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Fostering Youth Female Athletes’ Decision-Making Skills through Competitive Volleyball: A Mixed Methods Design

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  • Antonio Muñoz-Llerena

    (Physical Education and Sport Department, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
    Research Group “Social Inclusion, Physical Education and Sport, and European Policies in Research” (HUM-1061), University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain)

  • Pablo Caballero-Blanco

    (Physical Education and Sport Department, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
    Research Group “Movement, Intervention Techniques, Values, Learning, Sport and Security (MOTIVA2)” (SEJ-570), Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Seville, Spain)

  • Elena Hernández-Hernández

    (Research Group “Movement, Intervention Techniques, Values, Learning, Sport and Security (MOTIVA2)” (SEJ-570), Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Seville, Spain
    Sport and Computer Science Department, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Seville, Spain)

Abstract

Decision-making is one of the most important life skills for young athletes to succeed in their daily lives and can be improved through Positive Youth Development (PYD) programs. Although the application of this type of programs has increased within educational and recreational sports, there is a lack of research relating PYD through competitive sports. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine whether an intervention with competitive female youth players improves their decision-making. A hybrid PYD program was applied (37 trainings and 14 games) using convergent mixed methods. 15 girls (8–10 years) and a male coach participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews and field notes were used to collect qualitative data and the Decision-Making Style in Sport questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data. The results showed a positive perception of the improvement in decision-making in both the players and the coach; however, there was no statistical significance between the pretest and the posttest, and the integration between qualitative and quantitative data was mostly discrepant. Despite the lack of significance in the statistical analysis, the findings suggest that the intervention program appears to have beneficial effects on the development of decision-making skills in the players.

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  • Antonio Muñoz-Llerena & Pablo Caballero-Blanco & Elena Hernández-Hernández, 2022. "Fostering Youth Female Athletes’ Decision-Making Skills through Competitive Volleyball: A Mixed Methods Design," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-21, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:20:p:13261-:d:942378
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