According to the data collected, a total of 75 veterinarians (with the exception of Veterinarian Faculty staff) practised 22 different sporting disciplines. The most prevalent sporting disciplines were soccer, played by 20 veterinarians, handball played by nine veterinarians, athletics and table ...

The structure and organization of sports at the local level is certainly one of numerous factors that can affect development of sports to a greater or lesser degree. The aim of this research is to determine the correlation between financial investments of public funds of the largest Croatian cities ...

With regard to management, operation and maintenance in technological, and thus in the organizational sense, sports facilities are becoming increasingly demanding. Specialist knowledge on this subject is scarcely present in our community and those who take are in charge of sports buildings reach...

As one of the selective forms of tourism, sport tourism has an exceptional potential for the development of tourist destinations, especially those with a rural character. Although often faced with multiple problems in terms of low employment and depopulation, rural destinations usually have very...

Previous research has provided very little information on participation and preferences for certain organized sports/physical activities (martial, non-martial, individual, team) preschool age boys and girls living in urban and rural areas in the Republic of Croatia. The research sought to determine ...

Tourism and sport are close to each other and connected. While through the history sport was associated with tourism only with journeys to various sports events, in modern society sport has become an important content during the stay of tourists in which they are active participants in various and ...

The aims of this investigation were to compile evidence on substance-use-and-misuse (SUM) and to identify factors related to potential-doping-behaviour (PDB) in rugby union. The subjects were 105 rugby athletes (all males; 23.4±4.1 years; 99% respondents). The variables included socio-demographic...

BACKGROUND: Weight cutting is a common practice in amateur boxing with the purpose of taking advantage of rivals competing in weight divisions below the athlete's normal weight. Dehydration is a common weight-manipulating technique in boxing, and is known as a serious health-threatening behavior....

This paper aims at contributing to the discussion whether functional relationships existed between tourism and sport in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea in the late 19th and early 20th century as they do today and whether they were interconnected. After the introduction, the paper describes...

Research in sport and exercise psychology indicates that motivational factors contribute to exceptional achievement, both in individual and team sports. Therefore, analysing differences between junior and senior athletes in contact ball sports in terms of their motivational differences may be an...