Objective. Alcohol-related problems such as assaults and drinking-driving at or near professional sporting events are commonly reported in the media. An important strategy to reduce such problems may be the use of alcohol control policies at sports stadiums. The objective of this study was to...

Playing sports occupies an important place in the life of elementary school children. Community sport clubs can provide children with adequate opportunities to exercise. However, researchers have indicated certain problems faced by such clubs, due to their status of being volunteer associations....

This research focuses on spectators' perceptions of the values and norms of sporting conduct in four high-profile professional sports: football, cricket, tennis, and golf. Four spectator populations (n=848) at four prestigious national sporting events in the UK in the summer of 2001 were surveyed. ...

Previous research examining labour migration in sport focused on athletes in professional team sports. The purpose of this study is to analyse the factors influencing the migration probability of elite sport coaches in Germany (i.e. national coaches, state coaches, and coaches at Olympic training ...

In recent years the British media have made much of the apparent decline of standards in British sports. In order to interrogate the veracity of media assumptions regarding the standards of conduct in major British sports, a selection of British sports spectators were interviewed in order to...

Background: Many adolescents drop out of organized sports. Lack of motivation and competing priorities are known as important reasons for dropout. However, time use factors as well as environmental determinants have been largely neglected in the current literature on dropout from youth sports. The...

This book is intended as a comprehensive technical reference work for those responsible for the design, construction, renovation or maintenance of sports grounds, in North America or in places with similar geography throughout the world. The 27 chapters are grouped in 5 sections. Part 1 covers the...

Sports could not survive without volunteers as they are vital to the 'playing of sport'. Volunteering in sports is typically associated with sports -club systems or sport events. The purpose of this study is to explore the potential of harnessing volunteer activity in different contexts, as a...

Based on the Eurobarometer data from 2009 (N=26,788), this paper investigates the correlates of sports participation. In addition to examining standard socio-demographic, economic and lifestyle factors, the paper also focuses on the impact of motivational factors, the availability of sports...

Athletes obtain nutritional information from their coaches, yet their competency in this area is lacking. Currently, no research exists in the UK which has a different coach education system to many other countries. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the sports nutrition knowledge of ...