Coach and player injury risk beliefs (significant baseline differences between coaches and players indicated by ^ based on 95% CI; significant postseason differences between coaches and players indicated by § based on 95% CI; significant within-group differences between baseline and postseason at p<0.01 level indicated by *)
| Coach % (95% CI) | Player % (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole sample (n=43) | Precomparison–postcomparison (n=29) | Whole sample (n=385) | Precomparison–postcomparison (n=258) | |||
| Baseline | Baseline | Postseason | Baseline | Baseline | Postseason | |
| Most commonly injured area | ||||||
| Knees and ankles | 88.4 (78.8 to 98.0) | 89.7 (78.6 to 100) | 93.1 (83.9 to 100) | 86.2 (82.8 to 89.7) | 88.0 (84.0 to 92.0) | 89.5 (85.8 to 93.2) |
| Hamstrings and thighs | 4.7 (0 to 11.0) | 4.7 (0 to 12.4) | 0§ | 7.5 (4.9 to 10.1) | 5.4 (2.6 to 8.2) | 5.0 (2.3 to 7.7) |
| Other | 7.0 (0 to 14.6) | 6.9 (0 to 16.1) | 6.9 (0 to 16.1) | 3.1 (1.4 to 4.8) | 2.7 (0.7 to 4.7) | 3.1 (1.0 to 5.2) |
| Injury risk factors | ||||||
| Inadequate warm-up | 62.8 (48.4 to 77.3) | 69.0 (52.2 to 85.8) | 51.7 (33.5 to 69.9)§ | 75.8 (71.5 to 80.1) | 77.9 (72.8 to 83.0) | 78.7 (73.7 to 83.7) |
| Lack of stretching/flexibility | 0^ | 0 | 0§ | 57.9 (53.0 to 62.8) | 57.4 (51.4 to 63.4) | 55.8 (49.7 to 61.9) |
| Aggression/risk taking | 16.3 (5.3 to 27.3)^ | 17.2 (3.5 to 30.9) | 20.7 (6.0 to 35.5) | 43.4 (38.5 to 48.4) | 43.8 (37.8 to 49.9) | 37.6 (31.7 to 43.5) |
| Lack of fitness | 81.4 (69.8 to 93.0)^ | 96.6 (90.0 to 100)* | 65.5 (48.2 to 82.8) | 43.6 (38.7 to 48.6) | 45.0 (38.9 to 51.1) | 43.8 (37.8 to 49.9) |
| Body contact | 0^ | 0 | 0§ | 29.4 (24.9 to 34.0) | 31.4 (25.7 to 37.1) | 32.9 (27.2 to 38.6) |
| Poor muscle strength | 0^ | 0 | 0§ | 23.1 (18.9 to 27.3) | 23.6 (18.4 to 28.8) | 26.4 (21.0 to 31.8) |
| Poor technique | 30.2 (16.5 to 43.9)^ | 24.1 (8.5 to 39.7) | 31.0 (14.2 to 47.8) | 10.1 (7.1 to 13.1) | 10.1 (6.4 to 13.8) | 13.2 (9.1 to 17.3) |
| Player's genetics | 9.3 (0.6 to 18.0) | 6.9 (0 to 16.1) | 3.4 (0 to 10.0) | 3.1 (1.4 to 4.8) | 2.7 (0.7 to 4.7) | 5.0 (2.3 to 7.7) |