A Study of Lived Experiences of State Colleges And Universities Athletic Association - NCR Athletes After An Injury

Abstract

Sports injury pertains to injuries that mostly occur during a sport or an activity
and mostly happen to people who have an active lifestyle. This research focuses
on the athletes from State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association-NCR
(SCUAA-NCR). It aims to know how an injury affects the athletes and by
understanding their lived experiences since there is little to no data about the
experiences and effects of an injury to those injured SCUAA-NCR athletes. This
study utilized a qualitative approach focusing on interpretative
phenomenological study. The total key informants of the study involved 14
SCUAA-NCR athletes. Data was gathered through face-to-face interviews
utilizing open-ended questionnaires. Results show that the majority of the key
informants stated that their injuries lean more on the positive side where they
set their injuries as an inspiration on working with their affected area. The study
emphasizes that their injuries mostly occurred from their training or during their
game. They also stated that being a student-athlete or a player in general entails
injuries, therefore they must embrace this type of situation that may occur more
than once in their career. Being passionate about their chosen sports did not alter
their perspective; rather, it strengthened their discipline to prevent the accident
from occurring again.