Bachelor of Recreation and Sport Whakawatea: Industry Cooperative Projects 2019
THE EXPERIENCE YOU NEED & THE SUPPORT TO SUCCEED
Tough Kid Challenge 50 EIT sport and exercise students showed total commitment in assisting with the Mitre10 Tough Kid Challenge in March. The event held at the Hawke’s Bay Regional Sports Park is one of the largest primary school sports events in Hawke’s Bay. After EIT students and tutors had demonstrated how, over 2000 highly motivated children were assisted as they navigated through the tricky obstacle course, including a ninja jump, a slip-n-slide, see-saws and a huge inflatable. “That’s the kind of event our students might run in the future,” said EIT lecturer Sue Scott-Chapman. Sue was organising the collaboration together with Lyndal Johansson from Sport Hawke’s Bay, an EIT Sport and Recreation graduate, who is the heart of the event.
Welcome to Whakawatea: Industry Cooperative Whakawatea, which may refer to the closing song, is an apt title for the Industry Cooperative course in the Bachelor of Recreation and Sport programme. Completed by all students in the final year of the degree, this course gives students an opportunity to negotiate a 150-hour practicum experience aligned with the student’s academic and professional interests within the sport, recreation and health industry. Each student initiates, negotiates, develops, refines, implements, and ultimately reports upon a comprehensive project of benefit to their host organisation. Therefore the ‘co-op’ becomes a three-way venture between the student, a sport, recreation or health organisation and an academic supervisor. Each year the students become involved with numerous organisations, and the contribution to the community is a credit to the students, the hosting organisations and EIT. This booklet is designed to present summaries of the Whakawatea, Industry Cooperative projects for 2019. We hope you find it informative, interesting and motivating, whether reading it as a potential student, an interested industry partner, stakeholder, or a current student looking for inspiration for your own industry cooperative project.
E te manu
The bird that flies
E rere atu ra flies high
Ki te rangi, ki te rangi aue
flies in the sky, flies in the sky
Iti rearea although small
Teitei kahikatea
it can reach the height of the kahikatea
Ka taea, Ka taea aue…
through striving, through striving…
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Deacon Emmerson Project: Strength and conditioning of the Napier City Rovers’ under 19’s squad Organisation: Napier City Rovers and Pettigrew.Green Arena gym This year I was lucky enough to work with some of the Napier City Rovers under 19’s squad as their strength and conditioning coach. My role was to develop a training plan for the squad to follow throughout the year, with both pre and post-testing to track their progress. The Napier City Rovers is a Napier football club that has many different levels of players, from high school development teams to an A-ranked club team. For this project I was able to work with 10 of the club’s development players to improve their gym-based exercises in order to improve their on-field performance. While the Rovers are a top team, they need an equally ranked gym to train in. Pettigrew.Green Arena is an award-winning gym in Taradale. They have a deal with the Rovers allowing their top teams to train in the gym. The main challenge for this project was fitting training around the athletes’ busy schedules. All of them attend high school and are also members of other football teams. The simplest way to work around this was to only have one training session per week at the gym. Working out in a gym has many advantages when it comes to improving sports performance. Attributes like strength, speed and power can all be improved upon in the gym. I achieved this with the Napier City Rovers under 19’s squad with a combination of resistance training as well as plyometric exercises.
Luke Odumesi Project: Speed and agility for athlete development Organisation: : EIT Institute of Sport and Health Speed and agility are a huge part of most sports and physical activities in today’s age. Every athlete that has ever been successful knows the importance of improving and developing their performance. The main goal for my project was to work alongside primary, intermediate and early high school athletes to provide training sessions focusing on speed and agility development as part of the programmes delivered at the EIT Institute of Sport and Health. This would include speed testing using 5m and 20m timing lights, vertical jump tests and exercises for correct landing techniques. Other parts of my project included helping the other trainers with a range of different programmes for school and representative groups. This meant assisting in rugby league strength and conditioning sessions, helping with nutrition, physical literacy and team building programmes. Some accomplishments I’ve had so far have been watching the groups improve their landing techniques and short distance explosive speed. There are many aspects to the overall development of an athlete, and speed and agility are crucial parts of the potential success. For this project one challenge was getting enough sessions scheduled in per term and having limited availability from the trainers and facilities to utilise. For myself I’ve loved helping individuals and groups improve over the weeks and months. I have also furthered my coaching and training skill sets and will continue to aid in the development of those that I work with.
Bradley Petitclerc Project: Implement a conditioning program for candidates struggling to pass the physical aptitude test Organisation: Eastern District Police Eastern District Police makes up a large portion of the national police force of New Zealand whom are responsible for enforcing the law, ensuring public safety, and maintaining order nationwide. The aim of my placement within this organisation was to design and implement a strength and conditioning program that developed all tested elements of the physical aptitude test. This test is an essential step each candidate must pass in order to progress into police college. This placement saw me actively participating in the recording of candidates initial physical aptitude tests. Each candidate completed tests which measured their ability to run, their maximal vertical jump height, maximal push up count, and grip strength. Candidates that failed to achieve the minimum requirements were referred to me for coaching to ensure they passed their final physical aptitude test. Participating in the initial testing allowed me to identify the areas in which each individual needed to improve. This provided the parameters for developing the intensive conditioning program that was implemented. Over the span of this placement weather and time constraints acted as barriers, however upon completion of the program all candidates whom participated were able to develop their identified weaknesses and improve upon their performance. Furthermore, over the course of this placement I have furthered my own knowledge within the strength and conditioning field and gained valuable insight into developing the physical fitness required to become a part of the New Zealand police. I will use this knowledge myself when applying to join the force in the future.
Benjamin Pohio Project: Getting rugby union referees match fit Organisation: Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union
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The game of rugby union has evolved over the years. Athletes are striving for new techniques and skills to try and beat their opponents. Due to this, players have become better by becoming fitter, faster, and stronger. These changes have caused more of a demand on the referees to keep up with the pace and play of the Game. Without the resource or guidance of a strength and conditioning coach, it can be hard for referees to improve and keep up
This placement gave me the opportunity to work with a select few referees to provide conditioning sessions to help increase aerobic fitness. A yo-yo intermittent recovery test was done before, during, and after the project to give knowledge on the referee’s fitness and give maximal aerobic speed (MAS) scores. Throughout this project I ran field and gym conditioning sessions. During the field sessions, MAS was used to calculate distances and times. This was implemented into a high-intensity interval (HIT) session for the referees to do, involving repeated sprints lasting between 10 and 60 seconds. During the gym sessions, referees were given conditioning sessions which used different cardio equipment allowing for variety from only doing sprints. From this experience I have: • Expanded my knowledge and gained valuable experience as a strength and conditioning coach • Gained an insight into the world of refereeing and the aerobic fitness involved with it • Gained confidence in managing and handling athletes
Felicity Powdrell Project: Developing women’s rugby in Hawke’s Bay: Introducing an U15 girls grade Organisation: Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union Hawke’s Bay is a small region among many in our country, but we harbour an incredible amount of talent across all sports. Women’s rugby in New Zealand and Hawke’s Bay has been rapidly growing with the success of the Black Ferns, but women’s rugby development in our region has been found lacking over the years. Developing any sport starts with focusing on youth and working up through the grades. In Hawke’s Bay we have junior rugby grade, an U18 schoolgirls grade and women’s club rugby. The U18’s rugby grade covers a broad age group of thirteen to eighteen year olds, creating a drastic age and ability difference between players finishing school and players fresh out of junior rugby. Alongside Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union’s women’s rugby development officer Krysten Cottrell, I developed an U15’s girls grade whilst continuing an U18’s grade. The competition ran over three terms with eight teams joining. We played ten aside because some schools struggled to field fifteen aside, and received positive feedback from all participating teams. I play for the Hawke’s Bay Tuis and have been helping coach girls rugby throughout my own career. From this project I have found that girls competing in an appropriate grade for their size and ability increased their enjoyment for the game. I am looking forward to witnessing the growth and development of women’s rugby in Hawke’s Bay over the next few years.
Ashleigh Frith Project: Sacro-iliac joint injury prevention Organisation: Hawke’s Bay Chiropractic Healthy movement patterns can directly relate with how a person behaves, feels and performs daily activities. My placement with Vital Hawke’s Bay was to implement and run a six week injury prevention programme for a small group of patients with consistent pain around their hip and sacro-iliac joint area that inhibited them from doing basic movements. The aim of this programme was to reduce future inflammation while increasing the stability and range of motion around the hip area through correct stretching and exercises. The goal was to improve the patient’s overall physical wellbeing and squat form. Pre and post of the six weeks, analysis of the squat movement was conducted. The supervised programme provided exercises and stretches targeting the muscles in the lower body and joints in relation to the sacro-iliac joint and movement. Patients were able to learn the correct exercises and were encouraged to practice the programme outside of appointments to enhance their results. A challenge I encountered was keeping one of the patient’s motivated to stick to the programme. More and more appointments were being missed, and in the end they didn’t complete the six weeks. This taught me that motivation was an important factor in this project. Working with Vital Hawke’s Bay and being able to improve the movement, exercise and mood of the patients was the success of this project. This has been a great opportunity to enhance my one-on-one skills and knowledge of sacro-iliac joints.
Bailey Pugh Project: Kai and why? How income and stress levels have an impact on nutrition Organisation: Levi Armstrong and the MEK Team The ‘Meke Meter’, created by Levi Armstrong and Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) staff in 2013, is a self-reflection tool used to capture an individual’s perception of their well-being. The Meke Meter is a circle with three main health and well-being of these sub-categories; Physical (Tinana), Mental (Hinengaro), and Social (Te Oranga and Whānau Ora). The Meke Meter is made up of 15 sub-categories, however my Industry Cooperative project involved grasping an understanding of three aspects. I looked at finances, nutrition and stress-levels, and studied how they all inter-relate and have an affect on one another. The data that was collected was analysed and used to further my understanding of where the gap in knowledge is, and what we can do to help eliminate it.
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My Industry Cooperative project has given me an opportunity to use my passion for nutrition and health in the hope to improve overall well-being for high school students. By engaging with these students and offering them some insight and advice, I may be able to help them better deal with pressures they face in the future.
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The test was then repeated at the end of the school year; six weeks before exams. I was interested to see if the pressure and stress of exams had an impact on how the students scored themselves during the test.
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The initial test took place mid-way through the year, when student life was a bit more relaxed. They scored themselves from 1 (very poor) to 10 (excellent) for each sub category of the Meke Meter.
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The focus group was Tamatea High School students in years 11-13. Tamatea High School is a decile three school, meaning it is a lower socio-economic area than other areas throughout Napier. However, regardless of what decile the school is, all students face pressure in one way or another (financial, physical, academic etc.).
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Sport HB and EIT teamed up for School Development Day It was an action-packed day for 80 secondary school students, who attended the annual Sport Hawke’s Bay Development Day at the Pettigrew.Green Arena in Taradale in May. According to Sophie Hickford, Secondary Schools Sports Director, the event promotes physical development and encourages high school students to play sports, to enhance their skills and maximise their potential. “This year we took a holistic approach, talking to the students not only about the physical side of things but also about mental and spiritual issues. In doing so, we were able to give them an insight into what an all-round athlete has to deal with,” Sophie said. EIT came on board to share some of their expertise with the students. EIT Health & Sport Science senior lecturer, Edmond Otis, gave a speech about resilience, and the ability to cope with difficulties and how to overcome them. The resilience workshop was complemented by various other workshops, such as injury management, smart training and drugs in sports. EIT Mental Health lecturer Rochelle Clark spoke about player welfare and EIT’s first aid trainer Di Reid took students through a practical session around injury management. Other draw cards were local Olympic Hockey player Shae McAleese and Olympic Rower Emma Twigg, who also engaged with the students. In the afternoon, representatives of regional sports organisations came along to give the students a taste of rugby, netball, futsal, HIIT (high-intensity interval training) and Ki-o-Rahi (a traditional Māori ball game). Williams Colenso College sports coordinator, Tini Williams, spoke about the event being a privilege for her students. “It’s a great chance to bond with other schools and pick up leadership and sport skills which they can then bring back to our school.”
Kirsten Westwood, Head of EIT’s School of Health and Sport Science, supported SHB’s initiative as an opportunity to connect with EIT staff and to enhance skill development in youth. “We are thrilled to contribute to an event like this, to engage with young people and to give them an overview about the opportunities for study and career options available in the sport and exercise sector.”
Doors open to EIT Institute of Sport and Health After much anticipation the EIT Institute of Sport and Health (EIT ISH) celebrated its opening day in July. Hundreds of people headed down to Hastings Sports Park to get a first look inside the new institute. “We are thrilled that EIT ISH is finally up and running,” said Kirsten Westwood, head of EIT’s School of Health and Sports Science. “It’s such an exciting and ground-breaking project for EIT and our region.” EIT staff welcomed visitors through the learning and teaching spaces as well as the research centre which is set to become a hub for communitycentred research. The sports science lab attracted special interest. EIT experts showcased Hawke’s Bay’s sole 3D body scanner and their sport science services including sport nutrition and exercise physiology tests. Children took part in a colouring in competition and queued up for face painting, while their parents grabbed the chance to talk about EIT programmes being delivered at the new location. The official opening of the institute is just the first stage of the project, ultimately the institute will be extended to include a community health and fitness centre as well as a multi-sport training facility. Only last week EIT ISH has been granted $3 million from the Lottery Grants Board.
Anthropometry Workshop Dr Carl Paton Exciting things are happening out at the new Sports Science facility at EIT’s Institute of Health and Sport. Earlier this year EIT associate professor in the School of Health and Sport Science, Dr Carl Paton organised a two-day anthropometry workshop for EIT and Sports Park staff. Ten participants completed their level 1 accreditation which was organised through the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) and examined by the bodies representative examiner Lillian Morton. The course covered the different methods used to assess body composition (fat and muscle mass) and human body shape. Their new-found skills will allow them to better support athletes in their training and promote general population health through assessing the effectiveness of exercise and weight loss programmes.
If you’ve been inspired by the projects and want to get involved, please contact any of the following staff:
Practicum placement coordinator: Programme coordinator: Diana Kirton Sheryl-Lee Judd dkirton@eit.ac.nz sjudd@eit.ac.nz 06 830 1576 06 830 1384
Course coordinators: Dr. Sue Scott-Chapman
Dr. Patrick Lander
Senior Lecturer Principal Lecturer SScott-Chapman@eit.ac.nz plander@eit.ac.nz 06 830 1599 06 830 1571
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