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The Impact of adventure-based training on team cohesion and psychological skills development in elite sporting teams

(Die Auswirkung von Abenteuer orientiertem Training auf dem Mannschaftszusammenhalt und die Entwicklung psychologischer Fertigkeiten von Teams im Hochleistungsbereich)

Meyer & Wenger (1998) and Meyer (2000) were instrumental in pioneering research into the efficacy of adventure-based training with sporting teams. This investigation adds to the growing body of knowledge in this area by demonstrating the positive effects an adventure training intervention has on athletes` ability to learn new team and psychological skills. Quantitative measures investigated the development of team cohesion among elite netball players during their national season. In three of four team-cohesion sub-scales ATG-T, ATG-S, and GI-T significant differences were noted between the treatment and control groups. These significant results were supported by the athletes` qualitative accounts of the intervention.In qualitative terms, focus group and one on one phenomenological interviews were triangulated against observational and statistical data to help build a picture of the athletes` experience. In the phenomenological tradition, obtaining the athletes` perspective of the intervention was most important. With this in mind, both the outcomes and the process that led to the outcomes were documented.

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Notationen:Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften Spielsportarten
Sprache:Englisch
Online-Zugang:https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/984/
Dokumentenarten:elektronische Publikation
Level:mittel