Developing Leadership Skills in Softball Practice
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https://doi.org/10.69543/hp0wqb11Keywords:
Leadership, Softball, CoachingAbstract
Background: Youth leadership in Indonesia faces several challenges, including inadequate vocational education and the increasing burden of chronic non-communicable diseases. Vocational schools struggle with theoretical approaches, inadequate facilities, and limited industry support, leading to job placement difficulties for graduates.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of a leadership integration program on softball training activities for adolescents.
Methods: This study is an experiment with a one-group pretest-posttest design. Participants in this study were students who participated in high school softball extracurricular activities in Bandung City. Respondents consisted of males and females aged 14-18 years, with a total of 41 respondents. The main instrument used in this study was an adaptation of the Life Skills Scale for Sport (LSSS) instrument.
Results: Data analysis There was a statistically significant increase in leadership scores from pre-test to post-test (t(40) = -4.88, p < .001). This indicates that the intervention or treatment given was effective in improving participants' leadership abilities.
Conclusion: The leadership integration program in softball training is a reference for other sports in an effort to improve leadership values in adolescents through sports training activities.
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Cronin, L. D., & Allen, J. (2017). Development and initial validation of the Life Skills Scale for Sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 28, 105–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.11.001
Dwipayana, A. D., Darmayanti, N. L., & Wijonarko, B. (2022). Challenges and Opportunities for Leadership and Talent Development Graduates of Cadets. ADI Journal on Recent Innovation (AJRI). https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:255081943
Esa, A. Bin, Mutallib, S. S. A., & Azman, N. (2015). Do Extra-Curricular Activities Effect Student Leadership in Institutions: Sport? Asian Social Science, 11, 294. https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:56387239
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Gumilar, A., Ma’Mun, A., Nuryadi, N., KN, J. D., & Hambali, B. (2023). Kecakapan hidup atlet softball remaja. Jurnal Patriot, 5(4), 177–185. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24036/patriot.v5i4.1012
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Lionardo, A., & Nasirin, C. (2020). Leadership management and youth competencies in the administration of public policy in Indonesia. International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), 8(3), 335–343.
McRoberts, R., & Leitch, R. (1998). Best of the old alongside the new: evaluating an integrated training programme for part-time youth workers. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 50(1), 21–40.
Moen, F., Høigaard, R., & Peters, D. M. (2014). Performance progress and leadership behavior. International Journal of Coaching Science, 8(1), 69–81.
Moguel, K. (2015). The Experience of Influence Among Youth Leaders.
Monda, S. J., Voelker, D. K., Kimball, A. C., & Cardone, D. (2016). The Student-Athlete Leadership Academy: Ten years of interscholastic sport leadership training. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 7, 108–198. https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:156949568
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Redmond, S., & Dolan, P. (2016). Towards a conceptual model of youth leadership development. Child & Family Social Work, 21(3), 261–271.
Schröders, J., Wall, S., Hakimi, M., Dewi, F. S. T., Weinehall, L., Nichter, M., Nilsson, M., Kusnanto, H., Rahajeng, E., & Ng, N. (2017). How is Indonesia coping with its epidemic of chronic noncommunicable diseases? A systematic review with meta-analysis. PloS One, 12(6), e0179186.
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