Bachelor of Science (Sport Science and Management)

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between antisocial behaviour on team performance in youth sports, the potential implication of its relationship (or lack thereof), and any other potential relationship between moral behaviour and team successes in youth sports. Methods: Data was collected from 200 participants (aged 13 to 19) of youth sports team through a questionnaire consisting of the Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviour in Sport Scale (PABSS), and their team record. Results: Bivariate analyses indicated a negative relationship between antisocial behaviour towards teammates (r = - 0.39, p < 0.01) and performance with medium effect size, and a negative relationship between Antisocial Behaviour towards opponents (r = - 0.32, p < 0.01) and performance with medium effect size. However, no relationship were found with prosocial behaviour towards teammates (r = - 0.01, p > 0.05) and performance, and between prosocial behaviour towards opponents (r = - 0.01, p > 0.05) and performance. Conclusion: Coaches should not associate team performance with antisocial behaviour, nor emphasize performance climates which promotes antisocial behaviour, but promote mastery orientation climates for better team performances.

The aim of this research was to examine the effects of Reflective Practice on developing badminton players. 16 semi-competitive badminton players (M = 8, F = 8) were subjected to a reflective practice intervention. A pre-test was conducted before and a post-test was conducted after the intervention, to test participants on two basic badminton skills, lob and serve. A semi-structured interview was also conducted. Using SPSS, the performance scores from the pre- and post-tests analysed through the administration of a Paired Samples T-Test. Results from the statistical test shows that The results (Table 4) show that there were significant differences in accuracy scores for lob, where t (15) = 2.210, p = 0.043; accuracy scores for serve, where t (15) = 4.652, p = 0.001; total scores for lob, where t (15) = 3.153, p = 0.007 and total scores of serve, where t (15) = 3.982, p = 0.001. From the interview, participants shared that reflective practice had enabled them to be more self-aware and confident, which is supported by other research findings. The current study has provided a greater understanding in the effects of reflective practice on young developing athletes. It shows that reflective practice enhances their performance, more specifically, their lob and service. Reflective practice also increases self-awareness and self-confidence.

The Australian Open (AO) is an international professional tennis tournament that is held annually in the month of January. It is a two-week long event and the first of four grand slam tennis tournaments of the season. The main aim of this study is to analyze the types and themes of posts on Facebook and Twitter AO official fan page and see if there are any similarities or differences in the proportion of posts across different categories. Content analysis was conducted on the content of posts to identify common emergent themes and categories. Six main themes were identified namely: Match, Athletes, Livestream/Talkshow, Promotion, Fans interaction and Casual/memes. Findings indicate that Twitter AO fan page is more active in terms of frequency of posts. The category with the highest proportion of posts for Twitter and Facebook is “Match” and “Athletes” respectively. To conclude, Twitter AO fan page is more casual, engaging and interactive while Facebook is more formal and business-centric. The findings of this study could help sports organization, teams, athletes and event administrators utilize Facebook or Twitter more effectively. Future research may examine fan participation and interaction during a major sporting event on various social media platforms by conducting content analysis on fans’ comments, likes and shares.

In Singapore, netball was presented with the status of “merit” sport only in 2002. However, it was as early as 1962, when the body organizing the sport was officially recognized as an association. Despite its long maturation process and fruitful development as a major female team sport, few academic works have critically examined the place of netball in the development of sport in Singapore in the contemporary field. Leadership in organization has been credited as a critical component for the commendable sports program we observe today, yet the women athletes and coaches inevitably make a significant contribution to the growing success of the sport. This study examined the contemporary development of netball in Singapore, focusing on the present-time progress and successes, without disregarding the residual factors over the 40-year history. The sporting ideals and aspirations of coaches and athletes, along with their philosophy, have guided netball to reach prominent heights. Highly reliant on the analysis of existing research, the researcher identified 4 individuals representing Netball Singapore, 2 female coaches and 2 female athletes through criterion sampling to gain newly generated information. Although there are forms of scarcity in research, these women will serve as key representations in the netball fraternity as diverse as possible. This study suggests that the successes and growth achieved by Netball Singapore as an association has been met through the contribution of athletes and coaches likewise, through sporting ideals and aspirations, to benefit the sport in one way or another. Keywords: Netball, Development, Coaches, Athletes, Aspirations

PURPOSE: This study examined 1-large or 2-smaller isocaloric meals, with and without exercise on postprandial lipaemia (PPL), a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. These findings can contribute to public health recommendations. METHODS: Nine young, healthy, sedentary Asian males underwent four 2-day trials: walking with 1-large meal (EX-1); Rest with 1-large meal (CON-1); Walking with 2-smaller meals (EX-2); Rest with 2-smaller meals (CON-2), in a randomized repeated measures design. Day-1 evenings consisted of the exercise or rest. On day-2 mornings, venous blood triacylglycerol concentrations were measured fasting and 7-hours postprandially, after consuming 1-large or 2-smaller high-fat meals (1.21 g fat, 0.62 g carbohydrate, 0.29 g protein and 14.5 kcal/kg/bodymass). We hypothesised PPL will be lowest with EX-2 < EX-1 < CON-2 < CON-1. RESULTS: Although there were no significant differences among trials (p = .119), the Incremental area under the TAG concentration-against-time curve for CON-2 (6.62 ± 4.96 mmol.7h.L-1), EX-1 (6.60 ± 4.04 mmol/7h.L) and EX-2 (6.14 ± 3.42 mmol/7h.L) were 26.9%, 27.1% and 32.1% lower respectively, than the CON-1 trial (9.05 ± 7.91 mmol/7h.L). (Data are mean ±SD). There were no significant differences in TAG response pattern among trials (trial × time interaction, p = .092). CONCLUSION: Overall data trends suggest that, with higher statistical power, increased meal frequency alone may lower PPL to a meaningful extent. There was negligible synergistic effect of exercise with meal frequency. Future laboratory efficacy and effectiveness studies using various meal compositions are required in different populations with different activity patterns. KEYWORDS: cardiovascular disease, postprandial lipaemia, triacylglycerol, exercise, meal frequency, diet