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Item Assessment of injuries in physical education lessons in Kenya science teachers' college, Kenya.(West African Journal of Physical and Health Education, 2004) Njororai, W.W.S.; Rintaugu, E.G.; Bailasha, N. K.; Mwisukha, A.The purpose of the' study was to assess the nature, aetiology, mechanism, and anatomical localization of injuries occurring to Teacher - Trainees during physical education lessons. The study involved an assessment of injuries experienced by 154 second year teacher-trainees of Kenya Science Teachers' college over two terms during the 2002/2003 academic year. The lessons during which the observations were made included soccer, handball, hockey, basketball, volleyball, softball, athletics and gymnastics. The findings revealed that ball games contributed 48 (66.66%) of all injuries while the mechanism of injuries centering on apparatus accounted for 44(61.7%). Five types of injuries were identified with sprains accounting for 38(52.8%) of them. A good number of most: injuries occurred in the lower extremity. Arising from the results it is' recommended that teachers should emphasize skill acquisition rather than competitive play durinq physical education lessons so as to minimize occurrence of injuries. Use of protective equipment and effective supervision should be encouraged during physical education lessons.Item Assessment of Pattern of Sport Injuries in Selected Ballgames during a Season of the Kenyan National Leagues(Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, 2014) Rintaugu, E.G.; Bailasha, N. K.; Kibera, L. K.; Mwisukha, A.The purpose of this study was to investigate the pattern and specific anatomical location of injuries on male and female players in one season of the Kenyan national division one leagues of basketball, handball and volleyball. It was prospective cohort design with 768 participants (478 male and 290 females) who comprised of 138 male and 133 female, 191 male and 95 female and 149 male and 62 females in basketball, handball and volleyball, respectively. Data was collected during training and competitions and recorded on a sport injury observation schedule. An injury was recorded if it caused a player to stop playing in that or subsequent games during training or competition. Chi-square set at 0.05 level of significance was used to test hypotheses of the study. Findings showed that 2098 injuries occurred during the season with 1362(64.9%) and 736(39.1%) affecting male and females, respectively. Cumulatively, the number of injuries per player was slightly higher in proportion to males (2.8) than females (2.5). Significant differences were found between and within sport and gender on the pattern and also the site of injury. However, within gender, a significance difference in the pattern of injuries was only found in females of basketball, male players of handball and both genders of volleyball. On the specific location of the injury, results showed significant difference was found in all except females of handball. It was concluded that pattern and anatomical location of injuries is influenced by gender, nature and characteristics of a sport.Item Coach-leadership behaviour exhibited by volleyball coaches in Africa(International Journal of Current Research, 2011-08) Rintaugu, E.G.; Bailasha, N. K.Leadership in sport has been studied primarily in terms of coaching-leadership and its effects on players’ performance with diverse and conflicting results. Thus the purpose of this study was to determine the coach-leadership behaviour exhibited by volleyball coaches in Africa during the 16thAfrica Cup of Nations for senior women. Data was collected through a modified leadership scale for sport (LSS) from(n=14) coaches and was analyzed through student t-test and one way ANOVA, to establish whether coach-leadership behavior exhibited by coaches differed according to gender, age, level of education and level of training. Results indicated that the coach leadership behavior exhibited by the coaches did not differ significantly (p>.0.5) based on gender, age, level of education and level of training. However, the younger coaches seemed to be more autocratic and socially supportive while the older coaches exhibited democratic, training and instructional behavior tendencies. It is recommended that coaches need to strengthen positive coach-leadership behavior and FIVB/CAVB to plan more effective courses on coach-leadership behaviors.Item Negotiating Constraints to Sport Participation of University Soccer Players(Journal of Education and Practice, 2013) Rintaugu, E.G.; Mwangi, F. M.; Bailasha, N. K.The purpose of this study was to determine the strategies used by male university soccer athletes to negotiate constraints towards sport participation. Some selected socio-demographic factors (year of study, parental social economic status (SES), family involvement in soccer and birth rank) were correlated with strategies of negotiating constraints to sport participation. Data was collected through questionnaires from university soccer players (n=242) who were participating in a national university soccer championship. Pearson products moment correlation of coefficient was used to test hypothesis on selected socio-demographic factors and strategies for constraint negotiation. Findings indicated that the majority of players were either first born or second born and soccer was popular in their universities. The major strategies of negotiating constraints were time management, and interpersonal coordination. The selected socio-demographic factors had weak associations with the strategies used to negotiate constraints. Findings have implications to sport administrators in the universities and future researchers need to evaluate the association between participation motivation, constraints and constraint negotiation strategies of university athletes.Item Psycho-social attributes of elite African women volleyball players : sport psychology(Sabinet, 2011-09) Rintaugu, E.G.; Bailasha, N. K.; Toriola, A.L.The purpose of this study was to investigate the psycho-social attributes of elite African women volleyball athletes. These psycho-social attributes included, the influence of significant others, reasons for specializing in volleyball, motives for participation and players' retirement prospects. Questionnaires were administered to 100 players from 10 countries who participated at the 16th Africa Cup of Nations for senior women held in Nairobi, Kenya. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, i.e. frequencies and percentages. Results indicated that the players had late entry into volleyball, 78% of them were influenced by family members to play volleyball, 81% continued to play the game due to success, and 64% envisaged that they would pursue careers outside sport after retiring from competitive volleyball. The study recommends the retraining of physical education (PE) teachers to design and implement volleyball talent identification and nurturing programmes. PE teachers and coaches should guide young volleyball players to further their education alongside playing volleyball so that they can have alternative career choices upon retirement. Further studies need to be conducted to unearth the technical and tactical shortcomings of elite women volleyball players in Africa.Item Teacher-trainees attitudes towards physical education in Kenya(Academic Journals, 2011-10-21) Rintaugu, E.G.; Mwisukha, A.; Wanderi, P. M.; Bailasha, N. K.This study investigates the attitudes of teacher trainees towards physical education (PE). It was hypothesised that teacher-trainees have negative attitudes towards PE. A total of 132 teacher trainees were randomly selected from a teacher Training College in Kenya completed a questionnaire adapted from Wear’s attitude scale with equivalent forms. Statistical analysis includes frequencies and the Chi square (X2) method which was used to test the hypothesis. A probability level of 0.05 or less was taken to indicate statistical significance. Findings showed that teacher trainees have positive attitudes towards PE, with non significant gender differences. It is recommended that conducive teaching and learning environment as well as resources should be provided for effective teaching of PE in educational institutions and that PE should be made an examinable subject in Kenyan secondary schools. This will facilitate compliance to statutory requirements and promote the status of PE in Kenyan education system