concept of a ‘hyphenated’ individual – someone struggling
to cope with more than one life. Despite these challenges,
all participants indicated that it was important for them to
pursue both their sport and education as doing well at both
connected them with their sense of identity.
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Conclusion: Recommendations from this research:
` ` Schools, parents, and coaches need greater awareness of
these school-age athletes’ views and perceived pressures.
There needs to be improved monitoring of, and response to,
tiredness, food intake, procrastination, bullying and social
sacrifices.
` ` Ignoring, or playing down, the problems faced by these
school-age athletes may have serious repercussions for
their health, welfare and personal happiness. These
student athletes need resilience training and dedicated
support at school.
` ` Improved communication between coaches, parents and
teachers is needed concerning individual training and
competition demands and schoolwork.
` ` Schools with high-performance school-age athletes
should become ‘athlete-friendly schools’ in terms of policy
and practice through specific pastoral care programs for
these students.
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4 to 6 April 2014
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Mark McKean from Fitness Research will be sharing his
specialised training advice and fitness-specific research
findings at FILEX 2014:
} Fitness research update 2014 • B3F
} Strength training clients with disabilities • C2J
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