Table 3.
Participant characteristics
| Method | Target group | Total N | Sex (male), N (%) |
Age (in years), mean | Position N (%) |
Gender team N (%) |
Category team* N (%) |
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| Questionnaire | Trainers/coaches (who participated in study via WUP) | 61 | N=61† 32 (53) |
N=61† 39 (SD=15, min: 16, max: 68) |
Trainer/coach Trainer Coach |
N=51† 29 (57) 8 (16) 14 (28) |
Boys Girls Mix |
N=53† 11 (21) 41 (77) 1 (2) |
A-team B-team C-team D-team E-team |
N=52 7 (14) 13 (25) 10 (19) 11 (21) 11 (21) |
| Questionnaire | Trainers/coaches (who participated in study via KNHB training course) | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Questionnaire | TBMs | 14 | N=14† 13 (93) |
N=14† 52 (SD=6, min: 43, max: 67) |
Tech. director Tech. manager Tech. coordinator Tech. committee |
N=13† 1 (7) 3 (23) 3 (23) 6 (46) |
– | – | ||
| Interviews | Trainers/coaches‡ | 4 | 2 (50) | 45 (SD=4, min: 40, max: 48) |
Trainer/coach Coach Trainer |
2 (50) 1 (25) 1 (25) |
B-team E-team |
1 (25) 3 (75) |
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| TBMs‡ | 4 | 4 (100) | 54 (SD=10, min: 43, max: 67) |
Tech. director Tech. manager Tech. committee |
1 (25) 1 (25) 2 (50) |
– | – | |||
| KNHB | 2 | 1 (50) | – | – | – | – | ||||
*A-team: age 16/17, B-team: age 14/15, C-team: age 12/13, D-team: age 9/10/11, E-team: age 8/9.
†The N of the questionnaires of the WUP users is described per question due to not all participants completing the full questionnaire.
‡Considering the use/promotion of WUP: three of the trainers/coaches were users of WUP and one was a non-user. Three of the TBMs promoted WUP within their hockey club and one did not.
KNHB, Royal Dutch Hockey Federation; TBMs, technical/board members; WUP, Warming-up Hockey.