Date of Award

1-1-2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Specialization

Communication and Leadership

School or Department

School of Leadership Studies

First Advisor

Dr. Heather Crandall

Abstract

Football is an extremely passionate game and has created interest from many different age groups in the United States. In particular, youth football is especially popular with children in the fifth and sixth grade age group and their parents. With injuries such as concussions becoming a massive concern nationally across all playing levels (youth, high school, college, and professional), the popularity of football is not diminishing with parents continuing to register their children to play youth football. In many youth football leagues across the country, parents are often used as coaches. Some parents, who have limited to no experience coaching youth football, believe they have an appropriate amount of coaching experience to become an assistant coach or head coach of a youth football team. The problem is when parents that want to help coach football do not have the level of youth football coaching experience, do not have the appropriate training to communicate proper football techniques (such as blocking and tackling) or have the skill to communicate effectively when players make mistakes. To address this issue, a football coach training curriculum has been developed for parents. Behavior Alteration Techniques are included in the training curriculum to help parents more effectively communicate to players regarding proper techniques and after a mistake is made (McCroskey, Kearney, Plax, Richmond, 1985; Cayanus, Martin, Rocca, Weber, 2009). The overall goal is to make parents more knowledgeable about fundamental blocking/tackling techniques and to give them communication techniques that can be used with youth football players when mistakes occur in practices or games.

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