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Survey of Special Olympics Coaches Regarding Athlete Fitness
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More than 60% of Special Olympics coaches surveyed agreed that greater opportunities for improved fitness and health could attract new athletes and retain current ones. |
Special Olympics is committed to developing approaches that will directly address its more than 2.25 million athletes’ fitness and health. To gather information to help develop an effective strategy, Special Olympics surveyed 304 Special Olympics coaches from 71 countries (182 coaches from the United States and 122 coaches from 70 other countries).
The results of this Survey of Special Olympics Coaches Regarding Athlete Fitness (Adobe PDF, 214K) provide a baseline assessment of coaches’ perspectives, interest and involvement in athlete physical fitness and conditioning. The survey:
- Reflects the key role coaches play in the ongoing participation of athletes in Special Olympics; and
- Helps determine the role they will need to play if a greater commitment were to be made to athlete fitness and conditioning.
The survey, authored by Dawn Munson; Stephen B. Corbin, D.D.S., M.P.H. and Courtney Pastorfield, P.H.N., was conducted from November 2002 to June 2003. Coaches surveyed represent all Special Olympics sports (26 at the time of the survey).
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