Self-determination theory (SDT) has empirical support in understanding and enhancing motivation a variety of contexts, including education settings. Niemac Ryan have highlighted that using SDT course design can lead to stronger fulfilment an internal locus causality regarding work. One method anchored is gameful learning—structuring tasks intrinsic motivation, primarily increasing autonomy over learning. A gamified classroom (GC) may offer more assignments points than minimally necessary for...

Leadership is a highly desirable skill in athletics and can be carried throughout the lifetime. Too often, however, leadership only superficially discussed with high school student-athletes rarely taught or reinforced over time. This article provides description of youth club formed at for purpose sharing principles an environment that could empower young to create their own way learn practice leadership. entails process developing meaningful varying roles; then creating, directing...

Positive developmental outcomes for youth are likely to occur when adults intentionally design environments facilitate that development. However, in sport, studies typically examine only one adult relationship at a time, as opposed the many exist. The purpose of this study was high school student-athletes' perceptions how variety stakeholders their sport-ecosystem contribute life skills development and well-being. Bronfenbrenner's Bio-Ecological Model Prilleltensky's concept psychopolitical...

Sport psychology professionals (SPPs) are well positioned to engage and collaborate with community sporting organizations support enhance philosophies, policies, programs. This case study outlines an engagement high school sport-governing bodies develop launch educational leadership program for youth athletes. The partnership between university-based SPPs a state organization provided foundation the course creation. was then created using research-generated knowledge related sport-based...

Background and Purpose Given the urgency to design programs increase physical activity, especially combat obesity in children, primary purpose of this study was investigate perceptions opinions a nature-based activity intervention designed for low-income urban adolescents. Methods Four focus groups adolescents, ages 11 14, were conducted, as well 5 individual interviews with youth programming experts. Results Focus group revealed how children perceive outdoors, including their fears barriers...

The purpose of this study was to crystalize a single case informal athlete leadership in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) during the 2015 season. Teammates and coaches Class A MiLB team voted for highlighted participant as best leader on team. first author conducted 8 individual semistructured interviews with participant, 2 coaches, 5 teammates. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis open-ended prompts based literature, learned about participant’s emergence without formal titles....

Engaging youth athletes in leadership and life skills development through sport, explicitly helping them identify how to transfer those assets other areas of their has been encouraged recent sport psychology literature. A common barrier doing such involved work with during a competitive season, is the limited amount time consultant spend aspiring leaders. Therefore, we leveraged free online captain's training course "flipped approach" development. Describing three short vignettes culminating...

This cross-sectional study (1) described the views and practices of a national U.S. sample high school coaches on education training team captains in leadership; (2) examined if their differed as function leadership behavior coaching efficacy. Results 255 online surveys showed nearly 90% thought formal captain development programs were beneficial; only 12% used such program. Coaches with higher character-building motivation efficacy more strongly endorsed intentional perceived fewer barriers...

A phrase commonly used within high school sport is "education-based athletics"; however, there no empirical investigation on the meaning of this phrase, nor how it specific to context. Therefore, purpose study was examine administrators' perceptions "education-based" sport. Utilizing a grounded theory approach, nine administrators participated in interviews and defined athletics as an extracurricular sport-based context that supports mission academic institution through offering youth...

To investigate if athletes’ attitudes toward athletic trainers and sport psychology consultants differ considering nature of ability beliefs previous experiences with these professionals; collegiate student-athletes (n = 114 male, n 81 female, M age 19.77, SD 1.43) completed the Conceptions Nature Athletic Ability Questionnaire-2 (Biddle, Wang, Chatzisarantis, & Spray, 2003), Attitudes Toward Trainers-Form (modified from Physiotherapist-Form; Arvinen-Barrow, Clement, Bayes, 2012), Sport...

AbstractGiven the stance of education-based sport entities (i.e., NFHS) that participation leads to leadership development, this article aims provide coaches and practitioners several strategies teach skills anchored in principles from skill acquisition literature. The explored include (1) identification abilities, (2) demonstration, (3) verbal instruction, (4) specificity (5) feedback. Following a continuum describing life (including structuring context, facilitating positive climate,...

Universities are actively seeking new ways to provide meaningful field experience opportunities. According the National Home Education Research Institute (2010), homeschooling has grown from nearly extinct in United States 1970's now over 2 million school-aged students. Thus, on-campus homeschool physical education programs serve as a viable mechanism for supplementing teacher (PETE) program requirements while providing valuable opportunities homeschooled The purpose of this article is...

The establishment of physical activity (PA) routines in childhood is critical to form life-long PA habits. Children are motivated for activities that they enjoy but research scarce on motivational factors children younger than eight years old. PURPOSE: To explore why or do not gather their underlying motivation. Additionally, and perceived motor competency data were collected describe the participants. METHODS: A mixed-methods study design was employed. Participants (n=16) 2nd 3rd grade...