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Coaches acknowledge that there is a need for further training and would welcome education initiatives aimed at increasing awareness of musculoskeletal injury in schoolboy Rugby players. The role of these healthcare and health and fitness professionals, along with their qualifications and experience is not fully understood by coaches. Schools retain, or recommend the services, of healthcare professionals (HCPs) and health and fitness professionals (HFPs). Schools' Rugby coaches play a significant role in the supervision of injured adolescent Rugby players, often drawing from their playing and coaching experiences.

Schools who compete in the Ulster Schools' Cup Rugby competition.Įleven Rugby union coaches from four post primary schools.Ī thematic analysis approach was used to examine the factors that influence schools' Rugby coaches' decision-making processes in the management of injured players.įindings suggest coaches are influenced in their decision making by four primary factors: their experience and learning, their relationships with other stakeholders, their knowledge and understanding of the roles and responsibilities of medical staff, healthcare and health fitness professionals, and resources available to them. A secondary objective was to gauge interest in an education focused toolkit for schools' Rugby coaches.Ī qualitative study using one-to-one online interviews.

To examine the decision-making processes employed by schools' Rugby coaches in the management of injured players and to explore the factors that influenced those decisions. The risk of injury during the ruck can further be influenced positively by coaches, through regular coaching and training on safe and effective ruck techniques. The findings of the study suggest player behaviour can still be improved, with regular participation in regular safe and effective technique training drills. Of the most common illegal ruck cleanouts, ‘not supporting own body weight’ were mostly ‘not dangerous’ (2498 99.4%, p = 0.01) and all ‘neck rolls’ were considered ‘dangerous’ (147 100.0%, p = 0.02). The ‘dangerous’ ruck cleanouts represented 0.6% of the total ruck cleanouts. Of the 2904 illegal cleanouts, 2676 (92.2%) were deemed ‘not dangerous’ and 228 (7.8%) were considered ‘dangerous’. In total, 35,545 ruck cleanouts were coded, of which 32,641 (91.8%) were legal and 2904 (8.2%) were illegal.

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Using Nacpsort Scout Plus software, 118 South African Rugby Union under 18 Youth Week tournament matches were coded between 20. The study aimed to investigate and compare incidents of legal and illegal ruck cleanouts in non-professional youth rugby. The ruck area is responsible for the second-highest number of rugby union injuries, therefore it is necessary to investigate and understand the ruck better for improved player safety.

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