Changing player behaviour in sport during the COVID-19 pandemic: Shake on it?

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https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2020/v32i1a8967

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To prevent the spread of infection during matches and training activities is a major challenge facing all sports returning from the enforced COVID-19 shutdown. During training and matches, rugby league players make contact with others which can result in SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission. While these interactions characterise the appeal of the game, a number of them can be avoided, including shaking hands and conversing after the match. This paper presents a framework underpinned by behavioural science (capability, opportunity, motivation and behaviour model, COM-B) to support stakeholders in helping players adopt new social distance norms and behaviours. This framework helps to ensure the players have the capability, opportunity, and motivation to adopt new COVID-19 risk minimising behaviours, which they will need to commit to 100%.

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2020-10-28

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McKenna, J., Backhouse, S., Phillips, G., & Jones, B. (2020). Changing player behaviour in sport during the COVID-19 pandemic: Shake on it?. South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 32(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2020/v32i1a8967
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