Open AccessAnalysis of the necessity to promote girls’ rugby sevens in Romanian schools
Author(s) -
Ana-Maria Șuruba-Rusen,
Dan Badea,
María del Carmen García Herrero
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
discobolul
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2286-3702
pISSN - 1454-3907
DOI - 10.35189/dpeskj.2020.59.3.3
Subject(s) - coaching , documentation , athletes , formative assessment , psychology , population , romanian , medical education , applied psychology , mathematics education , medicine , physical therapy , sociology , demography , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , psychotherapist , programming language
The present research is a sequence of the “Coaching Rugby 7s to Girls” project, which aims to improve the skills of coaches interested in girls’ rugby. There are only 4 women’s rugby teams in Romania with about 60-70 players, of which only 30% are from our country. The small number of females who practise this sport makes the selection and competition difficult. Our research aims to highlight the vulnerabilities faced byrugby coaches and female rugby athletes and find solutions for eliminating or diminishing prejudices like parents’ fears of letting their daughters practise a sport that can be considered tough. The research was carried out over a period of 3 weeks. The participants are 34 female rugby players and 31 rugby specialists. The research methods used are: scientific documentation, survey, mathematical and statistical method, graphical method. The results provide important data for knowing the challenges faced by coaches and women’s rugby 7s players in their activity and possible solutions to reduce them. Based on the results obtained, we consider itnecessary to develop a strategy to promote women’s rugby among the school population, highlighting the formative values of this sport with the goal of changing the mentality about the game of rugby and convincing girls to practise it.