TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - High levels of coach intent to integrate a ACL injury prevention program into training does not translate to effective implementation
JO  - Journal of science and medicine in sport
A1  - Frank, Barnett S.
A1  - Register-Mihalik, Johna
A1  - Padua, Darin A.
SP  - 400
EP  - 406
VL  - 18
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVES: Evaluate the effect of a anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention program coaching workshop on elite-level youth soccer coaches' behavioral determinants to implement a injury prevention program and describe coaches' subsequent injury prevention program implementation compliance. <br><br>DESIGN: Descriptive study. <br><br>METHODS: We evaluated a soccer club's coaches' behavioral determinants regarding injury prevention programming implementation before and after a coaching workshop using pre- and post-workshop surveys. We then described the club's coaches' subsequent adoption of and implementation compliance with the injury prevention programming during the following season. <br><br>RESULTS: The injury prevention workshop increased coaches' attitudes toward conducting a program at the beginning of practice (p<0.05), substituting the program for a warm-up prior to practice (p<0.05), and improving player cutting and landing technique by implementing the program (p<0.05). The injury prevention program workshop increased coaches' perceived behavioral control; feeling more comfortable in their ability to teach their team a program (p<0.05), and more confident leading a program if given instructions (p<0.05). The injury prevention program workshop increased coaches' intent to implement a program the next season (p<0.05), to implement a program for 15min (p<0.05), and 20min (p<0.05) prior to the start of a training session. Only 53% of the club's teams implemented the injury prevention program, with implementers demonstrating high variability in program fidelity. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Coaching workshops can effectively increase coach attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and intent to implement a injury prevention program. However, high levels of behavioral determinants do not appear to translate to high levels of implementation compliance.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1440-2440
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2014.06.008
ID  - ref1
ER  -