The UK Sports Council's Corporate Plan for the period 1992-95 sets out in detail its key objectives and targets over that period. This document describes the progress made in 1992-93 towards the more significant of these objectives. The order in which the activities are presented broadly follows...

The results of the work of the CDDS (Steering Committee for the Development of Sport) are presented to provide an information base, including relevant scientific information, for providing information on recent developments and scientific findings in member countries and to stimulate the use of...

The texts adopted by the Committee of Ministers, the Conferences and Informal Meetings of European Ministers responsible for sport, the Parliamentary Assembly, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe, the Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention and the Committee for the...

This publication offers a strategic framework for the future preparations of Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) and practical advice and guidance for use by clients and contractors, whether in the public or private sector in the UK. The document is divided into five chapters which examine the...

This 1997-98 review summarizes research by the Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI) in soils and sports surface science, including soil physics and soil chemistry, and turfgrass biology and environmental science (grass testing and evaluation, pathology and pesticide evaluation). The role of...

Two studies were performed to determine the influence of game location on the strategic decisions of ice hockey coaches. In study 1, coaches from the National (n=23) and Ontario Hockey Leagues (n=17) indicated the degree to which they had their teams forecheck assertively at home versus away. In...

The texts adopted by the Committee of Ministers, the Conferences and Informal Meetings of European Ministers responsible for sport, the Parliamentary Assembly, and the Standing Committee in the field of spectator violence at sports events are reproduced. Dates, recommendations and resolutions are...

This paper centres on junior sport participation in Australia. It reports the findings of research that sought to provide further insights into the multiple factors that underpin different levels and types of participation and the types of participation experiences that are likely to attract the...

This article is a critique of the 1998 Children and Youth Report by Germany's Federal Ministry for the Family, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth. The Report's main brief was to provide a picture of the contemporary children's and young people's world and agenda of aspirations. The Report reveals a...

Three reports from the 22nd Meeting of the Committee for the Development of Sport (CDDS) held in Strasbourg, France on 3-4 March 1999 are presented. These reports comprise: the National Reports on the implementation of Article 10 of the European Sports Charter for Albania, Armenia, Austria,...