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BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE IN COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL
Author(s) -
Smith Shan L.,
Ward Phillip
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2006.5-06
Subject(s) - football , psychology , applied psychology , psychological intervention , goal setting , football players , multiple baseline design , functional analysis , social psychology , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , political science , law , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Using a multitreatment withdrawal design, this study evaluated the differential effects of publicly posted plus verbal feedback, goal setting plus verbal feedback, and publicly posted feedback, verbal feedback, and goal setting together on the performance of 3 collegiate football players in practice scrimmages. Also assessed was whether the changes in practice behavior generalized to games. The dependent variables were performances on three wide receiver skills. The results show that public posting with verbal feedback, goal setting, and public posting with verbal feedback and goal setting were effective in improving player performance to a 90% criterion level during practice, and these changes generalized to game performance.