Semi-Structured Interviews

In “Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities”, Michael Messner used interviews as a research method to gain information from males who previously played organized sports. Messner gathers qualitative data by asking questions similar to this: How does playing sports affect your relationship with your father? How does winning affect your relationships outside of sports? He also gathers a small amount of quantitative data by figuring out how many white, black and Hispanic males are in his study. Messner collected this information by recording in-depth interviews with the men, the interviews lasted between one and a half to six hours. Since Messner only gathered 30 males to be interviewed for his research it was not considered a “randomly selected” sample, but he did try to get a wide variety between race, social class and age in

EDPE341:         Unit  Coordinator:       Assignment  One:     Due  Date:       Weight:       Word  Count:       Actual  Count:                           Ewilli42   220096362         Sports   Coaching:  School-­‐Aged  Children     Alex  Rabczak     What  is  quality  coaching  for  the  youth  athlete?     30th  March  2015     40%     1600   words     words       EWILLI42  –  220096362  –  EDPE341  –  A1   1   What  is  quality  coaching  for  the  youth?

Certainly, not all coaches could fulfil all these philosophies at once; some qualities would be more evident in some coaches than others. I could relate, what I considered the most important aspects in relation to the coaches I experienced in my junior football. However, I needed first hand information regarding AFL players and coaches. Therefore, my interviews became an important part in answering my question.

As an Accounting major, I am very interested and have become fond of learning about the varying business aspects within the sports industry. As a result, I decided to conduct my interview with a professional that is associated with the business operations of athletics. The person that I interviewed was Dawn Reynolds, the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Business and Finance here at the University of Miami. After initially getting in contact with Ms. Reynolds a few weeks ago, I was finally able to meet with her briefly and conduct my interview on November 30, 2010, in room 261 in the Hecht Athletics Center. Just to give a bit of background information about Ms. Reynolds, she is from Elmira, New York and now

-The coach must take into consideration the maturity and ability levels of all athletes when designing training schedule, drills and a players involvement in the competition.

George Santayana once said “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”

Hook? “Little Boy” was the name for the nuclear bomb that was used on Hiroshima. The Nuclear bomb used on Nagasaki was named “Fat Man”. Both of them were and are still questioned on why they were used against Japan. People against the bombs say that it wasn’t necessary for the U.S. to have used them and that there were other options that should’ve been sought. I believe that what wasn’t necessary was what would’ve happened had the bombs not been dropped.

Recent advancements in technology offer the organizations of today and the future boundless opportunities for improvements in service delivery. Although experts agree that the alignment of technology and the overall business strategy is both necessary and imperative, no clear path to optimum alignment exists. Christopher Nuckles, a IT Director I interviewed demonstrated full awareness of this fact. he and the company’s CIO, Matt Carey, and the executive IT leaders and displayed optimism the “interconnected retail strategy” they have for the company will ensure that Home Depot remains the product authority for home improvement. As part of the technical team that developed, enhanced, or supported several of the technological systems at Home Depot, Nuckles believes that the key to a successful technological future is innovation. Nuckles recognizes that the biggest hurdle for the Home Depot technology is the emerging e-commerce and he adds that Home Depot is ready for the boom. He explains that plans are underway to optimize the Home Depot mobile application entirely and make it available on all platforms so that the company remains relevant as technology keeps advancing.

In the survey, Qualitative research methods was used to determine whether the NBA Strength and Conditioning coaches use scientific principles in their practices. The survey contained eight sections: physical testing, speed and strength and power development, comments, and flexibility and physical testing. A cover letter with the survey was mailed to the coaches to explain in detail the survey like how long the survey will take. A second survey was sent out to the coaches that didn’t respond to the first

There are a lot of aspects that should be taken into account when determining what makes an athlete successful. One could argue that natural ability is one of the determining factors which leads to success. For example, if an athlete has dreams of playing in the NBA then height makes a difference. There aren’t many successful players in the league under six feet tall. One could argue that level of competition plays a role in the development of an athlete. This could include the skill level of the opponent or outside factors such as playing conditions or game circumstances. These types of arguments play a role in athlete success, but will not be used in this paper because they are factors that are out of the athlete’s control. This paper

( The reserchers underline ) the necessity to review the questioning practices to conduct of the professional and ethical information-gathering interviews (e.g., Fisher & Geiselman, 1992; Lamb, Hersh

Participant will understand that participation is voluntary and that they are free to withdraw or decline to participate in this exercise, however, it is also important for the researcher to ensure that interviewees to have the confidence to articulate their feelings (Oliver 2003). At the beginning of the interview, the researcher will first explain to the teacher participant about the context of the interview; its purpose and estimated duration of the research. They have the right to ask for clarification at any point of the exercise and inform the researcher if they feel uncomfortable about any procedure in the process of the

The scenario at hand is riddled with emotions and is hence sensitive and complex. Having been absent from the situation responsible for athlete conflict, walking into this coaching role without consideration for ones’ actions and the emotional reactions they would incite could potentially be detrimental (eg: further conflict, damaged relationships). As such, this situation needs to be mapped out and dissected for analysis. Application of the Multidimensional Model (Chelladurai & Saleh 1978) most appropriately addresses this, allowing complex situations to be broken down into three domains: antecedents, coach behaviour, and the resulting consequences. Each of these are then comprised of several subdomains; antecedents considers the characteristics of the coach, the players and the situation presiding over them;

Conducting interviews is fundamental as a case manager. In order to understand more about good interviewing, I decided to watch an interview about an addict mother conducted by Dr. Phil. While watching this interview, I made some notes on attitudes and characteristics that I considered important for good interviewing. The characteristics will be presented in the following paragraphs.

One of the main themes in Greek tragedies is that through suffering there is knowledge to be gained. Greek tragedies focused on popular myths and beliefs, especially in relation to the mythical powers of the gods. The plays read in class show how knowledge is gained through suffering in relation to: the hubris and stubbornness seen by Creon in Antigone, the attempt of trying to change fate seen through Oedipus in Oedipus Rex, and the consequences of disastrous flaws demonstrated by the character Pentheus in the Bacchae.