Kansas high school football coaches and their perception of the action and effects of sports supplements in highschool football players
Citation
Hendrix, B. & Griffin, A.(2007). Kansas high school football coaches and their perception of the action and effects of sports supplements in highschool football players. In Proceedings : 3rd Annual Symposium : Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Wichita, KS : Wichita State University, p.129-130
Abstract
Many high school football players are
experimenting with advertised “performance enhancing”
supplements. Many of these athletes turn to their coaches for
questions and advice regarding supplements. Purpose: The
purpose of this project is to learn the opinions of Kansas high
school football coaches regarding sport supplement use in
high school football players. Methods: An email survey was
sent out to all Kansas high school football coaches regarding
their knowledge and recommendations of supplement use in
their athletes. Results: 53% of the coaches thought
supplements were beneficial to a high school athlete, 32%
were neutral, and 15 % either disagreed or strongly disagreed.
80% of the coaches were aware of their athletes taking
supplements. 72% of coaches recommended supplement use
to their athletes. 70% stated they had received educational
material regarding supplement use in high school athletes.
90% were interested in receiving information regarding sport
supplement education in high school aged athletes if
available. Conclusion: A wide degree of variation exists
between different coaches and their thoughts and opinions
regarding supplement use in high school football players.
Description
Paper presented to the 3rd Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita State University, April 27, 2007.
Research completed at the Department of Physician Assistant, College of Health Profession