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Reliability and validity of sprint performance using the Alex7 motorized device

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
IntroductionAdvancements in technology have recently made it possible to implement effective training solutions across different environmental conditions.
Austra Skujytė, Inga Lukonaitienė, Inga Lukonaitienė, Jūratė Stanislovaitienė, Viktoras Šilinskas, Kristina Bradauskienė, Gediminas Mamkus, Gediminas Mamkus, Sigitas Kamandulis, Sigitas Kamandulis   +9 more
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The Coaching Workforce Survey 2010 - Baseline Report [PDF]

This report provides information for Sport Northern Ireland on the characteristics of sports coaching in Northern Ireland and the issues and opportunities that coaches face. A sample of sports coaches responded to an online questionnaire promoted through
Barrett, David, Moore, Richard
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Teacher‐makers and teacher‐breakers: (Re)defining how status and safety influence trajectories into and away from teaching

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses empirical data from a longitudinal qualitative study conducted with aspirant teachers in England to propose (re)definitions of the concepts of ‘status’ and ‘safety’ as a framework with which to understand and improve teacher recruitment.
Emily MacLeod
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A pipeline crisis or a sustainability crisis? Local and national succession planning for headteachers in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recruiting and retaining school leaders is a challenge in many systems worldwide. Previous research has identified three distinct ways in which succession planning can be conceptualised and approached: a ‘pipeline’ approach seeks to match supply and demand for the posts that need filling; a ‘pool’ strategy involves proactively identifying and ...
Toby Greany, Pat Thomson, Tom Perry, Mike Collins   +3 more
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Does education policy affect teachers' learning needs? An international comparison of trends in teachers' continuing professional learning needs in secondary schools in Australia, England, Japan and the Netherlands

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Education policy changes are believed to influence teachers' continuing professional learning (CPL) needs, but there is limited empirical evidence to support these claims. This lack of deep understanding has significant practical implications. This study used a new circular conceptual framework to analyse teachers' CPL needs. Leveraging public
Rikkert M. van der Lans, Remmert Daas, Joost Jansen in de Wal, Elaine Wilson, Noriyuki Inoue, Tracy L. Durksen, Frank Cornelissen   +6 more
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Limb strength asymmetries in elite academy volleyball players: impacts on performance outcomes and insights derived from principal component analysis

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
Background The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to investigate intra- and inter-limb strength imbalances and asymmetries in elite academy volleyball players and their relationships with sprint performance, kinetics, kinematics, countermovement jump (
Hakkı Yeşilyurt, Salih Çabuk, İzzet İnce, Erkan Tortu, Süleyman Ulupınar   +4 more
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Financial Coaching: A New Approach for Asset Building? [PDF]

, 2007
Through a literature review and interviews with nonprofit financial coaches, examines the concepts, training, and capacity building involved in financial coaching for low-income families, as well as critiques of existing models and their ...
Christi Baker, J. Michael Collins, Rochelle Gorey   +2 more
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‘A completely different space’: Teachers' perspectives on disadvantage, access to nature and outdoor learning

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examined teachers' perspectives on how children benefit from time in nature, how disadvantage shapes access and the role of schools in facilitating such access. Drawing on interviews conducted in 2022 with 25 UK primary school teachers who participated in Generation Wild, a nature connection programme for schools in economically ...
Nicola Parkin, Kersty Hobson, Wouter Poortinga, Mark Stead, Julia Newth, Jonathan Reeves, Merideth Gattis   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of blood flow restriction training on health promotion in middle-aged and elderly women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Physiology
Background: Physical activities play an important role in alleviating the aging problem and improving the physical fitness of middle-aged and elderly people.
Mengyun Feng, Jian Li, Jinzhen Zhao, Xianqi Pan, Mengyu Wang, Qi Han   +5 more
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Civilising pedagogies: An ethnography of instructional and regulative discourses in government schools in Delhi, India

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the years, surveys and data on learning outcomes have consistently shown inadequate levels of learning in schools in India, witnessing a further decline in recent years. Studies within the sociology of education have consistently highlighted the overarching role of class and caste on learning outcomes in schools. Neoliberal policy reforms
Akshita Rawat
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