Research Completed

This section includes abstracts of completed and published research. This section encourages the submission of a wide range of research publication types from conference PowerPoint presentations to peer-reviewed journal articles and including publications in draft and in press.



	
	
	
	

	

	

	

	
	
	

	
	    
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Athlete-centred coaching: Developing inspired and inspiring people.
		    
		    

		    	    

		    

		    


		    

		    			
		    	    
L Kidman

		    
		    
		    



		    
This book features interviews with and observations of successful coaches who hold athlete-centred philosophies. Includes chapters on Don Tricker, coach of the New Zealand Black Sox (men’s... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Assessing student swimming and aquatic skills.
		    
		    

		    	    

		    

		    


		    

		    			
		    	    
A C Neilson

		    
		    
		    



		    
The Ministry of Education and Water Safety New Zealand jointly sponsored this study of Student Swimming and Water Safety Skills, in response to several external issues, including recent student... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Aquatics Facility Review.
		    
		    

		    	    

		    

		    


		    

		    			
		    	    
J McGuiness

		    
		    
		    



		    
A review of aquatics facilities was undertaken in 2005 to gain a better understanding of the issues surrounding pool construction and layout in New Zealand. Eleven sites located across New Zealand... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Aquatics education and the advent of primary school learners' pools in post World War II New Zealand.
		    
		    

		    	    

		    

		    


		    

		    			
		    	    
K Moran

		    
		    
		    



		    
The teaching of swimming and water safety in New Zealand schools has long been viewed as a community good, especially in the context of New Zealand’s high rates of death by drowning (post World... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Teachers and dance in the classroom: "So, do I need my tutu?".
		    
		    

		    	    

		    

		    


		    

		    			
		    	    
R Buck

		    
		    
		    



		    
Keywords: 
age factors, children, dance, physical activity, schools, teaching... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Occupying the crease: An exploration of youth cricket in New Zealand
		    
		    

		    	    

		    

		    


		    

		    			
		    	    
C Gaskin

		    
		    
		    



		    
This study examined motives for participation/discontinuation in cricket, propensity to play in the future, and the influence that various initiatives had on youths’ propensities to play. Study... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Few and far between: Māori and Pacific contributions to New Zealand cricket.
		    
		    

		    


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G Ryan

		    
		    
		    



		    
This paper explores the relative lack of participation by Māori and Pacific Island players within New Zealand cricket. It considers the factors that shaped a degree of Māori involvement in rugby... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Amateurs in a professional game: Player payments in New Zealand cricket, c.1977-2002.
		    
		    

		    	    

		    

		    


		    

		    			
		    	    
G Ryan

		    
		    
		    



		    
The author examines the genesis of and reactions to the six week strike by members of the New Zealand Cricket Players Association in late 2002 (the primary focus was a claim for a 60 percent pay... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Kiwi or English?: Cricket on the margins of New Zealand national identity
		    
		    

		    	    

		    

		    


		    

		    			
		    	    
G Ryan

		    
		    
		    



		    
The author looks at cultural and administrative factors that ensured cricket had a limited local and international profile up until the 1980s. Constrained by the links to colonial Britain in a time... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Occupying the crease: An exploration of youth cricket in New Zealand
		    
		    

		    	    

		    

		    


		    

		    			
		    	    
C Gaskin

		    
		    
		    



		    
This study examined motives for participation/discontinuation in cricket, propensity to play in the future, and the influence that various initiatives had on youths’ propensities to play. Study... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
	         

	
	

	

	

	

	


	
	
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