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Farrow, Damian Thomas, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "The effects of contextual interference on children learning forehand tennis groundstrokes." Deakin University, 1995. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20060727.112040.
Full textJokiaho, Isabell Järvinen Anna. "Föräldrainvolvering samt barns motivation till tennis ur ett föäldraperspektiv." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-24838.
Full textThe purpose of this study was to examine parental involvement and children’s motivation to tennis based on the parents’ perspectives. The study was related to Tennis Syds ongoing project Tennis10s. There were 64 parents involved in age 31-58 (m= 41.69 sd= 5.14) of which 26 were women (m= 40.08 sd= 4.98) and 38 men (m= 42.79 sd= 5.01) who had children in ages 6-11 playing tennis. The study used the instruments Motivation To Sports and Parental Involvement Sports Questionnaire. The results indicated that parents rated friendship, team spirit, enjoyment and competence as the main motivational factors why their children are playing tennis. Parents rated praise and understanding and active involvement as the most frequent behaviors in their perceived involvement about their child's tennis participation. The results also indicated that fathers used instructive behavior more often than mothers. The results were discussed based on previous research and theoretical framework.
Unni, Ambili. "Participation, retention and dropout of children and adolescents in club-based community tennis." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 2021. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/187225.
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Unni, Ambili. "Participation, retention and dropout of children and adolescents in club-based community tennis." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 2021. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/186825.
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Mathews, Gretchen. "Publicly posted feedback with goal setting to improve tennis performance." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002622.
Full textVenter, Louis P. "Die gebruik van sielkundige intervensies onder junior tennisspelers." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52201.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of sport psychology injunior tennis and to determine: • whether coaches make use of psychological interventions, • whether coaches consider psychological interventions in junior tennis to be important, • what kind of psychological interventions coaches make use of, and • what kind of problems coaches encounter while teaching psychological interventions to junior tennis players. Questionnaires were mailed off to all professional tennis coaches who are registered with Tennis South Africa. The questionnaire which the coaches voluntarily answered, was an abbreviated, revised version of the questionnaire used by Gould et al. (1999a) for their study. \ The results of this study show that coaches: • regard the teaching of psychological interventions to junior tennis players as very important. • perceived the following as the most important psychological dimensions for junior tennis players: motivation, concentration, enjoyment, self-confidence and goal setting. • find the teaching process of psychological interventions to junior tennis players difficult. • encounter practical problems in the teaching of psychological interventions to junior tennis players. Lack of time is mentioned most often. Based on these outcomes, it is concluded that sport psychology has an important role to play in junior tennis. More research is needed to develop techniques and methods to effectively teach psychological interventions to junior tennis players.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die studie is om die rol van sportsielkunde in junior tennis te ondersoek deur die volgende te bepaal: • of afrigters van sielkundige intervensies gebruik maak, • of afrigters dink dat sielkundige intervensies belangrik is in junior tennis, • van watter sielkundige intervensies afrigters gebruik maak, en • watter probleme afrigters ondervind gedurende die onderrig van sielkundige intervensies aan junior tennisspelers. Vraelyste is gestuur aan aIle professionele tennisafrigters wat by Tennis Suid-Afrika geregistreer is. Die vraelys wat die afrigters vrywillig beantwoord het, was 'n verkorte, hersiene weergawe van die vraelys wat deur Gould et al. (1999a) in hulle studie gebruik is. Die resultate van die studie toon dat afrigters: • die onderrig van sielkundige intervensies aan junior tennisspelers as belangrik beskou. • die volgende sielkundige dimensies in junior tennis as die belangrikste beskou: motivering, konsentrasie, genot, selfvertroue en doelwitstelling. • die onderrigproses verbonde aan sielkundige intervensies moeilik vind. • praktiese probleme ondervind met die onderrig van sielkundige intervensies aan junior tennisspelers. 'n Gebrek aan tyd is uitgesonder as die probleem wat die meeste voorkom. Gebaseer op die resuitate, is daar tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat sportsieikunde 'n belangrike rol te speel het in junior tennis. Verdere navorsing word benodig am tegnieke en metodes daar te stel om die sieikundige intervensies effektief aan junior tennisspelers te onderrig .
Beak, Samantha Louise. "Children's use of haptic information in wielding tennis rackets." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393288.
Full textQuiles, Rafael J. "The Smoky Mountain Children's Home a model for house parent accession, training and development /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
Full textPhillips-Burk, Pam. "Navigating the waters of baptism, developing a sacramental education class for children and parents." Chicago, Ill. : McCormick Theological Seminary, 2001. http://www.tren.com.
Full textMunthali, Justice. "Food Accessibility and Nutrition Status of Tenant Women of Reproductive Age and Under-Five Children on Smallholder Tobacco Farms in the Northern Malawi." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63282.
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Smith, Chris. "Equipping parents at the Harpeth Hills Church of Christ to prepare their children for baptism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p050-0153.
Full textHadler, Ricardo. "Diferentes focos de atenção na aprendizagem motora de uma tarefa esportiva de tênis." Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 2013. http://repositorio.ufpel.edu.br/handle/ri/1810.
Full textRecent studies have demonstrated superiority in performance and motor learning from the adoption of an external focus compared the adoption of an internal focus , ie , when an individual adopts an external focus , the learning process is accelerated and attains more earlier a state of automaticity over the adoption of internal focus . The aim of this study is to verify different foci of attention in learning a specific motor skill in children 's shoes . Participate in the study 26 children of both sexes , aged between 10 and 12 years . The subjects will be divided into three groups according to the focus of attention : external focus ( GE ) , internal focus (IG ) and control group (CG ) . The task will be to make a withdrawal under a tennis forehand stroke with the aim of hitting the target placed on the other side of the court . Each subject will perform 60 trials of practice and , 48 hours later, perform a test of retention and transfer test without feedback , consisting of 10 trials each
Estudos recentes têm demonstrado superioridade na performance e aprendizagem motora a partir da adoção de um foco externo quando comparada a adoção de um foco interno, ou seja, quando um indivíduo adota um foco externo, o processo de aprendizagem é acelerado, e alcança-se mais cedo um estado de automaticidade em detrimento a adoção do foco de interno. O objetivo do presente estudo será verificar diferentes focos de atenção na aprendizagem de uma habilidade motora específica do tênis em crianças. Participarão do estudo 26 crianças, de ambos os sexos, com idade entre 10 e 12 anos. Os sujeitos serão divididos em três grupos conforme o foco de atenção: foco externo (GE), foco interno (GI) e grupo controle (GC). A tarefa será a de realizar um saque por baixo com um golpe de forehand do tênis tendo o objetivo de acertar o alvo colocado do outro lado da quadra. Cada sujeito realizará 60 tentativas de prática e, 48 horas depois, realizarão um teste de retenção e um teste de transferência, sem feedback, constando de 10 tentativas cada
Freesz, Luciana. "Texto e imagem o papel do ilustrador nas narrativas de Alice." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 2015. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/369.
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Esta dissertação investiga a trajetória de criação das imagens realizada entre o autor e o ilustrador nas duas narrativas escritas por Lewis Carroll, Alice no País das Maravilhas e Alice no País do Espelho. Publicadas no século XIX, ambas as obras foram ilustradas pelo ilustrador e cartunista inglês John Tenniel. Temos como objetivo reunir informações que esclareçam e facilitem a compreensão do processo de tradução do texto literário para a criação de imagens gráficas. O título “Texto e Imagem” é uma tentativa de agregar estas duas linguagens, observando, por meio do conceito de suplemento de Jacques Derrida, como ambas trabalham intrinsecamente dentro do livro ilustrado. Nas narrativas de Alice, essas linguagens seriam dependentes? Existe uma dominação ou uma exclusividade do texto verbal diante do texto visual? Seriam as imagens fundamentais para o entendimento da narrativa e, assim, o ilustrador seria também autor da obra? Para percorrer estes meandros, em primeiro lugar abordamos as narrativas de Alice em seu texto escrito e constatamos a tendência imagética de sua linguagem verbal. Em segundo lugar conceituamos e levamos em conta o que constitui uma imagem, explorando o livro ilustrado como um meio literário repleto de especificidades. Em terceiro lugar buscamos, por meio das correspondências trocadas entre autor e ilustrador, da análise das imagens e de comentários a respeito das ilustrações, explicar a construção visual do texto e mostrando a sua repercussão. Ao final, pensamos sobre o que se considera “imagem”, refletindo sobre as palavras, seu sentido e sua representação gráfica, a disposição do texto e os pequenos detalhes de formatação que costumam passar despercebidos aos olhares interpretativos dos leitores. Para desenvolver esta pesquisa utilizamos como corpus teórico autores que dialogam a respeito das particularidades entre o texto e a imagem; o livro ilustrado, as histórias em quadrinhos, a palavra-imagem, a poesia concreta e os escritos de artistas. O referencial bibliográfico expõe as teorias de Sophie Van der Linden, Maria Nikolajeva, Maria Scott, Martine Joly, Julio Plaza, Décio Pignatari, Haroldo e Augusto de Campos, Will Eisner, Scott McCloud, Umberto Eco, entre outros. Os autores Morton N. Cohen e Martin Gardner forneceram informações curiosas e dados biográficos sobre Lewis Carroll e John Tenniel.
This dissertation investigates the process of creation of images performed between the author and the illustrator in the two narratives written by Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland and Though the Looking-Glass. Published in the nineteenth century, both works were illustrated by British illustrator and cartoonist John Tenniel. We intend to gather information that would clarify and facilitate the understanding the translation process of literary text into the creation of graphic images. The title "Text and Image" is an attempt to add these two languages, watching through the concept of supplement by Jacques Derrida, as both work intrinsically within the picture book. In Alice's narratives, these languages would be dependent? There is a domination or exclusivity to the verbal text on the visual text? Would be the images the key for understanding the narrative and, therefore, the illustrator is also author of the work? To go through among that complexity, first, it was necessary to approach Alice's narratives in his written text and and verify the tendency to imagery for his verbal language. Second, we conceptualize and take into account what constitutes an image, exploring the illustrated book as a literary media full of peculiarities. Third, we explore through correspondence sent between author-illustrator, the image analysis, comments about the illustrations that explain the visual construction of the text and we concluded showing its repercussions. Finally, we think about what is considered "image", reflecting on the words, their meaning and their graphical representation, text layout and development of the small details that often get overlooked by the readers. To develop this research we use authors that analyze the singularities between text and image; the book illustrated, comics, the word-image, concrete poetry and writings of artists. The theoretical framework involves the theories of Sophie Van der Linden, Maria Nikolajeva, Mary Scott, Martine Joly, Julio Plaza, Decius Pignatari, Haroldo and Augusto de Campos, Will Eisner, Scott McCloud, Umberto Eco, among others. The authors Morton N. Cohen and Martin Gardner contributed interesting information and biographical data about Lewis Carroll and John Tenniel.
Matthews, Robert. "Learning basic concepts of worship through a designed curriculum and musical for the children's choir of Trafalgar Village Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
Full textKavasis, Kostas. "The fluid replacement needs of young tennis players : implications for tennis coaches." Thesis, 1993. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/26129.
Full textThis study aimed to assess selected physiological, osmoregulatory and thermoregulatory responses to tennis play in children, Twenty-four young male tennis players (X age; 13.3+ 1.31 years) were stndied while playing for 90 min under warm environmental conditions (WBGT index= 13-19). Ad libitum consumption of pure water was permitted. Questionnaires were used in order to elicit information regarding the health status, degree of aeelimatizationnnd pre-match trait and state anxiety of the subjects. The physiological variables assessed. included pre- and post-match rectal temperature (T), heart rate (HR) and oxygen consumption (02) during the match. The biochemical observations included pre- and postmatch blood glucose, haematoerit (Ret), haemoglobin (lIb), plasma electrolyte (Na", Cl', K+, Mg++) and total plasma protein (TPP) concentrations. The findings )q~ed that the young tennis players investigated in this study experienced, ~de!'ate levels of pre-competitive trait and state amdety. The estimated nie.m exercise intensity of 50-55% of VOzmax for a duration of 90 min resulted. in a Tre increase of 0.73 •C. Mean percentage dehydration was 0.MO+O.25. Plasma volume (PV) changes were insignificant and were positively related to TPP changes. Mean plasma. Na" and CI- concentrations increased by 0.88 mmol.r" and 2.2 mmol.r:' respectively. The subjects' mean H... response (145 bpm) of a subset or the sample(n=13) and estimated VOz (21.38 ml.kg-l.min-~ represented a 55% of the age adjusted HRmax reserve and approximately a 50-55% of V02 max respectively. The time spent within the target heart rate range (60-85% HR. max reserve) comprised only 33% of the match duration. Mean energy expenditure was estimated to be 1772 KJ dUl'ing the 90 min period. Itwas calculated that in order to prevent harmful levels of dehydration under warm environmental conditions and at an exercise intensity of tennis play of approximately 55% of the age adjusted HR max reserve or 50-55% of V02 max, consumption of 4.44-6.81 mI.Kg-1.br-1 or 200-360 ml.hr" of water is recommended in young tennis players possessing a body mass of 45-53 Kg. The precise quantity was concluded to be a function of the mass and exercise intensity of the subjects and the environmental heat stress index during play.
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Wang, Shu-Hua, and 王淑樺. "Table Tennis Training on the Improvement of Motor Abilities of Children." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97792899876170515016.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the children with and without accepting the table tennis (TT) training on their motor abilities. Method: Participants were 95 children aged seven to ten years old. There were 33 children in the intervention group who joined in the TT team, and 62 typically developing children without accepting any exercise training in the control group. Children in the intervention group joined the 12-week TT training. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (Movement ABC) and Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2) were used to identify the changes of motor abilities before and after 12-week training. Data obtained in this study were analyzed by pair-t test and two-way MANOVA of Repeated Measures. Results: The Movement ABC showed that both groups improved on the impairment scores of the manual dexterity (p<0.05) and balance domains (p<0.05) at the children of the 7-8 age band. However, there was not a significant difference between the two groups. For the children of 9-10 age band, there were significant improvements on the total score (p<0.001) and balance domains (p<0.05) at the post-test. The TT group had significant improvements in the ball skill domain (p<0.01), but the control group regressed. In the manual dexterity domain, the control group had significant improvement more than the TT group (p<0.01). At the children of the 7-8 age band, the TT group had significant improvements more than the control group in the total score (p<0.01) and object control subtest (p<0.05) of the TGMD-2 test at the post-test. However there was not a significant difference between group and pre- and post-test in the locomotor subtest. For the 9-10 age band, both groups significantly improved in the post-test. Generally, the TT group had more significant improvement in the total score than that of the control group. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, the TT training has significant improvements for children’s motor ability and development.
Kung, Fei-Shiung, and 龔飛熊. "The influence of children tennis camp program on fundamental skills and field performance." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68048164268329700433.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of tennis camp program on children fundamental motor skills and exercise performance. Methods: sixteen primary school tennis camp students were voluntarily to participated in this study(age: 9.31±0.95 years old, height: 134.31±9.39cm, weight: 29.53±6.02kg,training age: 12.75±9.21months),all subjects were divided into normal group(N_group, n=9) and Experimental group(E_group, n=7). Two groups had to finish eight weeks tennis camp program; sixty minutes in each session, three times per week. Program was including the agility, speed, balance and the serve and return training. Results: Serve and return tests did not shown significant improved after eight weeks training, but the left and right side return tests had better performance(F=42.12; 17.17, p<.05)and both side single foot balance tests had significant improved(t =2.59; 2.19,p<.05).Conclusion: long-term regular scheduled training program has positive effects on children tennis skills development, even the filed performance, physical balance and coordination.
柯莉芳. "The effects of essential motion abilities training on elementary school's soft tennis children towards their wall practice." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95223492968394534870.
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The Effects of Essential Motion Abilities Training on Elementary School‘s Soft Tennis Children towards Their Wall Practice June 2008 Graduate: Ke Li Fang Adviser: Professor Sun Yuan Mei Abstract The purpose of this study is to probe into: (1) The variances of pre-test and post-test between the essential motion abilities drill of high-grade elementary school’s soft tennis children and their wall practice. (2) The correlation between the essential motion ability drill of high-grade elementary school’s soft tennis children and their wall practice. (3) Taking essential motion abilities as the predicting variables, to find out the regression formulae of stability influences on soft tennis wall practice. The study has taken a total of 20 high-grade elementary school boys and girls as research subjects to perform 11 essential motion ability tests before the training. After eight weeks of soft tennis training, they were tested before and after they had performed the techniques of soft tennis wall practice, as well as the pre-test and post-test of their essential motion abilities. Data collected were statistically analyzed using SPSS, the statistical software package for Windows 12.0 version. After data had been processed, analyzed and discussed, the study has obtained the following findings: 1. There is a significant variance of p<.05 for the elementary school’s soft tennis boys and girls after they had taken eight weeks of essential motion abilities drill, in comparison to their soft tennis wall practice, and the pre-test and post-test on their every essential motion abilities. 2. There is a correlation of stability influences (p<.05) between the 10 essential motion abilities (rope skipping, kneeling and belly stretching, cross-running, knee-bending sit-ups, side running, French press, 30m sprint, bend press, shuttle run, and sitting-turn running) of elementary school’s soft tennis boys and girls and their soft tennis wall practice. 3. Taking the pre-test and post-test of essential motion abilities as the predicting variables, the regression formulae of soft tennis wall practice as criterion variables are shown below: Boys’ standardized regression formula Zc=0.721X4 (knee-bending sit-ups) Girls’ standardized regression formula Zc=0.556X1+0.497X8 (rope skipping and bend press) Hence, this study suggests to emphasize knee-bending sit-ups, rope skipping and bend press as the essential physical training indexes for elementary school soft tennis sports. Coaches can refer to the regression formulae that this study has established to serve as the reference basis in enhancing soft tennis wall practice. Keywords: Elementary school soft tennis, essential motion abilities
KUO, YING-TING, and 郭英廷. "The Effects of Swiss Ball Core Muscle Training on Serving and Hitting Stability and Related Physical Fitness on Children Tennis Players." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/p9bqce.
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Purpose: Tennis hitting and serving techniques all require the contraction of the core muscles to provide stability of the body and movement. This study was to explore 6 weeks of core muscles training through the Swiss ball on hitting and serving stability and related physical fitness on children tennis players. Methods: Twenty subjects from 5th and 6th grade children tennis players was divided into experimental and control groups using stratified random sampling, each group contained 10 subjects. Both groups received regular tennis training. The experimental group received an additional Swiss ball core muscles training for 6 weeks, 4 times a week, 30 minutes each time. Both groups were tested before and after training, including hitting and serving stability, active balance, agility, and core fitness. The data was analyzed by SPSS 23.0 for window using the monophonic covariate analysis, the significant level set at α = .05. Result: After 6 weeks of core muscles training, the tennis player's serving stability and abdominal static muscle endurance performance showed significant progress in the experimental group, but did not change significantly on active balance ability, back dynamic muscle endurance, and hitting stability.
Rollinger, Michal. "Play and Stay 10s systém." Master's thesis, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-379198.
Full textMrázková, Aneta. "Kondiční příprava v tenise." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-354598.
Full textBuszard, Tim. "Motor skill acquisition in childhood: exploring the links between working memory, implicit learning and equipment modification." Thesis, 2014. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/25834/.
Full text許鴻文. "A Study to Explore Children's Learning Effects of Different Practices on Two-Handed Backhand Groundstroke in Tennis." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63993489736524034612.
Full textCHEN-JUNG-CHANG and 陳榮漳. "Factors Motivating andObstructingParents of Elementary School Soft Tennis Playersto SupportTheir Childrenin School Team Participation—A Case Study in Examples from Southern Taiwan." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/j5pv7e.
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Factors Motivating andObstructingParents of Elementary School Soft Tennis Playersto SupportTheir Childrenin School Team Participation—A Case Study in Examples from Southern Taiwan Student:JUNG-CHANG CHEN Advisor:MO-YU Hsieh 2017.06 Abstract Objective: This study aimed to understand about factors that motivate and obstruct parents of elementary school soft tennis players in southern Taiwan to support their children in school team participation.Method: This study adopted the method of questionnaire survey by administering a total of 200 questionnaires to parents of elementary school students on soft tennis teams in southern Taiwan as research subjects. Of these questionnaires, 176 copies were collected. With SPSS22.0 statistical software as a research tool, the collected data were statistically analyzed by applying descriptive statistics, t-test analysis, one-way ANOVA, the Scheffe test, and correlation analysis. Results:1. The motives for parents of elementary school soft tennis players in southern Taiwan to support their children in school team participation included six factors: “health fitness,” “need for achievement,” “traditional school,” “professional knowledge,” “coach quality,” as well as “rewards and compliments.” 2. The factors that obstruct parents of elementary school soft tennis players in southern Taiwan from supporting their children in school team participation included the five factors of “physical fitness issues,” “coach quality,” “academic performance issues,” “external factors,” and “developmental issues.” 3. Among the motives for parents of elementary school soft tennis players in southern Taiwan to support their children in school team participation, the factors of “health fitness” and “need for achievement” were the most significant ones, followed by “traditional school,” “professional knowledge,” “coach quality,” and finally “rewards and compliments.” 4. Among the factors that obstruct parents of elementary school soft tennis players in southern Taiwan from supporting their children in school team participation, the factors of “physical fitness issues” and “coach quality” were the most significant ones, followed by “academic performance issues,” “external factors,” and finally “developmental issues.” 5.A comparison of the motives for support found significant differences in the factor dimensions of “need for achievement” and “coach quality” between parents of different genders. A comparison between different professions found significant differences in the factor dimension of “need for achievement;” a comparison between children’s lengths of playing soft tennis found significant differences in the factor dimensions of “need for achievement,” “traditional school,” “professional knowledge,” and “reward and compliments.” 6. A comparison of differences in obstructive factors found significant differences in the factor dimension of “coach quality” between parents of different genders; significant differences were found in the factor dimension of “external factor” between parents with different ages.A comparison between children’s lengths of playing soft tennis found significant differences in the factor dimensions of “physical fitness issues,” “academic performance issues,” and “developmental issues.” 7. A negative correlation was found between the factors that motivated and obstructed parents of elementary school soft tennis players in southern Taiwan to support their children in school team participation. Conclusion:This study discoveredhigher motives for support when children had a longer length of playing soft tennis; the obstructive factors also became relatively weakened. As a result, coaches are recommend to promote players’ interests during initial training arrangements. By doing so, it is important for parents to develop a sense of identification with the school team in order to promote parents’ supportive motives. Keywords: Career planning, sport talent identification
Prince, John David. "Atomic childhood an analysis of the impact of the Manhattan Project on the children of Oak Ridge, Tennessee /." 2005. http://etd.utk.edu/2005/PrinceJohn.pdf.
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