%0 Journal Article
%T The Perspectives of Amateur Soccer Players and their Coaches on the Use of Performance Enhancing Substances | Kisten | Global Journal of Health Science | CCSE
%A Rowena Naidoo
%A Thanujj Kisten
%J Home | Global Journal of Health Science | CCSE
%D 2019
%R 10.5539/gjhs.v11n7p154
%X Adolescent and youth sports seem to have progressively developed in South Africa to the point where young athletes are considering doping and the use of performance-enhancing substances (PES). This study determined the perspectives of U-19 soccer players and their coaches in the eThekwini region, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on the use of supplements and drugs. Male participants (n = 449) playing first team soccer from development clubs in the eThekwini region, and their respective coaches (n = 30), volunteered to participate in this study. A questionnaire was administered to players and coaches were interviewed. Soccer players and their coaches believed that consuming prohibited substances in sport was unethical. The majority of the players (73.9% either agreed or strongly agreed) and coaches believed that doping in soccer is on the increase. About a quarter of the players consumed nutritional supplements and smoked cannabis. Anti-doping educational programmes and behaviour change interventions are vital in order to educate and transform athletesĄŻ and coachesĄŻ perspectives on doping and PES, and their resultant behaviour.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/gjhs/article/view/0/39867