This paper studied the women's sports policy in Japan since 2005 by analyzing the driving factors, content, implementation effects, and implications to women's sports policy in China. The results show that in 21century, the perfection of women's sports policy was driven by the factors including...
Author(s)
Guo XiaoPeng; Pang Long; Dai Yu
Publisher
Editorial Department of Journal of Physical Education, Guangzhou, China
Citation
Journal of Physical Education, 2022, 29, 4, pp 32-38
In recent decades, women have begun to take up types of physical activity traditionally considered masculine. They appeared in previously one-gender team sports such as football or water polo, and nowadays they are also involved in ice hockey, canoeing, and are active in numerous combat sports as...
Author(s)
Béki, P.; Gál, A.
Publisher
Versita, Warsaw, Poland
Citation
Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research, 2013, 58, 1, pp 5-16
Sport professionals declare a significant interest increase of females about classes which are considered "male" sports traditionally: weightlifting and various combat sports. The investigation of gender-specific features of female's motivation to classes of masculine sports is an actual problem of ...
Author(s)
Osipov, A.; Kudryavtsev, M.; Galimova, A.; Kolokoltsev, M.; Romanova, E.; Lazarova, M.
Publisher
University of Pitesti, Arges, Romania
Citation
Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 2023, 23, 1, pp 92-97
The marginalization and exclusion of women in boxing has emerged as a severe global problem, threatening women's democratic right to equal participation in sport. The following article is based on a qualitative study of women's lived experiences as participants in boxing, either as coaches or as ...
Publisher
Human Kinetics, Inc., Champaign, USA
Citation
Sociology of Sport Journal, 2019, 36, 1, pp 87-96
Problem statement. Sports coaching is recognized as a stressful and challenging profession due to several different aspects such as organizational, performance, contextual, interpersonal, and intrapersonal stressors that coaches face. High level of work stress is a risk factor for decreased...
Author(s)
Aronen, A.; Kokkonen, M.; Hintsa, T.
Publisher
University of Pitesti, Arges, Romania
Citation
Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 2021, 21, 6, pp 3411-3419
Team sports are rarely studied with regard to doping behaviour and doping-related factors regardless of their global popularity. This study aimed to investigate doping factors and covariates of potential doping behaviour in high-level team-sport athletes. The subjects were 457 high-performing,...
Author(s)
Sekulic, D.; Tahiraj, E.; Zvan, M.; Zenic, N.; Uljevic, O.; Lesnik, B.
Publisher
Medical Faculty of Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
Citation
Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 2016, 15, 4, pp 606-615
This study analyses motivation in sport in school age by gender, age, sports discipline, and type of sport (individual-team). Research methodology is descriptive, based on a quantitative design employing a questionnaire. The sample is composed by 816 individuals (411 males and 405 females) (50.4%...
Author(s)
Fradejas Medrano, E.; Espada Mateos, M.
Publisher
Federacion Espanola de Asociaciones Docentes de Educacion Fisica (FEADEF), San Javier Murcia, Spain
Citation
RETOS - Neuvas Tendencias en Educacion Fisica, Deporte y Recreacion, 2018, No.33, pp 27-33
Wheelchair rugby was developed in Canada in the 1970s and named an official Paralympic sport in 2000. Wheelchair rugby is one of the few Paralympic or Olympic sports that includes mixed-sex participation. Where historically women with disabilities 1 have had limited access to elite sporting...
Author(s)
Corrigan, B.; Misener, L.
Publisher
Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023, 5, April,
In this article, we discuss some of the identity challenges presented by Canadian National Team Female Boxers, and their possible implications to the athletes' well-being and sport performance. Three identity challenges identified by the athletes included: (a) being a female boxer in a masculine ...
Author(s)
Schinke, R. J.; Ge Yang; Petersen, B.; Blodgett, A. T.; Dupuis-Latour, J.; Coholic, D.
Publisher
Routledge, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 2019, 10, 2, pp 94-105
Olympic sports represent, through their athletes, an iconic source of inspiration and ambition for everyone. During every Olympiad we are reminded of the astonishing achievements that can be reached through hard work and dedication. Nevertheless, these performances are very far from the reality of...
Author(s)
Adami, P. E.; Fitch, K.
Publisher
Edizioni Minerva Medica, Torino, Italy
Citation
Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 2021, 61, 8, pp 1042-1051