Table 4 Coaches’ opinions on prevention of injury and player performance
| Â | Not at all n (%) | A little n (%) | Undecided n (%) | Somewhat n (%) | Very n (%) | Total Scores | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | *SD | ||||||
Importance of player welfare | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 37 (100) | 5.00 | 0.00 |
Importance of concussion prevention | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 36 (97) | 4.97 | 0.16 |
Importance of player performance | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 8 (22) | 27 (73) | 4.65 | 0.68 |
Is rugby becoming too regulated? | 9 (24) | 12 (32) | 3 (8) | 10 (27) | 3 (8) | 2.62 | 1.34 |
Do law changes in rugby improve player safety? | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (19) | 19 (51) | 11 (30) | 4.27 | 0.80 |
Is enough being done to prevent concussions? | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 5 (14) | 14 (38) | 17 (46) | 4.14 | 0.71 |
Overall | 4.27 | 0.34 | |||||