Browsing by Author "Twetwa, Andiswa"

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    Prevalence and pattern of injuries among players at the University of the Western Cape volleyball club
    (University of the Western Cape, 2008) Abdelnour, Hassan; Twetwa, Andiswa; Pharaoh, Hamilton
    In addition to football and basketball, volleyball has become a very popular sport globally over the last 30 years. The international federation of volleyball represents about 150 million players in approximately 170 countries. While a large body of research has been conducted regarding the nature and prevalence of volleyball injuries internationally, very little has been done locally or on the African continent to assess the status of injuries incurred at professional or amateur Ievels. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of injuries sustained by professional volleyball players of a club in the WPVU in one season. An exploratory, descriptive, nonexperimental approach was used for this study on 42 volleyball players at the University of the Western Cape volleyball club. A self-administered questionnaire that was based on a questionnaire used in a Dutch national volleyball study was used in the present study. A response rate of 89.4% was obtained. The collected data were captured and analysed by means of the Statistical Package for Social Science version 14.0 (SPSS). The associations between variables were evaluated by means of the chi-square test and a 5o/o level of significance was used. The results were displayed using tables, bar chart, and pie chart. Most of the volleyball players sustained one or more injuries in the season, giving a prevalence rate of 88.1%. The incidence rate was 1.2 injuries per player. Injuries prevalence was higher among male players 54.1%othan female players 45.9%. Among the injured players, ankle and knee injuries showed the highest injury prevalence with 25.5% for each followed by 19.6% for shoulder injuries. The study revealed 69.2% injury prevalence with a higher significance (p=0.04) that players who are injured in the ankle were in contact. Half of the injuries (50%), which occurred gradually, were prevalent in the shoulder, followed by the knee (28.6%o), then the ankle and fingers (14.3%). Players in the left and right front row were significantly (p:0.008) more prone to be injured during spiking. Awareness programmes highlighting prevention strategies and physiotherapy intervention are required for coaches and players at the University of the Western Cape volleyball club to assist in the prevention of volleyball injuries.
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    The self-concept and academic achievement of high school students in a working class environment.
    (University of the Western Cape, 2000) Leedenberg, Ivan; Twetwa, Andiswa; Lomofslry, Lilian
    The purpose of this chapter is to introduce this study of the relationship between the self-concept and academic achievement of high school students in a working class environment. This includes the background, statement of the problem, the aim and motivation for the study. The procedure and an overview of the chapters are also presented. In today's world education plays an important part in the life of any human being. An essential function of education in development and learning is to help the growing child to understand himself and develop healthy attitudes of self-acceptance (Silvernail, 1985; Woods, 1990). Therefore the self-concept is a critically important factor in the educational and social adjustment of children. Numerous studies (Gergen, l97l; Spears & Deese, 7973; Mboya, 1989) which have attempted to determine the relationship between self-concept and academic achievement have been inconclusive, mainly due to an inability to have a clear, concise, universally accepted operational definition of self-concept. Another problem with definitions of selfconcept has been vagueness and imprecision (Hamachek, 1995). A detailed survey and discussion about definitions of the self-concept follows in Chapter 2.