educator","volume":"21 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139595889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating Concussions: Empowering Strength and Conditioning Professionals for Optimal Recovery and Performance","authors":"Lawrence W. Judge","doi":"10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i6-12183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i6-12183","url":null,"abstract":"Concussions and their impact on athletes are a major concern within the realm of strength and conditioning. This article delves into the significance of concussions, exploring their implications for athletes, coaches, and strength and conditioning professionals. Emphasizing the necessity of evidence-based practices in concussion management and prevention, this piece highlights recent developments in research and technology that shed new light on concussions. Furthermore, it presents promising advancements in early detection and improved management that ensure the safety and optimal performance of athletes.","PeriodicalId":187461,"journal":{"name":"The Physical Educator","volume":"96 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139273099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Healthy Eating at School: Pedagogical Proposal for the Sixth Year of Primary School","authors":"Pedro José Carrillo López","doi":"10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i6-11443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i6-11443","url":null,"abstract":"This manuscript describes a pedagogical proposal for the adherence to healthy eating in sixth-grade schoolchildren. The reason for the design lies in the high prevalence of overweight and obesity together with a growing current sedentary lifestyle, aspects that constitute a serious public health problem worldwide with an upward trend and pandemic character. Therefore, we carried out six sessions in which schoolchildren participated in different activities for the knowledge of a varied and balanced Mediterranean diet, as well as for its reflection and practice outside the educational center that allows a greater didactic transposition between the school and the educational center. We are born with a body and it has to last us in good condition for the rest of our lives. For this reason, physical activity practiced regularly and in the appropriate way, together with dietary control, is the best tool available today for the promotion of health and quality of life of school-children. In this sense, acquiring such habits from a young age is not of little importance: It is of absolute importance (Aristotle 384–322 BC).","PeriodicalId":187461,"journal":{"name":"The Physical Educator","volume":"23 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139271533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Craig Stewart, Christopher Tarabochia, Jasmine Casanovas
{"title":"Preservice Coach Education Students’ Rankings of Coach Characteristics: A Longitudinal Study","authors":"Craig Stewart, Christopher Tarabochia, Jasmine Casanovas","doi":"10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i6-11459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i6-11459","url":null,"abstract":"Preservice coach education students (PCES) can provide valid insight into the most important coaching characteristics of the successful coach. Over the course of 21 academic semesters from 2002 to 2020, 1,464 PCES responded to a coaching characteristics survey while enrolled in a coach education course (CEC) at a university in the northern Rocky Mountain region of the United States. The PCES completed a survey that required the forced ranking of 10 coaching characteristics. The students’ responses were compiled and analyzed for the categorization of the most important coaching characteristics. This study was to provide the opportunity for PCES to rank preferred coach characteristics, to determine whether significant differences existed between the coach characteristic rankings, and to establish if gender differences were present in the ranking of coach characteristics. Conclusions and recommendations are offered to contribute to the advancement of coach education and insight into the most valued coaching characteristics as determined by the PCES.","PeriodicalId":187461,"journal":{"name":"The Physical Educator","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139272731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing the Legitimacy of High School Physical Education","authors":"Nicholas Washburn","doi":"10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i6-11613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i6-11613","url":null,"abstract":"Compared to elementary physical education, high school physical education has historically lacked quality. Students struggle to find relevance in the subject, team sports dominate the curriculum, and teachers generally do not actively teach to the extent of their elementary counterparts. Though the need for change has long been acknowledged, substantive change has failed to permeate practice. Indeed, the same issues that plagued high school physical education 30 years ago continue to do so today. This article presents a splintered identity, misaligned curriculum, and a negligible commitment to teaching as fundamental issues that should be addressed if high school physical education is to successfully enhance its status in the eyes of key stakeholders, including students, other teachers, administrators, parents, and policy makers.","PeriodicalId":187461,"journal":{"name":"The Physical Educator","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139273621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can a Simple Distraction Lower Fear Levels During a Sudden Scary Outdoor Situation?","authors":"Roger T. Couture","doi":"10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i6-11616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i6-11616","url":null,"abstract":"Adventure-based teaching can foster social and personal growth yet can scare and cause long-lasting anxiety in some group members. This study examined the effects of a simple distraction to lower stress levels during an approaching scary event. Forty-eight males (M = 20.2 years) were randomly assigned to one of four groups. The stressor involved participants walking on a 3-m tower while blindfolded and jumping off into a pool. Self-report questionnaires, digital counters, heart rate, and peripheral temperature measures were used. A two-way analysis of variance indicated no significant difference in trait and state anxiety/ sensation seeking. However, a post hoc Scheffé’s test found significant changes in heart rate between the experimental groups and the control groups. Though not statistically different, the study’s results suggest that distractions affect heart rate, peripheral temperature, and state anxiety/sensation seeking, with raw scores rising (5% and 18%, respectively, for the latter). Future studies should consider other distraction-type strategies in which stress levels may hamper safety during group adventure activities.","PeriodicalId":187461,"journal":{"name":"The Physical Educator","volume":"46 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139272874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stéphanie Girard, Audrey-Anne de Guise, Anne-Marie Hogue, Jean-François Desbiens
{"title":"Changes in Physical Education Teachers’ Beliefs Regarding Motivational Strategies: A Quasi-Experimental Study","authors":"Stéphanie Girard, Audrey-Anne de Guise, Anne-Marie Hogue, Jean-François Desbiens","doi":"10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i6-11447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i6-11447","url":null,"abstract":"Physical education teachers use motivational strategies that can (positively or negatively) affect their students’ level of motivation and engagement. Indeed, according to their experiences and beliefs, some teachers may focus on strategies that thwart, rather than support, students’ psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness). Effective professional development represents an excellent opportunity to help teachers use research-supported motivational strategies. Therefore, this study aimed to discover if attendance at a 2-day training course could positively affect PE teachers’ beliefs regarding empowering motivational strategies. Specifically, 11 PE teachers (experimental group = 6 [attending the training]; control group = 5 [no training]) from primary school (n = 6) and secondary school (n = 5) expressed their beliefs (effectiveness, feasibility, and normality) regarding 31 empowering motivational strategies proposed during training at the beginning (October) and the end (April) of the school year. Results of the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for related samples indicated no significant differences for the belief regarding effectiveness in either group. However, some positive significant changes (p ≤ .05) occurred in the experimental group for two motivational strategies supporting students’ need for autonomy and one supporting their need for competence. Given the small sample, positive trends (p ≤ .10) are also considered results of interest. In conclusion, the training appears likely to impact teachers’ beliefs. However, future professional development should provide additional feedback and follow-up time with teachers during experimentation with students to allow teachers to refine their understanding and use of the motivational strategies proposed.","PeriodicalId":187461,"journal":{"name":"The Physical Educator","volume":"35 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139274027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of the PE Teacher Knowing and Using Student Names in PE Class: A Qualitative Investigation","authors":"David C Barney, Teresa Leavitt","doi":"10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i5-11435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i5-11435","url":null,"abstract":"We have each been given a name. With this given name, we are known among our families, friends, and other associates. Our name becomes an integral part of our identity. A common and important place where a person is addressed by name is the educational setting, more specifically a school setting, including physical education (PE) classes. The PE setting offers many opportunities for teachers and students to use student names. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of PE teachers using each student’s given name, along with the effect of this use on students. For this study, 278 junior high school students (165 males, 113 females) were surveyed regarding teachers using student names in PE class. This study found that junior high PE students liked when their PE teacher knew and used their name in PE class. From these results, it is hoped that PE teachers seriously consider this aspect of pedagogy of using student names as they interact with their students.","PeriodicalId":187461,"journal":{"name":"The Physical Educator","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135768750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexis Trumbetti, Selen Razon, Lawrence W. Judge, Olivia Huffman, Meghan G. Ramick
{"title":"Attitudes Surrounding Group Cycling Versus Individual Cycling During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Alexis Trumbetti, Selen Razon, Lawrence W. Judge, Olivia Huffman, Meghan G. Ramick","doi":"10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i5-11463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/tpe-2023-v80-i5-11463","url":null,"abstract":"Group exercise settings can offer a team-like environment that can enhance social bonding as well as increased physical effort and perhaps higher enjoyment of the activity. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many exercisers were unable to attend their conventional exercise classes. To circumvent this issue, a local spin studio in the Mideast United States allowed members to rent a spin bike and follow along to rides recorded and broadcasted by instructors. The purpose of this study was to survey members’ remote cycling experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Seventeen adult cyclists (16 female, 1 male, Mage = 37.1 ± 12.0 years) responded to a survey that included five Likert scale and six open-ended questions. The results revealed that participants were less motivated, less engaged, and felt less confident while spinning remotely from home. Members reported missing the community component of in-person classes the most. Isolation is sometimes a barrier to chronic exercise; a group fitness class can help motivate participants to push themselves physically and mentally.","PeriodicalId":187461,"journal":{"name":"The Physical Educator","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135814342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}