Publications by authors named "I Sherwin"
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to create guidelines that help balance sports and work commitments for athletes, incorporating feedback from both employee-athletes and their employers.
- Using concept mapping, 257 participants ranked statements related to dual careers, leading to six key clusters that highlight different aspects of workplace support.
- The results indicate a need for flexible models that align business values with support for employee-athletes, providing a strong evidence base for new dual career workplace guidelines.
Background: The aim of this study was to examine the test-retest reliability of the physical activity behavior, health and wellbeing questionnaire, in adolescent populations, administered by teachers in school settings, in the Republic of Ireland.
Methods: A cross-sectional, mixed sample of 55 participants (45.5% males: Age, 13.
Profiling Bilateral Skills in High-Performance Male and Female Gaelic Footballers.
Percept Mot Skills
June 2024
Bilateral skill symmetry in sport refers to an individual's ability to successfully perform sporting actions with both sides of the body. Two scarcely researched areas in relation to bilateral skills are the effects of opposition proximity on skill execution and bilateral skill in high-performance female athletes. In this study, we used Nacsport to code all skill executions (hand pass, kick pass, hop, solo and shot) during 121 games by both male and female participants (76 male, 45 female), classified as Tier 1 ( = 181, 134) and Tier 2 ( = 238, 115) high performance, adult Gaelic Football players.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe impact of early single sport participation among young people has received much attention, with both sport leaders and pediatricians advocating multi-sport participation at least until early adolescence. In this study we explored the association between family socioeconomic status and level of Irish youth specialization in sport. We relied on data from the Children's Sport Participation and Physical Activity (CSPPA) study, involving a representative sample of 3499 Irish children and adolescents aged 10-15 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Physical education, physical activity and sports provision are important factors in whole school health promotion, however, a standardised evaluation framework to evaluate the contribution of these components is lacking. A framework that accounts for the distinct structures and associated factors, that impact upon provision would facilitate a more coherent evaluation.
Methods: A concept mapping methodology, involving the generation of factors relevant to school physical education, physical activity and sports provision and their subsequent thematic and numeric rating and sorting was utilised.