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Fall 2011
This dissertation explores the NBA Draft. Throughout North American sports leagues, league executives state that the amateur draft is necessary to improve or maintain league-wide competitive balance. For the NBA, the amateur draft has caused a separate, but interrelated issue. The issue is...
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The Antecedents and Consequences of Intercollegiate Athletic Association Change of Colleges and Universities in Canada and the United States
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The purpose of this dissertation is to identify and understand the consequences of organizational change. This change features the athletic departments of colleges and universities within the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and the National Collegiate Athletic...
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The Attainment and Refinement of Elite-Level Curling Expertise: Similarities and Differences Among Olympic and World Champions
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The purpose of this study was to carefully examine the career histories of four male Olympic and/or World Champion curlers in order to better understand the attainment and refinement of their elite-level curling expertise. A mixed-method design was employed, with the qualitative element core, the...
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Fall 2011
This case study deals with the failed bid by Calgary Olympic Development Association to host the 1972 Winter Olympics in Banff National Park. The bid committee argued that the international exposure garnered by a locality would result in economic growth and amateur athletic development. ...
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The Changing Work Routines and Labour Practices of Sports Journalists in the Digital Era: A Case Study of Postmedia
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The Canadian newspaper industry is changing rapidly, as convergence, concentration and digitization have eroded the daily newspaper’s once prominent place in the media hierarchy, to a position that is increasingly marginalized by expanding digital news sources. Daily newspaper’s sports coverage...
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Fall 2011
Purpose: This study examined whether parent physical activity (PA) is related to children’s PA, as measured with pedometers. Methods: As part of a longitudinal cohort study being conducted in Edmonton, Canada, 471 children between the ages of 6- and 10-years-old, wore SC-T2 pedometers for four...
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The Development and Implementation of a Gamified Stair Climbing Intervention at an Individual Level
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The addition of gamification in the health promotion field is an up and coming method that is being utilized to raise engagement and keep more participants involved to maximize the effectiveness of interventions. Gamification is most often used in conjunction with technology such as web-based...
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The Development and Use of Self-Compassion to Cope with Adversity in Sport in Female Varsity Athletes
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Self-compassion is an emotion regulation strategy that encourages the practice of mindfulness, common humanity, and self-kindness. It involves understanding adverse experiences using a broader perspective, seeking connections with others, and directing kindness towards the self (Neff, 2003a) and...
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Fall 2017
This study examined how model youth football coaches developed their leadership styles. Six model youth football coaches (M age = 46 years, SD = 6), and one athlete from each stage of the coaches’ careers (early, middle, recent; n = 18, M age = 24 years, SD = 4) were purposefully sampled. Each...
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Spring 2016
This thesis describes experiments designed to investigate whether a plyometric protocol consisting of drop jumps, induce PAP, and if so, assess the magnitude and time course of the induced PAP. Participants performed a standard warm-up followed by drop jumps or a low-pace walk. PAP induced by the...