Coach readiness : strength and conditioning competencies developed through field experiences
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Darnell K. Clark (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Michael Hemphill
Abstract: Internships provide critical learning environments for synthesizing all of the competencies needed to become an effective and confident strength and conditioning professional. Recognizing the importance of internships in education, strength and conditioning (S&C) accreditation requirements have mandated a minimum of 300 hours of internship experience to graduate with an undergraduate degree with an S&C focus. However, guidance on what competencies should be gained through the internship experiences was not provided. Therefore, this project identified the professional competencies a student intern should have after a 300-hour internship experience. Using a three-phase modified Delphi method, an expert panel of 38 strength and conditioning professionals refined a list of professional competencies within the categories of exercises technique, program design, organization and administration, and testing and monitoring; these competencies originated from the applied section of the job task analysis used to create the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam. The expert panel rated each of the 28 primary competencies and 73 sub-competencies using a five-point Likert scale ranging from Definitely Not Important to Definitely Important. A minimum of 75% of the panel rating the primary and sub-competency as Important or Definitely Important was required to maintain a competency on the final list. The expert panel’s final list contained 19 of 28 primary competencies and 52 of 73 sub-competencies. The results may provide an internship competency roadmap for preceptors/mentors, student interns, and university internship coordinators to improve the quality of strength and conditioning internships. Suggested future research is to conduct this project on a larger scale to help accreditation institutions create competency standards for higher education institutions.
Coach readiness : strength and conditioning competencies developed through field experiences
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 2023
- Keywords
- Coach development, Coach education, Field experiences, Internships, Professional competencies, Strength and conditioning
- Subjects
- Coaching (Athletics) $x Study and teaching (Internship)
- Coaches (Athletics) $x Training of
- Physical education and training