Community Junior Sport Coaching final report - 2009

Chapter 4
Results and Discussion
This chapter presents the results of the study through the analysis of the qualitative and quantitative
data. This chapter begins with a profile of the participants involved in the research project, followed
by a detailed analysis of the data under the five areas:
• Players in Action
• Players’ Reflections on the Training Session
• Coaches in Action
• Coaches’ Reflections on the Training Experience
• Comparisons within the Data
Participant Profile
The nature of this research project required volunteer participants throughout the study. Using
methods of convenient sampling (Gall et al., 1996), the study involved 444 participants in total, 37
coaches and 407 under ten players
All 37 coaches participated in the pre and post session semi structure interviews (see Appendix 2),
and all 407 players completed the modified S-PACES questionnaires (see Appendix 1). These two
data sources were used to profile the participants. An overview of the profile can be seen in Table
4-1.The players ranged in age from eight to twelve years with an average age or 9.7 years. The range
is interesting as the guidelines for participating in the under 10 rugby competition are that ‘you can
only play if you are turning 10 or under in the year of the competition’. The results indicated that
eight 11 year olds and seven 12 year olds were training in the under 10 competition.
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