Educational Needs for Coaching Judo in Older Adults: The EdJCO Focus Groups.

ABSTRACT: Judo coaches are urged to develop specific competencies and skills for addressing the special needs of older practitioners. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the experts' opinions on judo training in late adulthood to develop sound educational programs for coaches of older judo practitioners. Overall, eighty-eight experts from an international consortium of judo and educational partners participated in national focus groups. During the focus groups, experts discussed five themes and generated statements pertinent to educate coaches to support older judo practitioners (e.g., benefits; necessary knowledge; risks; training groups definition; tools; and tests for monitoring training plans). The initial list of 262 statements was synthesized, validated, analyzed, and organized

SUBMITTER: Palumbo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10458867 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature