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| Article Name : | | | COMPARISON OF SPORTS NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS OF SCHOOL AND COLLEGE COACHES | | Author Name : | | | R. M. SOBANA, JOSEPHINE NIRMALA MANY | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ROR-536 | | Article : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | Optimal nutrition is essential for athletes. Coaches could influence dietary habits of athletes,since they are important figures in the athlete's lives. The objectives of this study were to measure and compare sports nutritional knowledge of school and college coaches and to evaluate the dietary recommendations by these coaches to their athletes. In the present investigation a total sample of 70 coaches were taken with equal number of coaches training school and college athletes.. A 5-section questionnaire was developed to obtain data on demographic characteristics, weight management practices, dietary and fluid recommendations before, during and after training, knowledge on female athlete triad and sports nutrition. The results of the present study showed that 68.5% of the coaches recommended weight management practices. It was suggested by 63% of school coaches and 40% college coaches to include and avoid special foods before, during and after training. The knowledge on female athlete triad did not show association with the level of coaching ( school and college) and gender. Results on total knowledge score on sports nutrition revealed that 26 per cent of the college coaches had very good knowledge (>75 %) compared to school coaches ( 17%).No significant relationship between knowledge on sports nutrition domains and level of coaching was found. It was identified that the years of coaching experience, type of sports training, formal nutrition training they had attended did not influence the sports nutritional knowledge of both school and college coaches. The study findings indicates a need for periodical workshop and educational programmes to provide the coaches with required sports nutrition knowledge, skills and motivation in order to educate the athletes. | | Keywords : | | - educational programmes
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