Abstract
Internships are considered high-impact practices in higher education. However, to date, such programs to prepare kinesiology students for careers as strength and conditioning (S&C) coaches have rarely been studied for impact. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively assess interns’ perceived benefits of interning as S&C coaches. Five interns completed an average of 36 hours of coaching over a 12-week S&C program for a university rugby team. Interns rated themselves on key areas and wrote a self-reflection on how the internship contributed to their professional development. Key themes to emerge were skill development, especially in the areas of monitoring and providing feedback to athletes; learning how to work as a team of coaches; and being more aware and critical of their own knowledge skills and abilities and how much more professional development they will need throughout their career.
Original language | American English |
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Journal | International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 14 2020 |
Keywords
- Coaching
- internship
- resistance training
- self-reflection
- strength and conditioning
Disciplines
- Kinesiology
- Psychology
- Higher Education
- Medical Education