Journal of Physical Education Research

10-18

Authors: SABER HAMROUNI

The aim of the study was to specify the relationship between global self-esteem and commitment to work among teachers of physical education and theoretical subjects in the high school according to the age, seniority at work and gender. The sample constituted of 136 secondary school teachers from the region of Tunis (Tunisia), among those 58 teachers of physical education and 78 teachers of theoretical subjects participated in this study. The scale of self-esteem developed by Rosenberg (1965), and the commitment in the teaching translated and adapted by Alem, Bujold and Bertrand (2003) was used to collect the data. The obtained data were subjected to student’s t test for comparison of independent averages and the Pearson correlation coefficient. The results showed that all teachers have a high level of self-esteem. The level of commitment to the work of almost all teachers is average (27 on 40) and this level does not differ by gender. The level of self-esteem by the teachers of physical education was higher than their counterparts in theoretical subjects; however, they are more engaged in their work. On the other hand, the Pearson correlation coefficient revealed that age and years of service are positively correlated with self-esteem. On the basis of results it is believed that with time and with seniority, the teachers have a level of more and more raised self-esteem. Finally, this study showed that the age and years of service are not connected with commitment in the work. Keywords: Self-esteem, commitment in the work, Tunisian teachers.

27-37

Authors: LAWAL IBRAHIM YAZID

Fairness with which media organizations cover and report conflicting sports issues thus engage not only ethical considerations, but also professional performance. This research explores how the concept “fairness” is used by specific story qualities in an ongoing issues (the dismal performance of the Super Eagles) in the 2012&2014 Nations cup, obviously if fairness mean anything in media narratives, they must manifest in stories. The study developed a content based technique of assessing fairness of newspaper coverage of controversial issues and applied to 254 stories that appear in three major newspapers in Nigeria, it also assesses the extent of the newspapers neutrality and objectivity as well as relevance of their narratives on the Nigerian team performance, using qualitative textual analysis methodology, this study drew on Raul’s 1971 theory of justice& fairness for an independent press. It appears that the narratives in these newspapers not only contributed to the opening of debate on coaching issues but led to beclouding it which led to negatively affecting the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) but also blaming the technical manager and the entire coaching crew for failure to win the tournament. Keywords: Print media, fairness, narratives, textual analysis

48-56

Authors: SUMIT KUMAR, S. KULANDAIVELAN, JASPREET KAUR, REKHA CHATURVEDI, AZAD SINGH MALIK, SONU PUNIA, VARUN SINGH, VIKAS KUMAR

This study was carried out to find out overall, site specific, role of play specific, gender specific, level of play specific and type of injury specific prevalence rate of musculoskeletal injuries in field hockey players. To work on this a cross sectional survey study was designed. The sample of the study was 111 players (43 males and 68 females) with at least participation at district level. Injury data was collected from each player using modified Nordic Musculoskeletal Injury Questionnaire. Data was entered into MS Excel for further analysis. The finding showed that 42 players out of 111 was injured leading to 38% overall prevalence of injuries among field hockey players. Out of 42 injuries, knee (24%), ankle (19%) and low back (17%) are the first three most common injuries in field hockey players. Forward (40%) and midfielder (39%) sustained maximum injuries among different playing role. Strain (40%) and sprain (31%) are the most common type of injury in field hockey. Male players (61%) injured more than female players (38.9%). National level players had maximum injury prevalence of 59.52%. State level players show injury prevalence of 28.5% and district level players injured at the rate of 11.9%. Prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries is high among field hockey players. Conditioning by coaches and early rehabilitation by physiotherapists are essential to reduce the injury rate. Keywords: Sprain, strain, injury rate, midfielder, forward, defender.

63-70

Authors: BADSHAH GHOSH

The purpose of the study was to validate the 30 minutes steady state jog in both treadmill and on field for an estimation of peak oxygen uptake. The study was restricted to 100 samples (50 males and 50 females) selected randomly from L.N.I.P.E. Gwalior, India. All the selected samples were into regular fitness training. The data were collected by conducting tests on treadmill and field for 30 minutes and 5 minutes riding on bicycle ergometer for measuring the VO2 max at an optimum load. The tests were conducted after one week interval from the first test. The results from the data revealed that the ‘0’ minute pulses of both the area after the exercise of both male and females have significant correlation with peak oxygen uptake. Further it was seen that the boys’ correlated value can be validated since it falls in the acceptable region of the validation norm given by Barrow and McGee where as the girls correlated value falls in the questionable region and thus girls VO2 max might not be validated against 30 minute steady state jog. Keywords: Maximal aerobic power, maximum oxygen uptake, peak oxygen uptake, cardio-respiratory endurance, nomogram.