Chapter III
Methodology
Definition of Terms
Participants
Roles of the Researchers
Intervention
Data Collection
Plan for Increasing Reliability
Plan for Increasing Validity
Definition of Terms
1. Athlete. A person possessing the natural or acquired traits, such as strength, agility, and endurance that are necessary for physical exercise or sports, especially those performed in competitive contexts.
2. Collegiate/student athlete. A student-athlete is a student whose enrollment was solicited by a member of the athletics staff or other representative of athletic interests with a view toward the student’s ultimate participation in the intercollegiate athletics program. Any other student becomes a student-athlete only when the
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6. Micronutrient. An essential nutrient, as a mineral or vitamin, that is required by an organism in minute amounts.
7. Professional athlete. A professional athlete is one who receives any kind of payment, directly or indirectly, for athletic participation except as permitted by the governing legislation of the Association for the participation in athletics
8. Sports nutrition. Nutrition that can help maximize athletic performance, prevent injury, enhance recovery from exercise, achieve and maintain optimal body weight, improve daily training workouts, and maintain overall good health.
9. Training table. A table in a dining hall that where athletes are provided with special meals to aid their conditioning.
Participants
Our study included a 109 varsity athletes from UC Merced athletic department. The athletic training staff of UC Merced was contacted to participate for the collection of subject data. Female athletes accounted for 51.4% of the subjects and males the remaining 48.6%. The average age of all athletes was 19.7. Of the athlete respondents, 68.8% live off campus, and the remaining 31.2% live on campus. Thirteen varsity sports were represented in the study. The number of participating athletes for each sport is noted in the list below.
Sport Frequency Percent (%)
Men’s cross country (17) 15.6%
Women’s cross country (16) 14.7%
Women’s Softball (15) 13.8%
Men’s Volleyball (11) 10.1%
Men’s Soccer (10) 9.2%
In this assignment I will be describing the characteristics of nutrients and the benefits to the body.
Student athletes at the college level are a term used for student who are amateurs, and involved in university level competitive sports and games. These sports require physical skill and rigorous training. The training is done to prepare athletes for competition, and hopefully in the future, the professional leagues. Student athletes that compete at the college level are known as amateurs, because they are not paid for any of their playing time, or any other business transactions that their name is used for. The NCAA was designed to
There are about 460,000 student-athletes across the country that are registered through NCAA that participate in about 23 different sports (ncaa.org/student-athletes). A student-athlete is defined as a student who is enrolled at a four year institution and whose enrollment was solicited by a member of the athletics staff or other representative of athletics interests with a view toward the student 's participation in the intercollegiate athletics program
A college athlete is also known as a student athlete. As a student athlete, the student
that student athletes are students who gain access to a college education through their participation in sports, for which they earn scholarships to pay tuition, fees, room and board and other allowable
What does it mean to be a college athlete? Being a college athlete means to be
Many people believe that the college athletes are just like the professionals because they train and work just as hard as hard as the pros. First of all college students are working and training so hard because they want to make it to the major-leagues some day. “Students are not professional athletes who are paid salaries and incentives for a career in sports. They are students receiving access to a college education through their participation in sports, for which they earn scholarships to pay tuition, fees, room and
Student athletes are not any type of employee or a professional athlete who get paid a salary with incentives for a career in sports. They are students who gain
2. Nutrients that cannot be synthesized by humans, like some amino acids, are called ______essential___ nutrients.
Nutrients are found in food and drink and are a substance that provides the nourishment which is needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle and healthy growth. Lack of nutrients
If you were a college-athlete what would you do if you got paid a tremendous amount of money? Right now, no college athlete are getting paid for their work, but it is a very strong debate going on in the country whether they should or not. Many people believe that since they are spending several hours into their sports, to entertain the world, that they deserve some type of payment. There are several amounts of pros and cons of paying college athletes, and you have to really “dissect” it and imagine about their future. From my standpoint, I believe that college-athletes should not be paid because of the risk of them forgetting about their academics, using their money for non-important items, and because most of them are “technically” getting paid.
When people hear the word athlete, the first people they probably think of are athletes like Reggie Bush, Kevin Garnett, or Sidney Crosby. The last kind of person that is probably thought of is a race car driver. Which raises the question, is a race car driver a true athlete? Much of this depends on how you would define the word athlete. According to The Merriam Webster Dictionary, athlete is defined as “a person who is trained to compete in athletics” (Merriam-Webster). This leads to the question, what should be considered athletics and what should not be considered athletics? The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines athletics as “exercises and games requiring physical skill, strength, and endurance”
Despite the many stereotypes that are connected with being a student athlete, student athletes in general are held to much higher standards by their institutions. Before a prospective student athlete even enters college, they are made fully aware of the academic standings and requirements of the college they choose. Although the academic requirements vary from college to college, the standards are still held high for all student athletes. The transition into college can be exceptionally difficult especially for the
There has been amplified debate on the treatment, education, training of the college athlete. To avoid exploitation of athletes, “The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), formed in 1905, set bylaws requiring college student-athletes to be amateurs in order to be eligible for intercollegiate athletics competition” (Schneider n.p.). Intercollegiate athletics have dramatically changed over the last several decades. Currently, intercollegiate athletics generate tremendous amounts of revenue, remarkably in football and basketball. College sports in America is a
Professional- a person who is an elite athlete in a sport and has signed a contract with a club at the highest level of the sport.