There are various contributing factors to sporting success among elite athletes, including Olympians. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the enablers and/or barriers to sporting success among South African former Olympians from historically disadvantaged areas (HDAs) using the SPLISS...
Author(s)
Mthombeni, S.; Coopoo, Y.; Noorbhai, H.
Publisher
South African Sports Medicine Association, Cape Town, South Africa
Citation
South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 2023, 35, 15068,
All sports were discontinued in 2020 with the arrival of COVID-19. Since then most have been reinstated, albeit without spectators. However, several countries have put together a number of different risk-mitigating strategies to allow spectators back into stadiums. This position statement gives an...
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Pillay, L.; Patricios, J.; Rensburg, D. C. J. van; Saggers, R.; Ramagole, D.; Viviers, P.; Thompson, C.; Hendricks, S.
Publisher
South African Sports Medicine Association, Cape Town, South Africa
Citation
South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021, 33, 12558,
Background: The South African Journal of Sports Medicine (SAJSM) and the South African Orthopaedic Journal (SAOJ) are two open access, peer-reviewed journals which provide ongoing education to the sports medicine community. Objectives: The purpose of this review was to appraise articles with a ...
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Gelbart, B.; Schapkaitz, E.; Levitt, D.
Publisher
South African Sports Medicine Association, Cape Town, South Africa
Citation
South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 2022, 34, 14413,
Evaluation of school sports activities is crucial in determining specific strengths and challenges of the programme. This study was designed to evaluate the adequacy of school sports organisation in five-factor categories: sports supplies; teacher-coaches work situation; teacher-coaches...
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Sayed, I.; Seikano, M.; Faros, A.
Publisher
AFAHPER-SD, Thohoandou, South Africa
Citation
African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences, 2021, 27, 3, pp 375-386
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;...
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Krkeljas, Z.; Tate, R. A.; Vermeulen, N. J.; Terblanche, E.
Publisher
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation
South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, 2017, 39, 2, pp 101-114
Background: The use of sport supplements has increased for all types and levels of sport, with an estimated increase of 5.8% annually. Sport supplement usage and doping among high school athletes has increased over the years to meet the demands of the sports. Objective: This scoping review...
Author(s)
Harmse, B.; Noorbhai, H.
Publisher
South African Sports Medicine Association, Cape Town, South Africa
Citation
South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 2022, 34, 13348,
The study examined standard sports facilities as predictors for elite sports performance by Nigerian university students. Participants made up of 153 sports officials and 270 students were drawn from nine universities in Southern Nigeria. A validated self-structured 15-item questionnaire with a...
Publisher
University of Pitesti, Arges, Romania
Citation
Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 2012, 12, 1, pp 44-47
The purpose of the study was to identify task and ego orientation on Jimma University Varsity Players of different games. For the purpose of this study 50 players (football, basketball, table tennis, athletics and gymnastics) were selected from Jimma University, Ethiopia as the subject. All these...
Author(s)
Sorate, B. A.; Asim Khan
Publisher
Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
Citation
Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise, 2016, 18, 3, pp 8-11
The primary objective of this study was to get an in-depth account of the role of dual careers on elite athletes' post-sport career transition and to examine these issues cross-culturally between South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. This study also examined the availability of support...
Author(s)
Tshube, T.; Feltz, D. L.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2015, 21, pp 109-114
Background: Field hockey is an Olympic sport played internationally and in which South Africa is a participating nation. It also has its own world cup. Few injury studies have been published on South African field hockey. Research efforts should increase within the sport to ensure safe...
Author(s)
Pereira, N.; Burgess, T. L.; Corten, L.
Publisher
South African Sports Medicine Association, Cape Town, South Africa
Citation
South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021, 33, 11832,