Imposing Compulsory Rugby Union on Schoolchildren: An Analysis of English State-Funded Secondary Schools

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

Alan J. Pearce¹  Rachael Bullingham²  Luis Morales³  Eric Anderson⁴  Allyson Pollock⁵  Nathan E. Howarth⁶  Melanie Lang⁷  Rory Magrath⁹  Pete Millward^1,10  Joe Piggin^1,11  Gary Turner^1,12  John Batten^1,12  Jack Hardwicke^1,12  Graham Kirkwood^1,12  Connor Tyler Humphries^1,12  Keith D. Parry^1,13  Adam John White^1,13 

[1] Sport, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, United Kingdom;;0School of Sport and Exercise, Human Services &1School of Allied Heath, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;2Centre for Physical Activity and Life Sciences, University of Northampton, Northampton, United Kingdom;3Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom;Concussion Legacy Foundation UK, Cheltenham, United Kingdom;Department of History, Geography and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom;Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom;Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Southampton Solent University, Southampton, United Kingdom;School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom;School of Sport, Exercise and Heath Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom;School of Sport, Health and Community, University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom;Sport and Event Management, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom;Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom;

关键词: injury;    risk;    safeguarding;    physical education (PE);    curriculum;    risk acceptability;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fspor.2022.784103

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo establish the extent to which Rugby Union was a compulsory physical education activity in state-funded secondary schools in England and to understand the views of Subject Leaders for Physical Education with respect to injury risk.MethodA cross-sectional research study using data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) from 288 state-funded secondary schools.ResultsRugby Union was delivered in 81% (n = 234 of 288) of state-funded secondary school physical education curricula, including 83% (n = 229 of 275) of state-funded secondary school boys' and 54% (n = 151 of 282) of girls' physical education curricular. Rugby Union was compulsory in 91% (n = 208 of 229) of state-funded secondary schools that delivered it as part of the boys' physical education curriculum and 54% (n = 82 of 151) of state-funded secondary schools that delivered contact Rugby Union as part of the girls' physical education curriculum. Subject Leaders for Physical Education also perceived Rugby Union to have the highest risk of harm of the activities they delivered in their school physical education curriculum.ConclusionNotwithstanding discussions of appropriate measures (i.e., mandatory concussion training, Rugby Union specific qualifications and CPD) to reduce injury risk, it is recommended that Rugby Union should not be a compulsory activity given that it has a perceived high risk of injury and is an unnecessary risk for children in physical education.

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