Student Major/Year in School
Athletic Training, fourth year
Faculty Mentor Information
Dr. Scott Dietrich, Athletic Training, Human Ecology
Abstract
Presenter Name: Brandon Sand
Major: Athletic Training (FNDH),
Research Mentor: Scott Dietrich, EdD, LAT, ATC
Context: Head and neck injuries are prevalent in youth and scholastic football, proactively measuring and correcting tackling behavior is necessary.
Objective: This study measures the effectiveness of a training protocol for teaching participants how to use the Standardized Assessment of Tackling Technique (SATT) rubric effectively.
Design: A repeated measures (dependent) t-test compared assessor confidence levels before and after a novel training protocol, using an online survey. Our hypothesis was that pre and post survey means will be significantly different from zero demonstrating higher levels of confidence in evaluating tackle form after the training session.
Results: Pretest means were 1.30+0.87; while Posttest 2.48+0.83. Participants had highest pretests scores on Q1 “their ability to assess a form tackle accurately” at 1.78 (Not confident). Question 8 “assess a video clip in under 5 minutes” had the lowest level of confidence at 0.94 (Unable to answer). The overall average was a “Not confident” for all questions. Posttest results showed participants had the highest level of confidence on questions 4 and 5 at 2.65 (Somewhat Confident) for both their ability to “explain grading criteria for strike zone" and for "ascending tackle/arm rip". The mean scores rose more than a point 1.17 the median scores for five questions Q1, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6 rose from a 1 (Not Confident) to a 3 (Confident).
Conclusions: Training protocol was effective at increasing confidence levels for accurately scoring tackling form because mean differences between paired responses was significantly different from zero.
Key Words: concussion, training protocol, football tackling assessment
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Recommended Citation
Sand, Brandon (2019). "Training Seminar is Effective at Improving Assessor Confidence Using the Standardized Assessment of Tackling Technique," Kansas State University Undergraduate Research Conference. https://newprairiepress.org/ksuugradresearch/2019/panels/3
Training Seminar is Effective at Improving Assessor Confidence Using the Standardized Assessment of Tackling Technique
Presenter Name: Brandon Sand
Major: Athletic Training (FNDH),
Research Mentor: Scott Dietrich, EdD, LAT, ATC
Context: Head and neck injuries are prevalent in youth and scholastic football, proactively measuring and correcting tackling behavior is necessary.
Objective: This study measures the effectiveness of a training protocol for teaching participants how to use the Standardized Assessment of Tackling Technique (SATT) rubric effectively.
Design: A repeated measures (dependent) t-test compared assessor confidence levels before and after a novel training protocol, using an online survey. Our hypothesis was that pre and post survey means will be significantly different from zero demonstrating higher levels of confidence in evaluating tackle form after the training session.
Results: Pretest means were 1.30+0.87; while Posttest 2.48+0.83. Participants had highest pretests scores on Q1 “their ability to assess a form tackle accurately” at 1.78 (Not confident). Question 8 “assess a video clip in under 5 minutes” had the lowest level of confidence at 0.94 (Unable to answer). The overall average was a “Not confident” for all questions. Posttest results showed participants had the highest level of confidence on questions 4 and 5 at 2.65 (Somewhat Confident) for both their ability to “explain grading criteria for strike zone" and for "ascending tackle/arm rip". The mean scores rose more than a point 1.17 the median scores for five questions Q1, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6 rose from a 1 (Not Confident) to a 3 (Confident).
Conclusions: Training protocol was effective at increasing confidence levels for accurately scoring tackling form because mean differences between paired responses was significantly different from zero.
Key Words: concussion, training protocol, football tackling assessment
