OBJECTIVE To identify and describe critical helpful and hindering clinical teaching behaviors of supervising athletic trainers, as perceived by student athletic trainers, and to provide a better understanding of the student athletic training experience. DESIGN AND SETTING The critical incident technique was used to identify critical behaviors of supervising athletic trainers as perceived by s...

the purpose of this research was to design and codify a development strategy for athletic sport in sistan & baluchestan province. the statistical sample of this research consisted of 30 (21 men and 9 women) physical education professors of higher educational institutes, physical education managers of academic board in sciences, researches and technology ministry, physical education managers and...

In this brief report, we provide an initial account of the association between love and athletic performance from the perspective of Olympic athletes. We posit that Romantic Passionate Love (RPL) and athletic performance may both involve the reward-motivation system of the brain. Based on this premise, we explored whether activation in one domain (love) might influence the other (sport). Our in...

The objectives of the present study were to determine whether differences in usual physical activity affect BMR, sleeping energy expenditure (EE), and EE during seated activities between athletic and non-athletic adolescents, and to establish individual relationships between heart rate and EE. Adolescents (n 49, four groups of eleven to fifteen boys or girls aged 16-19 years) participated in th...

CONTEXT The success of any academic program, including athletic training, depends upon attracting and keeping quality students. Therefore, understanding potential recruits' perceptions of athletic training is important. OBJECTIVE To (1) gain insight regarding undergraduate students' decisions to enter or not enter an athletic training education program (ATEP), and (2) examine potential athlet...

CONTEXT Rehabilitation adherence is accepted as a critical component for attaining optimal outcomes. Poor adherence is recognized as a problem in the athletic training setting. Measurement has been inconsistent, and no measure has been developed for athletic training settings. OBJECTIVE To identify indicators of sport-injury rehabilitation adherence relevant to athletic training and develop a...

media has an undeniable role in shaping and directing beliefs, attitudes and thoughts of society and also in creating a suitable ground in sport. the aim of this study was to examine the effective factors of sport media in development of athletic sport. the research methodology was descriptive-comparative, the type of the research was applied, the method was survey, and data collection was fiel...

OBJECTIVE: To discuss cognitive and sociocultural learning theory literature related to athletic training instructional and evaluation strategies while providing support for the application of these practices in the didactic and clinical components of athletic training education programs. DATA SOURCES: We searched Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) and Education Abstracts from 1975...

CONTEXT The success of any academic program, including athletic training, depends upon attracting and keeping quality students. The nature of persistent students versus students who prematurely leave the athletic training major is not known. Understanding the profiles of athletic training students who persist or leave is important. OBJECTIVE To (1) explore the relationships among the followin...