From: Physical activity patterns across time-segmented youth sport flag football practice
Code | Definition | Example |
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Task | The purpose of the time segment. | Â |
 Warm-up | Time devoted to a routine execution of physical activity with a purpose to prepare the individual for engaging in further activity, but not designed to alter the skill or fitness of the individual on a long-term basis. Usually occurs in the beginning of practice [29] | At the beginning of practice the coach has kids do a serious of dynamic warm-ups and stretches as a group (high knees, lunges, butt kicks, etc.) |
 Free play | Time during which adult influence of task choice is not intended [29]. | The coach has footballs for the kids to play with at the beginning of practice but does not tell the kids what activities to do or not to do. |
 Fitness | Time where major purpose is to alter the physical state in terms of cardiovascular endurance, strength or flexibility [29, 29]. | Running sprints |
 Sport Skill | Adult-led activity time devoted to practice of skills with the primary goal of skill development [9, 29, 31]. | Passing drills, flag grabbing drills |
 Game play | Adult-led time devoted to playground games where skills are not directly applicable to a competitive sport game and there is little to no adult instruction or feedback [9, 29, 31]. | Tag, sharks and minnows |
 Scrimmage | Adult-led activity time devoted to the refinement and extension of skills in a sport game where two opposing teams are created within a team. Minimal interference from the coach [9, 29, 31]. | Within a team, the kids are playing a mock football game |
 Strategy | Time devoted to transmitting information related to rules and strategy of the sport [29, 31]. | Putting in or practicing an offensive play, defensive system, etc. |
 Management | Time allocated to managerial and organization activities, time devoted to team business that is unrelated to instructional activity [29, 31]. | Time out, opening huddle, closing huddle |
 Self-care | Time devoted to washing, using the rest room, or drinking water. | Water break |
Member Arrangement | The arrangement of the setting members within an segment. | Â |
 Solitary | During a dribbling drill, the child is practice by him or herself. | |
 One v One | Child is doing activity with only one additional participant [9]. | During a blocking drill, each child has a partner and they take turn blocking. |
 Small group | Child is performing an activity with greater than one other child, but less than the full team [9]. | During a receiving drill, the full team is split into two groups. Each group has their own drill to complete, and the groups are not working together. |
 Whole group | All kids go to water break at the same time. | |
Setting Demand | Population distribution that influences the system | Â |
 Optimal | Time period when there are an equal number of opportunities to participate as children to participate (i.e., fosters participation) [20]. | During tag all 7 kids are playing at the same time, during warm-up all the kids are on the line at the same time |
 Disadvantaged | Time period when there are a fewer number of opportunities to participate than children available to participate (i.e., fosters exclusion) [20]. | During tag, if you get tagged you have to sit on the sideline until all of the children are out. During a passing drill, only 1 child is receiving the pass at a time, the rest are waiting in line behind him. |