Background and Study Aim. Basic forehand and backhand technical skills are the main requirements that must be mastered in playing tennis. Physical condition and intellectual intelligence were found to be the factors that affect the quality of tennis. On the other hand, limited learning time, and...

This explorative study draws on content analysis of the environmental policy documents of voluntary sport organizations in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. We develop a typology of ways in which sport organizations frame environmental problems and find four ideal typical frames: (1) a general...

Rationale/Purpose: The aim of this research was to identify the extent of, and barriers, to pro-environmental activity within community-based, association football clubs in England. Design/Methodology/Approach: Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with volunteers at community football clubs...

Background: There are few community-based lifestyle interventions designed to target physical and mental health of men. We conducted a qualitative focus group study with men to explore their perceived barriers and facilitators to uptake and engagement with interventions designed to improve their...

Introduction: There is growing concern around the world regarding pandemic diseases of the respiratory system, including Coronavirus disease 2019 and tuberculosis, and the health problems associated with air pollution, which have led to wearing of protective masks in daily life, including during...

Objective: The purpose of this study is; to adapt the Sport Engagement Instrument (SpEI) for student athletes into Turkish, which was developed by Kuokkanen et al. (2020) to measure the commitment to sports of individuals trying to pursue an academic career in addition to their sports career....

While there is increasing recognition that sport is sociomaterial, little is known about what this means for an analysis of coaching practice. This paper develops a cartography of coaching based on an actor-network theory ethnography of two volunteer football coaches' practices in Scotland. A...

This study explores the process of social capital development and the influence of space that leads to the formation of different types of social capital among mega sport event volunteers. A qualitative approach was utilized to ensure the collection of in-depth data on participants' subjective ...

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the heading skills of virtual reality training in 12-13 years old child football players. 24 child football players between the ages of 12-13, licensed by the Turkish Football Federation as amateur athletes, participated in this study. 24 volunteer...

In recent years, cities have shown an interest in using the hosting of sport mega-events as a leverageable resource in realizing long-term impacts for individual volunteers. However, previous research has provided limited evidence of the realization of anticipated impacts in the post-event period....