Graduation Year
2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.S.
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
Degree Granting Department
Child and Family Studies
Major Professor
Raymond G. Miltenberger, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Committee Member
Bryon Miller, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Committee Member
Heather Zerger, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Keywords
sports performance, BST, athletes, offensive blocking, high schoolers, sports
Abstract
Behavioral skills training has been used to increase football player’s performance in one prior study, but limited data were collected on how the skill generalized from the training environment to the natural environment. The purpose of this study is to further evaluate the effects of BST in enhancing football player’s performance while also evaluating the generalization of a skill taught in a training environment (i.e., practice) to the natural environment (i.e., game simulated scrimmage). This study included five high school offensive line football players and recorded their run blocking skills in the training context and a game context in baseline and following BST. Results showed that BST was effective in increasing performance in the training environment with run blocking skills slightly generalizing from the training environment to game simulated scrimmages. When BST was conducted in the natural environment it further improved the participants’ run blocking skills.
Scholar Commons Citation
Wiley, Jason Caleb, "Evaluating Behavioral Skills Training for the Acquisition and Generalization of Run Blocking Skills of High School Football Players" (2024). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/10580
