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Female Division I Cross Country Runners: Is Balance An Issue?, Stephanie Taylor
Female Division I Cross Country Runners: Is Balance An Issue?, Stephanie Taylor
Honors Theses
Injuries, including those resulting from falls, are virtually unavoidable in the sport of cross country. Due to the constantly changing terrains that cross country runners face, falls and injuries may be a more common aspect of the sport than previously thought. The strenuous nature of the sport and increased injury risk faced by runners are things that make being successful very difficult. Researchers have made connections between joint stability, muscle fatigue, proprioception, and muscle strength and injury/fall rate. Studies have found that balance abilities are lower in fatigued muscles. The frequent injury trends in distance runners show that many of …
The Relationship Between Confidence And Performance Throughout A Competitive Season, Benjiman R. Skinner
The Relationship Between Confidence And Performance Throughout A Competitive Season, Benjiman R. Skinner
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
The importance of understanding how confidence varies across time has been encouraged by sport confidence researchers (Vealey & Chase, 2008). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between confidence and performance throughout an entire competitive season. Two levels of confidence consistent to team sports were analyzed. Team and coach confidence were collected through the Collective Efficacy Questionnaire for Sport (CEQS) and Coaching Efficacy Scale (CES) respectively. Two teams, women’s soccer and volleyball (n=48) from a college in the western United States, completed their specific questionnaires five times throughout the season. The CEQS measured collective efficacy (team confidence) …