The purpose of this study is to identify the differences in school attitudes among middle school students according to their participation in school sports club, participation period, frequency of weekly participation, and number of competitions. For this purpose, 520 middle school students who...

Adolescents in South Korea have been facing physical (physical inactivity) and social-emotional (e.g., bullying and suicide) challenges in the last few decades. To address these issues, the Ministry of Education in South Korea implemented School Sports Club as a part of the school curriculum....

(1) Background: To quantitatively analyze the content structure and psychological mechanism of Chinese college students' school sports policy attitude; (2) Methods: This paper uses the data of 2112 college students obtained from a national sample survey. We also use a theoretical model of school ...

Objectives: The phenomenon of doping is rarely researched in Paralympic sport, especially from the coach perspective. This study responds directly to this gap in research by exploring coaches' doping-related perceptions, knowledge, and opinions of the current anti-doping system in order to inform...

Research study for the assessment of nutrition knowledge of 120 (16-25 years) elite athletes and their coaches, selected from 5 universities and participating in 4 sports viz. hockey, athletics, badminton and lawn tennis was carried out. The knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) score of athletes...

Meeting and event planners are constantly searching for unique venues to increase attendees' satisfaction by providing a one-of-a-kind experience. Many newly constructed or renovated sport facilities strive to position themselves as a unique meeting/event venue. This research investigated the...

In sportive performance, while physiological, technical and tactical features are given importance, psychological characteristics are not taken into account. The aim of this research is to measure the effect of psychological skills on sports performance from the perspective of volleyball coaches....

Youth coaches take a significant role in the athlete's network and represent an influencing factor on doping prevention, which has been investigated insufficiently by empirical research in young elite sports. Especially, combat sports are characterized by a multitude of doping opportunities to...

Background: Outdoor smoke-free policies (SFPs) at sports clubs represent an important new area of tobacco control, as many people, including youth, spend a large portion of their free time participating in sports. Nevertheless, the majority of sports clubs worldwide still have not adopted an...

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of South African coaches and athletes of the relevance and usefulness of sport science on coaching methods and athletes' performances. Twenty-two coaches (6 rugby; 3 cricket; 5 football; 3 hockey; 5 netball) and twenty-six athletes (5 rugby;...