Table 4 End-user targeted I-PROTECT intervention, i.e., information and injury prevention training, made available in a mobile application (I-PROTECT GO), specifically developed for the I-PROTECT project, with modules for players, coaches, club administrators, and caregivers
Basic information in all modules | |||
• About I-PROTECT and I-PROTECT GO • Definition sports medicine and sport psychology related to current context • Current knowledge about injuries and benefits of injury prevention training • Physical principles of injury prevention including videos –Landing technique – Shoulder strength and throwing technique – Posture and core strength • Psychological principles of injury prevention – Self-awareness – Being in the present moment – Prevent and handle stress – Relaxation | |||
Modules in I-PROTECT GO | |||
Players | Coaches | Club administrators | Caregivers |
Additional information including specific advice | |||
• Load management – Physical and mental load and recovery – Sleep – Food and fluids | • Motivation: autonomy, perceived competence, and relatedness (i.e., Self-Determination Theory) • Communication and feedback • Dialogue • Load management – Physical and mental load and recovery – Sleep – Food and fluids | • Motivation: autonomy, perceived competence, and relatedness (i.e., Self-Determination Theory) • Communication and feedback • Dialogue • Load management – Physical and mental load and recovery – Sleep – Food and fluids • Implementation including key components of strategies, processes, and actions (e.g., describe goals, identify possible barriers and solutions to address these, describe follow-up, maintenance, activities, roles and responsibilities) | • Motivation: autonomy, perceived competence, and relatedness (i.e., Self-Determination Theory) • Communication and feedback • Dialogue • Load management – Physical and mental load and recovery – Sleep – Food and fluids |
Training | |||
Age 13–14 years • Strength and plyometric exercises (body weight or low weights/resistance) – 1 program including 8 exercises for legs, core, shoulders with possibility to change and/or add exercises • Sport psychology exercises – 1 program with 1–2 monthly exercises over 6 months • Handball-specific exercises – 8 exercises (legs n = 3, shoulder n = 4, core n = 1) Age 15–17 years • Strength and plyometric exercises (with weights) – 3 programs including 8 exercises for legs, core, shoulders with possibility to change and/or add exercises • Sport psychology exercises – 2 programs to choose from with 1–2 monthly exercises or 3–6 monthly exercises over 6 months • Handball-specific exercises including physical principles of injury prevention (from coach module) – 8 exercises (legs n = 3, shoulder n = 4, core n = 1) | Age-related, i.e., 13–14 years and 15–17 years • Handball-specific exercises and sport psychology exercises – 6 training periods (one period is used over approx. 6 weeks), each including 3 example programs for variation, thus, in total 18 example programs over a season. Each program includes 5–7 physical exercises for legs, shoulders, core, whereof 1–2 programs also include 1–2 sport psychology exercises. – 1–2 alternative exercises provided for each exercise so that coaches have the opportunity to change and/or progress difficulty of exercises – Possibility to build own program | • 1 program of handball-specific exercises from coach module • Example of strength exercises (13–14 years and 15–17 years) from player module • Example of sport psychology exercises from player module | • 1 program of handball-specific exercises from coach module • Example of strength exercises (13–14 years and 15–17 years) from player module • Example of sport psychology exercises from player module |