Date of Completion

2022

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Keywords

Student-athletes, COVID-19, Training

Abstract

This study aimed to narrate the home-based training program experiences of selected student-athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight (8) collegiate student-athletes enrolled in a school in Dasmarinñas City, Cavite who participated in a home-based training program during the school year 2020-2021 were interviewed via natural group discussions and one-on-one interviews to collect data regarding their experiences.

The researchers used thematic analysis in processing the data which is necessary to the description of the phenomenon in which the narratives are involved in. Excerpts involved the participants’ experiences during online training in terms of athletic performance, adherence, facilitators, and barriers. They also narrated the physical, psychosocial, environmental, and academic factors that shaped their training experiences.

A total of forty (40) themes emerged from the data which were consistent with pre-existing literature. Athletic performance was shaped by decreased endurance, development of skills, and the athletes being unchallenged by the current training program. Adherence was influenced by the feeling of being forced to train, decrease in motivation as the program progresses, demands of coaches, and decrease in compliance. Facilitators and barriers revolved around the involvement of the prior knowledge with experiences in training, coaches and their influence to training, their current set-up, and technological matters. The student-athletes preferred face-to-face training over online training due to the certain factors that shaped their experiences. The pertinent physical factors noted were the type of prescribed training the athletes received and the apparent changes in weight and metabolism. The contributing environmental factors surround the equipment at home, house scheme, and the approach to video recording. Academics had a predominant leverage on the training experiences. The psychological factors that molded the experiences of athletes comprise the significance of personal relationships, the role of certain emotions, the bearing of societal roles, and the impact of isolation.

First Advisor

Floyd Robin M. Puno

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