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A Student And Postqualitative Inquiry Walk Into A Bar: Syncretistic Methodology And Practices Of Becoming-Researcher, Zachary T. Smith

Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies Publications and Other Works

In this essay, I playfully engage the reflections of scholars pursuing postqualitative inquiry by presenting how I employed methodological syncretism as a practice of figuration. I show how I enacted a “groping experimentation” with postqualitative research in the leisure context of a brewery, combining the conventional humanistic qualitative method of ethnographic observation with the new materialist and posthumanist sensibilities of postqualitative inquiry. I share how I engaged my body to join in the affective sociomateriality of a drinking establishment, attending to the object materiality and performativity of beer as it sluiced its way through tap lines, synced up with the …

An Exploratory Study On Determinants Of Regular Group Indoor Cycling Participation In Black And White Adults, Alvin L. Morton, Lyndsey Michelle Hornbuckle, Miguel Aranda, Derrick Yates, Courtney Anderson

Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies Publications and Other Works

This study investigated factors influencing regular group indoor cycling (GIC) participation in a sample of Black (71%) and White (29%) adults. Seventeen regular GIC participants (≥1 day/week for ≥3 consecutive months) completed surveys that examined motivations for GIC participation. Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ), Preference for and Tolerance of Intensity of Exercise Questionnaire (PRETIE-Q), and open-ended survey questions were used. TSRQ showed autonomous motivation was significantly higher than controlled (p <.001) and amotivation (p < .001), with no significant difference between controlled and amotivation (p = .08). There was no significant interaction between motivation and race. There were no significant differences between race groups for PRETIE-Q. Five themes emerged as reasons for GIC …

An Examination Of The Deliberate Practice Framework In Quad Rugby, Rachel L. Kennedy, Jeffrey T. Fairbrother

Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies Publications and Other Works

The deliberate practice framework was forwarded to account for the characteristics and developmental experiences of individuals who have acquired exceptional performance in any domain. This framework proposed that experts undergo an extensive acquisition period involving the accumulation of thousands of hours of deliberate practice while overcoming various constraints that serve as functional barriers to the achievement of expertise. Although the deliberate practice framework has been examined in the context of a range of domains, disability sport remains relatively unstudied. The purpose of this study was, therefore, to examine expert disability sport athletes to determine how well their experiences and characteristics …

Accuracy Of The Cosmed K5 Portable Calorimeter, Scott E. Crouter, Samuel R. Lamunion, Paul R. Hibbing, Andrew S. Kaplan, David R. Bassett Jr.

Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies Publications and Other Works

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of the Cosmed K5 portable metabolic system dynamic mixing chamber (MC) and breath-by-breath (BxB) modes against the criterion Douglas bag (DB) method.

Methods

Fifteen participants (mean age±SD, 30.6±7.4 yrs) had their metabolic variables measured at rest and during cycling at 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250W. During each stage, participants were connected to the first respiratory gas collection method (randomized) for the first four minutes to reach steady state, followed by 3-min (or 5-min for DB) collection periods for the resting condition, and 2-min collection periods for all cycling …